IBM DB2 Alphablox is a premier application development platform for rapidly building and broadly deploying custom analytic solutions across the enterprise. The DB2 Alphablox open architecture is built to integrate with an existing IT infrastructure, helping to ensure the highest return on prior inve

Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in DB2 Universal Database, which can be exploited to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), gain knowledge of sensitive information, read and manipulate file content, or compromise a vulnerable system.

(Paola Bari, Mario Bezzi, Massimo Biancucci, Kenny Blackman, Graham Davis and Kim Patterson) APPC Protected Conversation is a function provided by the operating system to exploiters running on z/OS. This function improves data integrity in distributed processing environments by enabling particip

(Yurdaer Doganata) One of the biggest complaints we hear about many company Web sites, from customers and employees alike, is that it’s too hard to find what you need. At IBM, with 2.5 million Internet pages and more technical content than any single entity, including the Pentagon, that’s no sur

(Julie Bort) When network executives think of grid computing, they often envision the supercomputer-strength computational resources needed for academic or government research projects. That’s certainly how IT leaders at human-resources outsourcing and consulting firm Hewitt Associates once saw grid

(Jim Porell) Much angst is going through many executive IT teams today. Is the data that ensures the livelihood of their businesses protected against a potential loss? Are they doing enough to protect against a loss? Loss can come in the form of corrupted data, misuse of the data or lack of access d

A call to the GetLiteralInfo function may return an incorrect error message in the Microsoft Host Integration Server 2000 DB2 driver. When SQL Server Distribution Agent cannot synchronize with the IBM DB2/MVS heterogeneous subscriber, the synchronization ends.

(Timothy Prickett Morgan) IBM has at three distinct relational databases sold under the umbrella name of DB2: one for OS/400 servers, one for mainframe servers, and another for Windows, Unix, and Linux servers. Having watched the eServer hardware platform consolidation, which could result in the

(Sean Johnson) With WebSphere Information Integrator (II) Content Edition, you can access many different content repositories and workflow systems through a single, Java™-based, bi-directional interface. This interface makes it easy for application developers to integrate those sources into new

(Mark Long) IBM’s longstanding reputation for engineering excellence and quality assurance gained Big Blue little traction in the commoditized PC world, where competing products with comparable features often are judged on price alone. But now that IBM is shedding its PC business, what lies ahead?