Microsoft released two hotfixes for SQL Server. The first fix corrects a problem of slow connections to Analysis Services. The article “FIX: HTTP Connections to Analysis Services Server Computers Running Windows Server 2003 Are Slow” explains that HTTP connections to Analysis Services server compute
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SQLXML 3.0 SP2
SQLXML enables XML support for your SQL Server Database. It allows developers to bridge the gap between XML and relational data. You can create XML View of your existing relational data and work with it as if it was an XML file.
WebSphere, DB2 Get the Power
By Brian Proffitt – Linux has been available for IBM’s Power architecture for some time, but until recently, there has not been an abundance of Power-ready applications for the 64-bit platform. That, however, all changed, with the announcement of WebSphere, DB2, and Tivoli Security availability for
A Primer on Content Manager V8 on DB2 UDB
The IBM DB2 Content Manager family of products is a scalable, extensible, high performance solution that provides the features and functions to meet information integration requirements. This paper describes IBM DB2 Content Manager for MultiPlatforms V8.1 key concepts and data flow, and also discuss
Understanding Digital Asset Management
By Bernard Chester – The world of unstructured information management uses a number of different approaches, often with similar technologies, based on the target user and the problem to be solved. Document management (DM) and content management (CM) handle file-based information (often from scanning
A Script to Find SQL Server Stored Procedure Dependencies
by Robbe Morris – If you want to script stored procedures in the correct order, then this script may help you out.
IBM targets Microsoft with cheaper SMB products
By Antone Gonsalves – IBM wants to lure small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) away from Microsoft. It is doing that with software designed for this market and which are priced lower.<br><br>IBM already sells an Express version of its DB2 database for US$5,449 per 50 users, considerably less than
New Web Services Security Spec on Tap
By Darryl K. Taft – Led by Microsoft Corp. and IBM, a group of companies Tuesday plans to announce a new Web services specification for handling security in Web services environments.
Briefs: IBM DB2, IMS manageability tools; Verio’s free migration services program
by Stephen Swoyer – IBM products help manage DB2 and IMS environments; Verio program offers three months of free Web hosting plus migration services to an NTT/Verio data center.
Configuring IBM DB2 Information Integrator to Access Diverse Data
This new tutorial shows you how to set up access to the data sources from your DB2 federated database using the DB2 Control Center with IBM DB2 Information Integrator.