(Valentine Gogichashvili) In many cases, it is important to be able to keep your hand on the pulse of your database in real-time. For example when you are running a big migration task that can introduce some unexpected locks, or when you are trying to understand how the current long running query is
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Tools for SharePoint User Experience (UX) Design: Paper Prototyping
(Adrian England) Paper prototypes can be used to illustrate a vast range of functionality, the only limitation really is your creativity.
DB2 Administration Solution Pack for z/OS: Streamlining DB2 for z/OS Database Administration
(Paolo Bruni, Tom Crocker, Elaine Morelli and Richard Schaufuss) IBM DB2 tools for z/OS support and exploit the most current versions of DB2 for z/OS. These tools are integral for the administration of the DB2 for z/OS environment and optimization of data performance.
DB2 Tech Talk: BLU Acceleration competitive advantages
In-memory, columnar databases are all the rage because they can help improve analytic query performance. Attend this Tech Talk discussion to get a unique perspective on competitive advantages IBM DB2 with BLU Acceleration technology can provide.
Disaster? What Disaster?
(Bill Cole) In a previous post, I wrote about our System/370 dangling from a crane. It was a simpler time where loss of computing wasn’t the business-collapsing event it can be today. If you believe one of the adverts regarding disaster recovery, a significant number of businesses don’t recover.
ADF 12c – Target Tag to Enhance PPR Rendering
(Andrejus Baranovskis) There is new tag in ADF 12c called target. This tag in some use cases can substitute PPR dependencies effectively and help to avoid unwanted validation errors in data entry process. More about this tag you can read from ADF Faces 12c documentation – 8.3 Using the Target Tag Ex
How to Fix a Target with a Pending Status in OEM 12cR2
(Rene Antunez) The other day we had a situation with an OEM 12cR2. We performed maintenance in a 2-node cluster and both instances came up fine, but one of the instances in OEM’s Cluster Database target was showing a pending status. It goes to say that before the maintenance, both showed as up.
Increased Flexibility for Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler Diagrams in v4
(Jeff Smith) I recently talked about how you could tell the modeler to use custom classification types for your tables. But, I forgot to tell you where you could find these settings in version 4!
The Pitfalls of Becoming a Bad Boss and How to Avoid Them
No one’s career goals are “to be a bad boss”. No one wakes up each day divining things to drive their employees nutty. Yet, there are some things, if left unattended that will lead us down the road unfortunately too often traveled. Here are some ways to avoid these slippery slopes.
Availability Monitoring – Part 1
(Shaun J Stuart) This is part 1 of a three part series on using home-grown up time monitoring for your SQL Servers.