(Jaspreet Singh and Jonathan Lidaka) Responsive Web Design (RWD) ensures a seamless user experience across multiple device types and form factors. For a truly adaptive and holistic site experience across devices, a responsive portlet user interface is essential. In this article, we discuss some of t

(Troy Coleman) I previously noted that DB2 11 allows applications with incompatible SQL or XML to run in compatibility mode.

(martin) 94% of our studio audience learned something! Phil described the ways and means to connect DB2 on z to other platforms.

(Craig S. Mullins) Most IT professionals continually look for their company to invest money in their ongoing education. Who among us does not want to learn something new — on company time and with the company’s money? Unless you are self-employed, that is!

(DAVE BEULKE) DB2 11 for z/OS SQL performance improvements help make your applications go faster. DB2 11 also helps address some of the latest coding problems provided by the latest Java and other development coding.

(Luc Vandaele) This article describes the processes and techniques used to migrate trigger code from Transact SQL (Sybase) into SQL PL (DB2). Part 1 describes the intended goal and scope of the project. Part 2 talks about the considerations and challenges we had to overcome to make the database vend

(MKRAFICK) I am late to the party on Automatic Storage. Yes, it has been out for a while, but I have not used it in depth. Coming from a complex data warehouse environment, only vendors and tools used automatic storage. It was quick, easy to set up, and required minimum DBA involvement. Being a cont

(Julian Stuhler) “DB2 11 is a unique hybrid solution that is capable of efficiently supporting very diverse workloads in a highly cost-effective manner.”

(Martin Ross and Geza Geleji) This article describes the design pattern for the parallel invocation of synchronous services using the aggregation function available for WebSphere ESB mediation flows. It takes you from learning about the basic mediation primitives to optimizing ESB performance.

(Lockwood Lyon) Current use of the term Big Data is a result of the confluence of several industry trends over the last decade. These trends include the accumulation of large amounts of data in databases, the advent of large-scale enterprise data warehouses, multiple means of high-speed data transfe