(Joel Klebanoff) Heterogeneity is a hallmark of today’s information systems in all but the smallest of enterprises. Business, non-profit, and government organizations typically run several disparate applications that were developed in-house and/or bought from a variety of vendors. Each applicati

(Alex Woodie) IBM last week formally announced the end of marketing and support for the OS/400, Windows, and Unix versions of DB2 OLAP Server, a collection of business intelligence products it resold through OEM agreements it had in place with Hyperion and SPSS. While IBM is separating itself fr

(Xiaomei Wang, Wini Mark, Ken Lau and Raul F. Chong) This article explains step-by-step techniques that can be followed to monitor and tune an IBM DB2 Universal Database (UDB) database server. Using the supplied sample Java program “PERFORMER,” you can learn these hands-on techniques, and experi

See once again why zSeries is the Industry leader in database serving and learn how to further exploit the data stored on zSeries! You will hear about; –Why zSeries as a Database Server: industry trends, hardware architecture for data, databases on z/OS and zSeries for Linux. –A full over

(Willie Favero) Well, it’s 94º and 62% humidity as we get ready for our daily late afternoon thunderstorm just north of Houston. What better time to jot down a few more comments about pre-migration planning for DB2 for z/OS Version 8. If V8 is in your future, and it really should be, there are activ

(Alan Yaung and Allan Tham) This third article in a series introduces you to IBM DB2 Content Manager document routing and provides a claim process case study to show examples of implementation and usage of Web-, Windows-, and portlet-based clients.

The solution uses embedded sensors in military vehicles that send signals from the field to IBM middleware and Business Partner applications in central locations to remotely diagnose repairs, and to determine fuel and ammunition replenishment needs. Currently, troops are required to make routine

(Serge Rielau) This article describes an API that allows for transparent tracing of SQL procedures as well as explicit tracing of non-SQL procedures in DB2 Universal Database (UDB) V8.2 for LUW. A powerful, ready to go, example SQL interface to this API is provided, as well.

(James F. Koopmann) This week I am looking at a product called Bind ImpactExpert by NEON Enterprise Software, Inc. NEON Enterprise Software, Inc. Monday I took a look their Webinar and Wednesday I took a look at their on-line demo. Since this is a z/OS product it was hard for me to physically test t

(Willie Favaro) Planning a migration to DB2 for z/OS Version 8 is still the ongoing focus of this blog until someone points me in another direction or I run out of stuff to talk about. You do not want to rush into this migration. Your success may largely depend on your patience. Many potential stum