The second in a series of articles exploring on-demand scenarios that integrate business process management, business rules and business intelligence, this article focuses on integration of external business rules into a business process.

By Bryan F. Smith and Thomas A. Vogel – A data explosion threatens to bog down, fill up, and generally complicate DBMSs. Archiving lets companies hold on to the data they need and keep DB2 performing at top speed.

(John S. McCright) IBM is using its partnership with Microsoft Corp.’s Visual Studio operations to bring out products that compete head on with Microsoft’s SQL Server group. Big Blue will roll out new developer tools to simplify and automate creation of .Net applications that run on the company’s

By Jim Haungs – Historically, using stored procedures in DB2 has required a separately installed (and sometimes costly) C compiler. The solution outlined in this document describes how to install and use the GNU C Compiler (GCC), a free open-source C compiler.

By Robert Westervelt – Database administrators who are increasingly being asked to monitor the company mainframe may have their headaches reduced with help from Houston-based BMC Software Inc. The company’s latest update of its SmartDBA performance monitoring software integrates the mainframe

The authors take you through a window cleaning business scenario to illustrate how to implement a JSP ERP solution with IBM WebSphere Everyplace Access and DB2 Everyplace, and in the process provide an in-depth look at IBM’s mobile strategy.

Mobile applications built on DB2 Everyplace serve multinational corporations, window cleaning agencies, and everything in between.

By Barbara Darrow – IBM Software, trying to steal some Microsoft thunder, Monday will preview upcoming features in its DB2 database. The company will show off tools, including some technologies IBM acquired with Rational Software, to ease Windows .Net development, according to a statement. Th

By Craig S. Mullins – Although DB2 data is accessed at the table level, those skilled in DB2 database design and administration know that the actual data is actually stored in a structure known as a table space.

A great Branham Group Inc. document comparing IBM® DB2® vs. Oracle9i on Linux. This document looks at cost of owenership, ease of use, reliability, and scalability: