(Joseph Cullen) In today’s warehouse environment, organizations are more successful with sound architectures. These architectures are defined to support the functional, technical, and data needs of the system that will address business questions posed by users.

(Maria Sarikos) If I had to get a pound sterling (yes, I’m English) for every time I hear, “Java and DB2 for z/OS – you gotta be joking!” – I’d be stinking rich! Life is not all that bad. Java can work with DB2 for z/OS.

With over 350 sessions to choose from you will learn how DB2 Information Management Software simplifies and speeds development with embedded capabilities to integrate and analyze information, regardless of its format or location. You will also learn how you can derive new insight, address business i

(Uwe Weber) If you are developing database applications with Java and looking for a solution to implement distributed transactions across different databases, you should evaluate the Java Transaction API (JTA). This article gives you an introduction to distributed transactions and how to handle them

(C. Saracco) WebSphere Information Integrator extends the reach of open source persistence frameworks and enables Java programmers to develop object models that integrate data from diverse data sources. In this article, you’ll learn how to use Hibernate with WebSphere Information Integrator.

(Knut Stolze) Need to be able to identify the current unit of work that is running against an IBM DB2 Universal Database (DB2 UDB) server? This article shows you how to accomplish this task, using a stored procedure and the the unique transaction identifier in the header of each log record.

(Howard Fosdick) Scripting languages hold a big advantage over traditional programming languages (such as C++, Java, and COBOL): They make developers more productive. Each line of code in a scripting language typically does more than a line of code in a traditional programming language.

(Tahir Malik) This TechTip explains how the iSeries can read data directly from DBMSs like Oracle and populate files on the iSeries. These files can then be used by native RPG applications for a variety of purposes. Once you understand the concept, you can integrate your existing RPG applications wi

(Marc L. Songini) If IBM is the leader of the relational database market — with a wide range of products aimed at a variety of corporate needs — some of its customers wonder why the world doesn’t seem to know that fact.

(Pravin Kedia) Master replicates are a new Enterprise Replication feature for IBM Informix Dynamic Server, Version 10.0. Master replicates are the preferred approach to replicating data between ER nodes. Explore the advantages that master replicates have over classic replicates, why ER customers sho