IBM announced a new world record for transaction processing. A new eServer(TM) pSeries(TM) system and DB2 Universal Database used half the number of processors to beat HP’s Itanium 2-based Superdome running Microsoft Windows Server 2003.
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Announcement of the DB2 .Net Data Provider beta
The DB2 Development team is announcing the DB2 .NET Enablement beta program and the delivery of the initial beta. This program is further evidence of IBM commitment to strengthening the role of DB2 as the premiere database platform for application developers that use Microsoft technologies. This bet
Tutorials: DB2 Version 8 Family Fundamentals Preparation
This series of six tutorials is designed to help you prepare for the DB2 Version 8 Family Fundamentals (Exam 700) certification preparation. These tutorials provide a solid base for each section of the exam. However, you should not rely on these tutorials as your only preparation for the exam. Each
Get up to speed with SMIL 2.0
SMIL 2.0, the Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language, has begun to establish itself as an important new approach for integrating multimedia into Web content. SMIL, which offers XML-based approaches for controlling the timing and presentation of multimedia elements, has begun to attract the sup
Extreme XML: Death, Taxes, and Relational Databases, Part 1
Showcases the XML functionality of SQL Server 2000 by turning SQL Server into an object repository using XML as the bridge between relational and object-oriented data.
Spirent targets end-to-end Web services testing
By Eric B. Parizo – It’s a debate akin to the chicken and the egg: Should a company risk building a Web service that may create a traffic load greater than its network can safely handle? Or should it risk purchasing testing tools for a Web service that may never exist?In an effort to help en
Logical Apps Touts New Offering As Cure For Oracle Apps Problems
By Charles Babcock – The company’s AppsRules product lets Oracle financial and ERP apps users build a business-rules layer above their applications that’s integrated across them.
Oracle chooses Intel compilers
By Stephen Shankland – Database giant Oracle has chosen Intel to supply crucial programming tools called compilers for creating software that runs on servers using Intel processors. The move is one of several steps Intel is taking to improve the software’s utility.
EMC gets into subscription game
On Monday, EMC released two new products that mark the software vendor’s entry into the subscription software business.The two subscription services, SAN Architect, and Auto Advice, are designed to help users of its ControlCenter storage management software more easily design and analyze the
The DB2 System Commands
By Marin Komadina – DB2 is enhanced with full set of system commands that is extended with each new version (87 of them as of version 7.2 DB2 UDB EEE). Marin Komadina gives an overview of these system commands, with a detailed explanation of db2ptree, db2empfa, db2gov, and db2osconf.