(Joe DeCarlo, Eric Chabert, Sylvie Delahaye, Sergei Litvak and Gary Racine) This IBM Redbook introduces the IBM Problem Determination and Deployment Tools for z/OS and OS/390 . The tools covered are: – IBM Application Monitor for z/OS, Version 2, Release 1 – IBM Debug Tool for z/OS, Version 5,

(Willie Favaro) I was going for a nice flow with this series of entries, building every couple days on the previous discussion until planning for Version 8 was complete. However, like many things I start, I need to head off on a tangent for this entry.

(Chen Lin and Sue Hildreth) Java-based applications have become a major element of the IBM Lotus world. In many cases, it is possible to integrate Lotus applications/data with Java applications. However, as data becomes more relational and requires more transactions, the best solution is to complete

In breakthrough performance testing of its business process management (BPM) capabilities, Pegasystems Inc. announced performance results of one of the largest scalability tests managed by the IBM Innovation Center in Waltham, MA.

(Dana Morris) Organizations can use WebSphere Information Integrator OmniFind Edition to develop highly customized search applications to best fit their unique needs, requirements and mix of information sources. This article provides a technical overview of the WebSphere Information Integrator OmniF

(Chuck Ballard, Weiren Ding, Carlton Doe, Glen Mules, Rajamani Muralidharan, Santosh Sajip, Nora Sokolof and Andreas Weininger) The acquisition of Informix by IBM has provided the opportunity for Informix customers to consider new alternatives to further enrich their data management systems infrastr

(Chris Eaton) Let’s finish up this HADR thread with a look at what happens in a failure scenario. Assume I set up HADR on two servers called server_1 and server_2 (very imaginative I know) as follows.

(Paul C. Zikopoulos) In Part 1 of this series, I covered the richness of the IBM Explorer and its unique features that help Microsoft .NET application developers write applications for the IBM DB2 Universal Database (DB2 UDB) product on any platform. In Part 2, I introduced you to a set of power

(Michael Vizard) As a statement of a future product direction, IBM previewed an implementation of its DB2 database running on a storage array rather than a separate server.

(Willie Favaro) I received an e-mail yesterday suggesting I start my discussions a little further back in the process and before actually talking about all the different modes that come into play when migrating to Version 8, I should start with a migration preparation discussion. That sounded like a