(Kevin Oliver) Let’s be honest: no one wakes up in the morning excited to go through a procurement process. This reaction can be particularly true where data management is concerned. When quick responses to market changes are necessary, it’s essential to be able to adjust your architecture rapidly w

(Mark Simmonds) Throughout history, some sectors of society have rejected automation and technology—partly because of the fear of “letting go” control to the machines. Yet if we don’t relinquish some control, we humans become a bottleneck.

(Gareth Copplestone-Jones) This DB2 for z/OS Locking blog series is mostly targeted at DB2 for z/OS application developers, but is also appropriate for application designers, database administrators, DB2 systems programmers and other DB2 professionals who are concerned with data integrity and applic

(Robert Catterall) In the Part 1 post of this two-part blog entry, I described how RACF can be used to provide “external” security for a Db2 for z/OS system – external security being concerned with who (i.e., which IDs) can connect to the Db2 system, and how (e.g., in the form of a batch program and

(Julianna Delua) Welcome to 2020. As we take a look back to reflect on the state of digital transformation in today’s businesses, we can see several key trends emerging.

(Paul Tuohy) I recently had a discussion with some of my colleagues about the increased use of Data Definition Language (DDL) in SQL to define a database as opposed to traditional DDS.

(Paul Tuohy) In this article, I want to share with you an SQL scalar function that I happen to have been using quite a bit recently. At times, when using an SQL select statement, you may want to format a number or date.

(Martin) 100% of our studio audience learned something!Michael gave a deep dive into the latest log improvements in Db2 11.5.

(Craig S. Mullins) What better way to start off the New Year than with a quick blog post to remind everybody that the end of service deadline is looming for Db2 11 for z/OS… and that means it is time for you to move to Db2 12 for z/OS this year!

(Rafael Victoria-Pereira ) The first question crossing your mind is probably “Why do this?” I’m sure that, after reading the last few TechTips of this series, you’ve realized how useful SQL in your RPG code can be, but it’s probably not so obvious why the opposite can be equally beneficial.