(Li-an Yu, Michael Swenson, Taylor Allison and Timothy Causey) In today’s competitive environment, customers are turning to Open Source Software as “good enough” to meet their performance and financial goals. OSS initially became popular with Linux, Eclipse, HTTP servers, browsers, servlet engines,

(David Simpson and Linda Claussen) There has been quite a bit of attention paid to the access path stability features of DB2 for z/OS since they first appeared in DB2 9. Enhancements have followed in each subsequent release. This article will discuss these features.

(Phillip Downey) In DB2 11.1, we introduced two new and easy to consume DB2 Direct editions: DB2 Direct Advanced and DB2 Direct Standard. Both editions bring a new dimension to the database offerings for the small and larger enterprise clients that are looking for the flexibility and scalability of

(Jack Vamvas) A common problem for managing TSMAMP DB2 high availability is how to deal with non DB2 maintenance. An example is OS patching.

(Martin) 98% of our studio audience learned something!Sheryl discussed how to improve SQL coding skills; specifically in knowing when to use which SQL feature.

(Michael Sansoterra) This tip continues the series started in Part 1 that discusses some common SQL coding styles that can be improved. While some examples may seem trivial, under a heavy load, saving CPU cycles and reducing data and journaling I/O can make a considerable impact on overall system pe

(Pas Apicella) The ability to view usage data from a billing perspective on IBM Bluemix Public is available as a REST based API. To use it follow the steps below.

(John W. Alcorn and Latha Sivakumar) IBM Business Monitor provides dashboards that offer insight into the performance of your business based on events sent from your applications. Part 3 explains how to programmatically instrument your applications to emit business events.

IBM Data studio has come long way ahead from days of DB2 Control Center. I wonder if DB2 Administrators still miss working with Control Center? Data Studio Client is an IDE that is used to manage DB2 instances and databases through GUI, provides for facilities like visual explain , routine and Java

(Kim May) There are still seats available for the June 6th and 7th *FREE* hands-on IDAA training class, scheduled for delivery in the IBM Chicago offices. DB2 Gold Consultant Frank Fillmore will be delivering this class.