(Chip Irek) Working with DB2, from a .NET application developer’s perspective, is just like working with any other relational database. One can find endless examples of how to perform databases tasks (from the mundane to the interesting) for Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle, but there is not as much

IBM announced four new technologies that will enable developers to more easily deploy and manage applications based on DB2 Universal Database. These new DB2 developments are designed to ease development expertise and shorten the time and costs associated with implementing new applications.

(Tim Albrecht) With a more complete implementation of stored procedures in DB2 Versions 5 and 6, many new distributed access opportunities have been given to the DB2 developer. Many shops, ours included, severely limited or completely denied Dynamic SQL access to operational Online Transaction proce

The University of Michigan has selected IBM to pursue a digital vision and to collaborate on a Digital Asset Management system in the Living Laboratory of the university’s Media Union. The two are working on the university classroom of the near future, where faculty and students find and use audio,

(Greg Nash) Database performance is one of those things that goes unnoticed, until it starts flagging. There are three broad areas relevant to database performance. Read more about it in this article.

(Michael L. Gonzales and Jon Rubin) Built-in business intelligence functions let DB2 handle data preparation so partner apps can do what they do best: Serve up actionable insight. The latest examples involve real time, spatial, OLAP, and other advanced forms of analysis.

(Dennis Callaghan) IBM Corp. announced Wednesday new applications on its Lotus Workplace platform for instant messaging and team collaboration, e-learning and content management

Think of it as a starter kit for those who want to grow into enterprise content management. Bundling core elements of its DB2 Content Manager software products, Somers, NY-based IBM has released DB2 Content Manager Express v8.2, described as a departmental solution for medium-sized businesses. Price

(CFGURU Blog) Following on from the recent snippet on Oracle, there’s been a thread on getting DB2 JDBC drivers to go. Turns out the DataDirect drvier suite has been updated and there’s a correction to the documentation to get DB2 on OS/390 going. If you have a hankering for all things DB2 read on.

(Kulvir Singh Bhogal) Newton’s third law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Don’t worry, I’m not giving you a physics lesson. In this article, I will be guiding you through the concept of cause and effect as implemented in a database application that brings togeth