(Lockwood Lyon) The implementation of big data solutions has left many IT departments with a dilemma. Big data applications do not need the same infrastructure support teams as do more common applications. As the enterprise embraces big data, management assumes that staff sizes will decrease. What s

(Pas Apicella) I recently posted about the “Deploy to Bluemix” button which will automatically deploy an application into IBM Bluemix from a single click.

(Martin) This information is timely for the multitude of companies moving to DB2 11! David covered the many aspects of the expanded LRSN /RBA.

(Andrei Lyskov) When Chris McCoy started Data4America, he had one mission, to bring the power and potential of big data to making American politics and its policy making processes more transparent and easier to understand.

(Chetan Papaiah, Ashok V. Jose and Chris Meyer) The DB2 database system supports Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), which means that a DB2 client application that also supports SSL can connect to a DB2 database by using an SSL-protected socket.

(Craig S. Mullins) Up through DB2 V8 for z/OS, the only way to control partitioning of DB2 table spaces was by using a clustering index that specified the range of key values for each partition.

(Ember Crooks) I have worked with three different vendors for backup solutions for various clients in the last few months, and several others over the course of my career. When either making archive log decisions or evaluating vendors, it is important to know the DB2 details behind what is going on

(Addison Goering) This IBM Redbooks Solution Guide outlines how products in the IBM PureApplication family, IBM Cloud Orchestrator, and Open technologies can be designed to create a secure hybrid cloud solution.

(Henrik Loeser) I was recently asked whether DB2 support MySQL-style syntax to page through query result sets. The good news is that DB2 supports LIMIT and OFFSET in addition to its own syntax.

(Lockwood Lyon) Big data provides ample opportunities for gaining and using specialized knowledge. As mentioned earlier, skills in the following areas provide the DBA team with a significantly greater ability to positively affect the business: