Descriptions of the available training courses for DB2 Information Management software.

By Robert Westervelt – With so many data warehouses getting to be behemoth in size, companies should be looking for ways to link data to external sources rather than simply continuing to store more information, according to Barry Devlin, a data warehouse expert and IBM Corp. consultant.

Since it was unveiled earlier this year, IBM’s DB2 Information Integrator product, which pools data many sources into one location, has become so popular that customers have asked the company to one-up itself.

By Bonnie Baker – In this column, I would like to explain why some of the old rules that many still abide by are no longer valid. Some of the rules are big, some are tiny, but they all can affect performance in a negative way.

By Lisa Cawley – This tutorial introduces you to DB2 security. You will learn about DB2 authentication, authorization and privileges. It is the second in a series of six tutorials that you can use to help you prepare for the DB2 UDB V8.1 Family Fundamentals Certification (Exam 700).

By Rachel Konrad – Demand for server computers that feed big companies’ networks made a double-digit improvement in the second quarter, reversing a nine-quarter slide and allowing IBM Corp. to surpass Hewlett-Packard Co. as the top seller.

By Brent Premer – High performance and high availability are key requirements for any mission-critical database. This article give hints and tips for configuring an IBM DB2 UDB database cluster with Adaptec DuraStore external storage to achieve the best results.

These APARs affect customers running DB2 V7.2 FixPak 9 or 10, and DB2 V8.1 FixPak 2.

DB2 does have background processes? What are they? Where can I find them?

Creating DB2 triggers doesn’t have to be complicated. Join author Kulvir Singh Bhogal as he walks you through the process of creating a trigger used in a mock banking scenario.