(Victor Chang, Yun Han Lee and Nailah Bissoon) Row compression is a new feature of IBM DB2 9 that yields storage capacity savings. This article examines the storage savings and performance impact of this feature. It describes the workload characteristics and environments in which row compression wil
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DB2 Symposium 2006 in Baltimore, MD
The DB2 Symposium is a multi-day training event. You have a daily choice of three full-day, in-depth seminars. All sessions are done by the best quality trainers in the DB2 market. You can join us for one, two, or three days. You only pay for what you find interesting! No waste of time or money. If
IBM brings XML networking and security into its SOA architecture
(Rich Seeley) Seven months after acquiring DataPower Technologies Inc., IBM has released its first iteration of the SOA/XML hardware appliance line, focusing on identity and security management. (R)
Installing and Configuring Apache
(Julie C. Meloni) In this second of three installation-related chapters, you will install the Apache web server and familiarize yourself with its main components, including log and configuration files.
Oracle To Bring Siebel CRM To Linux
(Barbara Darrow) When Oracle releases Siebel 8 later this year, the venerable CRM application will, for the first time, run on Linux servers.
Oracle Recovery : Restoring the database
(Alf Pedersen) Oracle recovery makes is possible to restore a physical backup and reconstruct it, and make it available to the Oracle server.
Managing Nested GridView Controls
(Paul Kimmel) Because propagating events up through two, three, or more layers of nested grids and controls can be challenging, I receive a lot of email about nested grids. In response, I have devised an easy way to manage complex ASP.NET presentations using a consistent, reliable approach and the o
Best practices for .Net Performance – I
(Bhakeeswaran Thulasingam) This article gives you an overview of best practices to attain .NET performance.
Data Quality: Horizontal or Vertical?
(Frank Davis) When IT professionals first embark on a data quality initiative, a common question they ask is, “What industries or market verticals have the best data quality?” Underlying that question is the desire and need to establish a data quality benchmark. All firms want to know how they are d
Tracing memory leaks in .NET applications with ANTS Profiler
(Mike Bloise) Memory leaks are relatively easy to introduce into your programs when coding in C or C++ (no-one could have enjoyed having to write destructors for every single one of their C++ classes). However, when you code in a .NET language, such as C#, you are working in managed code, with autom