(Joseph Marques) IBM is known in the industry for releasing software products that are tremendously powerful yet tremendously complex; unfortunately, because of the latter their software installations are sometimes quite difficult. Actually, in their defense, “are” is quickly becoming “were.” IB

(Bob Gibson) Programming in Jython allows you to take advantage of the elegance of the Python programming language while maintaining access to Java packages and features. Learn how easy it is to use Jython to access and manipulate Apache Derby relational databases.

(Mark Leon) At law enforcement and intelligence agencies, integrating information is a top priority — and a major challenge. Government entities are turning to federation and other integration technologies for help.

(Jack Loftus) As developers, users and vendors settled in for LinuxWorld this week, IBM introduced a new service for ISVs called IBM eServer Application Server Advantage for Linux, also known as Chiphopper. (R)

From the latest development news, to user-proven implementation tips, IDUG2005 — North America, May 22-26, 2005, Denver, promises technical presentations delivered by professionals with diverse backgrounds and experience. Participating in IDUG 2005 – North America, the premier educational forum

(Abdul Al-Azzawe) Want an overview of the IBM DB2 Universal Database V8.2 Development Add-In and managed provider for the Microsoft .NET platform? Learn about the key new RAD features, DB2 database project, the rich scripting wizards, and the CLR stored procedures support that are tightly integrated

(Jarek Miszczyk) Microsoft’s .NET Framework is gaining acceptance among those iSeries solution developers who traditionally rely on Microsoft development tools. This trend has been recently exemplified by formation of the Midrange Alliance, which is aimed at integrating iSeries and AS/400 back-end s

(K. Miller, A. Beaubien, M. Betancourt, A. Black, M. Casile, D. Draeger, T. Gissel, R. Iyer, K. McGuinnes and D. Patel) This chapter will assist you in tuning the performance of WebSphere V5 on your z/OS system with a general focus on z/OS-specific items.

(Marianne Nesiem) Understand how to implement SAP and IBM DB2 Universal Database (DB2 UDB) in a Microsoft Cluster Server environment for maximum availability and fault tolerance on Windows. The author explains the architecture, walks you through the processes of planning, installing, and configuring

(Suresh Thalamati) Ensure the recoverability of your Cloudscape data. Learn how the backup, restore and rollforward recovery features work in IBM Cloudscape and Apache Derby. Through examples, find out how to restore your databases.