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DB2 9 for z/OS Performance Summary
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Enhancing SAP by Using DB2 9 for z/OS
(Lydia Parziale, Hyun Baek, Javier Chavez, Vince Crose, Giovanni Grita, Georg Mayer and Heinz Ruflair) This IBM Redbooks publication presents many of the new and improved features and functions of DB2 V9.1 for z/OS and DB2 Connect V9.1. It explains how they complement and benefit your SAP NetWeaver
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