(Joe Pluta) In a previous article, I discussed how naming conventions really help in database design and programming, and in so doing I touched upon the concept of the field reference file.

(Vijay Bhadriraju) Moving enterprise web applications from on-premises environments to a public cloud environment can be a challenging task, especially when the on-premises environments are distributed in nature, such as a WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment (WAS ND) environment.

(Craig S. Mullins) We rejoin our soon-to-be-retiring DBA and the intern who is tasked with replacing him as the old DBA continues to teach the young intern about Tao and DB2.

(Kim May) DB2 Gold Consultant and IBM Champion Frank C. Fillmore, Jr. will deliver a *free*, hands-on IDAA training class in Baltimore on Monday and Tuesday, February 27th and 28th. IBM System z customers considering a 2017 IDAA purchase are invited to attend.

(Troy L Coleman) I was recently reading the DB2 12 for z/OS What’s New guide. It’s interesting comparing the features available in the initial Function Level M100 with what you can get when you activate Function Level M500.

(Lockwood Lyon) Most organizations implement multiple non-production environments, called variously development, test, load testing, user acceptance, pre-production, and so forth.

(Nigel Crowther and Jonathon Carr) In any high-volume event processing system, such as Decision Server Insights in IBM® Operational Decision Manager (ODM), an entity instance referenced by thousands of events is a “hot entity.”

(Jack Vamvas) Question: How can I find details about TSAMP (Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms) failover details? I discovered that a failover occurred and need, what sources will give me details?

(Lockwood Lyon) Your big data application needs regular extracts from your production systems. While many best practices exist for big data extract, transform and load (ETL) processes, we sometimes forget that these data-intensive procedures can affect the operational environment’s performance.

(Doug Mack) One of the things I hear often at speaking engagements or by working directly with customers around the world is that they know of DB2 Web Query, would like to evaluate or get some hands on experience, but aren’t always sure how to get started and gain quick value from it.