(Doug Mack) Genealogists actively seek information on family members, some tracing their roots back several centuries. They want photos, dates of birth, death and marriage, diplomas—anything they can get their hands on that helps them form their family history. Many of them also write family history

This white paper describes the setup and implementation of Linux iSCSI for DB2 Universal Database on IBM eServer BladeCenter. In this step-by-step guide, you will find all the information required to set up and run Linux iSCSI with DB2 UDB. (R,pdf)

(Clint Boulton) The market for enterprise search might seem like a three-horse race between Google, Microsoft and Yahoo, but another contender has the sector looking over its shoulder: IBM.

(Scott Eden) Because American universities compete for students almost as fiercely as businesses do for customers, business intelligence has been on campus for some time, and Florida State University was among the earliest in higher education to adopt it. The Tallahassee school has been using so

(Jagannath Lenka) Reporting is an important feature of any information management system. The AS/400 was well known for reporting during the mid-90s. Since then, IBM has added many new advanced features to the server’s reporting suite. But the third-party reporting tools in the open system environme

(Susan Lawson and Dan Luksetich) In DB2 UDB for z/OS, stored procedures can help reduce network traffic, simplify development and improve availability. But without Workload Manager, you’re not getting the full value from stored procedures. And if you’re moving to DB2 V8, managing stored procedures i

IBM is aggressively developing applications for data synchronization. While still a largely underdeveloped technology with few standards, IBM’s latest move seeks to establish publishing protocols, before data starts being enter.

(Larry Pay) RUNSTATS is the utility in DB2 Universal Database (DB2 UDB) that updates catalog statistics used by the optimizer to determine the fastest path to your data. With DB2 UDB V8.2, the number of RUNSTATS options have increased considerably. Understanding how to use RUNSTATS, with both the ex

This tutorial helps developers handle multiple transactions using Entity Beans and Session Beans with DB2 Universal Database. (R)

IBM DB2 Universal Database (UDB) Version 8.1 and Version 8.2 complimentary trial downloads are available for a limited time! IBM’s DB2 database software is full-featured, robust, scalable and easy to use. As the market share leader, DB2 provides the foundation of information on demand on Linux,