(Ted Kirby) This introductory article offers a foundation to help you gain a technical understanding of what IBM WebSphere eXtreme Scale is, the features it provides, and the vast benefits it offers. This primer describes the underlying principles of data in memory, partitioning, and caching, and th

(Willie Favero) If you’ve migrated to DB2 9 recently, or even to DB2 Version 8, this may be a pretty serious question. After all, we have had a few significant events that may have increased the number of packages that you maintain.

(Whei-Jen Chen, Kenneth Chen, Patrick Dantressangle, Marina Greenstein, Sam Lightstone, Maksym Petrenko, Raanon Reutlinger, Serge Rielau, Steve Schormann and Maria N Schwenger) In this IBM Redbooks publication, we describe the new DB2 Oracle Database compatibility features. The latest version of DB

(Paul Zikopoulos) “DB2 is DB2 is DB2.” This mantra holds true for the distributed platforms that DB2 runs on, the editions that are available for purchase, and the freely available DB2 Express-C package.

(Shalom Momi Sabag) As I have seen in sites where I worked, there is some confusion regarding the parameters of the REORG utility. Everybody would like to have true 24×7 systems using online REORG SHRLEVEL CHANGE, but in order to be on the safe side, they used SHRLEVEL REFERENCE instead.

(Willie Favero) We (or maybe just me) spend so much time talking about DB2 9 for z/OS, we (me and my pet mouse) often forget that we (IBM) still have customers running DB2 Version 8. With that in mind, I want to let all of my DB2 V8 friends know that 6 (six) of your DB2 V8 product publications have

(Mark Wilding) One of the main benefits of Cloud Computing is cost savings. With a credit card and less than a dollar an hour, you can provision compute resources within minutes. But once inside the Cloud microcosm, there are even more ways to save money. Here are some of the best practices for sav

Jeff Sullivan talks about Performance Policies and Politics. (video)

(Paul Zikopoulos and Deb Jenson) Prior to the introduction of dual-core chips, there wasn’t much question what a processor was since all processors were single-core processors. This made processor-based licensing simple to understand and manage: if you had a four processor server, then you needed fo

(Henrik Loeser) Recently, for a workshop, I put together a list of websites on where to find information when you want to know more about DB2 pureXML (both on z/OS or Linux, UNIX, and Windows). Why not share this list in the form of a blog post? You can comment if you have things that should be adde