(Pavan Kristipati) I am thrilled to share that I have been recognized as an IBM Champion for the year 2015. This is my first time getting recognized.

(Pas Apicella) The following demo is using the same code IBM Bluemix created when using the Experimental ASP .NET 5 runtime. This can be done using the CF CLI where we clone the project from jazzhub git repository.

(Jane Man, Lei Tian and Liang Wang) This tutorial focuses on predictive analytics using IBM SPSS Modeler and data stored in DB2 for z/OS. We illustrate how to use the SPSS Modeler workbench to create predictive models with in-database mining, SQL push-back, and UDF scoring.

(Henrik Loeser) Another Friday, another opportunity to have some fun with Bluemix and DB2. Today, I fiddled with the Secure Gateway service that enables everybody to combine cloud-based applications with internal, on-premise services.

(Tom Alcott) Much has happened in the area of virtualization since the topic was first discussed in this column, so this is a good time to revisit (or re-introduce) virtualization and all its flavors to help you determine which type of virtualization could benefit your organization the most, and how

(Troy L Coleman) When DBAs tune SQL, one of their priorities is to find SQL that invokes sorts, because sorts are expensive.

(Harishkumar Baburao Pathangay) How Snapshot Monitor displays incorrect Application Code page Solution:

(Craig S. Mullins) After reviewing the differences among the various types of DBMS available — relational, NoSQL and NewSQL/in-memory — the next step should be to investigate the specific DBMS products that are available.

(Praveen Devarao and Mario Briggs) The dashDB service (formerly known as the Analytics Warehouse service) available in IBM Bluemix provides a powerful, easy-to-use, and agile platform for business intelligence and analytics tasks.

(Robert Catterall) A DB2 table space is well-organized when rows are physically located where they should be per the clustering index of the associated table.