Biographical Sketch: Beth Hamel is currently the Product Manager for Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence on System z, and manages a swat team dedicated to this initiative. Beth is an IBM Senior Technical Staff Member and has worked for IBM for over 20 years, with most of these years in database related technologies. Beth is recognized internationally as a subject matter expert in IMS and DB2 replication technology, a field in which she jointly holds six patents. She is a regular speaker at IBM, IDUG, and customer events.