(Pavan Kristipati) Handling tables (or other database objects) that have mixed case names and/or with special character(s) in their names needs special effort. In this blog post, we will look at our options; essentially, what works and what does not work.

(Lockwood Lyon) Big data applications are commonplace now. Most large companies have one or more of these applications, which provide fast access to large stores of customer and sales data. As the IT organization grows to install, support and maintain these applications, new job categories and new t

(Kolby Hoelzle) Your repositories of data are growing. The transactions and events that produce that data are increasing. The requirement to extract more value from the data is not going away. Thus, the importance of understanding your data and how it is being used is paramount.

(Willie Favero) Congratulations are in order for IBM and IBM z Systems on being awarded TWO gold Stevie Awards in The 2015 International Business Awards competition.

(Mehmet Cuneyt Goksu, Claire McFeely, Craig McKellar and Xiao Hui Wang) This IBM Redbooks publication describes enhancements that are available with DB2 11 for z/OS. The contents help database administrators to understand the new extensions and performance enhancements, to plan for ways to use the k

(Kolby Hoelzle) Your repositories of data are growing. The transactions and events that produce that data are increasing. The requirement to extract more value from the data is not going away. Thus, the importance of understanding your data and how it is being used is paramount.

(Willie Favero) Congratulations are in order for IBM and IBM z Systems on being awarded TWO gold Stevie Awards in The 2015 International Business Awards competition.

(Mehmet Cuneyt Goksu, Claire McFeely, Craig McKellar and Xiao Hui Wang) This IBM Redbooks publication describes enhancements that are available with DB2 11 for z/OS. The contents help database administrators to understand the new extensions and performance enhancements, to plan for ways to use the k

(Craig S. Mullins) Today we start by discussing file placement and data set allocation.

(Mohankumar Saraswatipura) During normal operation, the DB2 database manager’s behavior is controlled, in part, by a collection of values that defines the DB2 operating environment. Some of these values are operating system environment variables, and others are special DB2-specific system-level valu