World of Watson 2016

PaulVL · Post by **PaulVL** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 9:50 am

Who will be attending this years IBM World of Watson conference at Mandalay Bay in Vegas Oct 24-27?

I'm going. Looking forward to attending a bunch of sessions.

I remember a few years ago we had a mini DSXchange meetup. Was wondering if that was on the books this year as well.

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 4:43 pm

I'll be there, but kinda busy. That said, a DSXchange meetup would be something I'd show up for.

eostic · Post by **eostic** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 6:36 pm

I will be there....

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 6:52 pm

You're the Watson of our World, Ernie.

eostic · Post by **eostic** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 6:55 pm

I will be there....

FranklinE · Post by **FranklinE** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 10:39 am

Holmes rings Bell: Elementary, my dear Mr. Watson. Come here. I want to see you.

After much thought, I decided to skip this year. I'm hoping there will be more content in which I'm interested, next year.

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 5:48 pm

Unlikely that there will be a COBOL stream next year!

vmcburney · Post by **vmcburney** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 7:34 pm

I will be there and happy to attend something like a lunch time meetup or Sunday night drinks.

ArndW · Post by **ArndW** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 4:38 am

I might actually be between projects for the event and am thinking about going and it would be great to meet up again! BTW, any recommendations on finding a cheaper rate as I'll not be sponsored by anyone

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PaulVL · Post by **PaulVL** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 7:53 am

Excaliber had cheap rates. I am staying at a Marriot since I do the points thing.

FranklinE · Post by **FranklinE** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 8:43 am

Plus-one for Excalibur. Good combination of room rate and distance from Mandalay, you can walk or use the tram.

vmcburney · Post by **vmcburney** » Mon Oct 10, 2016 10:18 pm

Just posted on my blog about how you can get 33% off the WoW conference fee.

PaulVL · Post by **PaulVL** » Wed Oct 26, 2016 8:29 am

WoW is going great.

Lots of good sessions.

Met Ray W, Mr E Ostic, lots of IBM contacts.

Haven't ran into Vince yet, not sure what he looks like either.

It was funny to see Ray being treated like a Hollywood star "Oh can I get a picture with you?" haha. Sadly the camera was passed to me to take the pictures. LOL

Damn Paparazzi!!!

One take away for me so far... I have to try and ditch 11.3 and go to 11.5.0.1. I need those Hadoop interfaces. That built in data masking is also going to be needed. sigh... that migration will be a political hurdle.

eostic · Post by **eostic** » Wed Oct 26, 2016 8:58 am

We need a "like" button in dsXchange. Ditto to everything Paul is saying. Great week so far......been great helping everyone but also learning new stuff too......

Ernie

IBM Analytics Champion 2009 - 2020 · Post by **asorrell** » Wed Oct 26, 2016 12:57 pm

PaulVL wrote:...that migration will be a political hurdle.

Paul - Upgrade in place really works! I've had two clients use it so far. Just make sure you are on one of the required versions (11.3 - 11.3.1.2) and you can use the 11.5 "mod pack" to get up to 11.5!

A much easier sell ("Its a patch")....

Still moderately aggravated that I skipped WoW because my project "go-live" slid into that week. Then the Friday before the conference they pushed it out again!