(Dave Beulke) In the previous weeks I’ve talked about how easy it is to transfer your systems from Oracle to DB2. At the IOD conference many Oracle to DB2 conversion companies added their value proposition testimonies.

(Robert Catterall) I only got to a couple of sessions on this, the last day of IBM’s 2010 Information on Demand conference (held in Las Vegas), but they were good ones. Below are some of the highlights of each.

(Yannick Saillet) This article describes tips and tricks you can use to increase your productivity when developing IBM InfoSphere Information Analyzer data quality rules. It shows you how to use various options that are available to move a data quality project or individual data rules to a different

(laura) Over the last few months our team of experts have undertaken an objective assessment of the complexity of several routine DBA activities, comparing Oracle Database 11g R2 and DB2 9.7. During the course of this study we found that DB2 9.7 holds a significant advantage in every single categor

(Willie Favero) Are you on DB2 9 for z/OS? Are you using DB2Œs trusted context? Are you also occasionally testing your disaster recovery plan? If you answered yes to all three of these questions, then herefs a little APAR that might be of interest to youc..

See how the database administrator (DBA) at a fictional company uses IBM Query Monitor and Optim Query Workload Tuner to improve customer satisfaction and reduce costs by quickly identifying and tuning SQL performance problems.

(Robert Catterall) Today was a little different for me versus days one and two of IBM’s Information on Demand conference in Las Vegas. I attended only one session — the one in which I presented. Aside from that, my time was spent in meetings and in the Expo Hall. Tomorrow (the last day of the confe

(Lockwood Lyon) Many DBAs and analysts are confused by the variety of serialization mechanisms used by IBM DB2 for z/OS to ensure data consistency and maintain concurrency control. Understanding logical and physical locking can help you better understand and improve application and system performanc

(Yannick Saillet) This article helps you understand the execution of data quality rules in IBM InfoSphere Information Analyzer with a focus on performance. The overview tells you how the different types of tests, functions, and options that are available for data rules affect performance and disk us

Watch as Belal Tassi, DB2 Technical Evangelist, showcases IBM Database Encryption Expert in action as it protects a DB2 database.