(Brian Sletten) One of the fundamental purposes of software in the modern world is to produce and consume data. It’s a simple task to create a data model or schema, map it to an object model, and serialize the data in an externalized format to a single recipient who shares your context.

(Troy L Coleman) I’ve written extensively about the DB2 Analytics Accelerator. My most recent post, from January, covered IBM’s future plans for the product. (Previous posts about the accelerator are here, here and here.)

(Kent Milligan) Handing out blank checks in the world is definitely not a best practice if you’re looking to avoid financial headaches and hardships. After a recent set of SQL performance engagements with clients, it’s clear to me that a number of IBM i developers don’t understand how to best check

(Scott) 100% of our studio audience learned something! Today’s presentations included topics on tuning production DB2 LUW Databases (Challenges and Solutions), Getting Connections to DB2 databases in restricted intranets (tunneling in secure environments), Pursuit of Happiness- Achieving Performance

(Craig S. Mullins) Today’s post is an update on a post I first wrote 10 years ago on my DB2portal blog. The general idea is that everybody in IT would be well-served by learning about mainframes and their robust management environment.

(Rob Utzschneider) An Apache Hadoop infrastructure offers great promise for drastically reducing the costs of storing and processing large data volumes and increasing ROI. However, Hadoop cannot deliver the opportunities by using only its infrastructure. Success with Hadoop requires effectively mana

(Edward A. Bridge II) This tutorial describes a proactive methodology for monitoring and managing IBM PureApplication System to ensure optimal operation and performance. The reader will learn why this is important, what to monitor, how to do so, and how to handle and report issues.

(Ember Crooks) I’m a control freak. I think that control freaks tend to make good DBAs as long as they don’t take it too far. My position for years has been that I would rather control my runstats, reorgs, and backups directly than trust DB2’s automatic facilities. But I also try to keep an open min

(Cuneyt Goksu) Organizations spanning many industries are transforming their operations to digital business. These transformations occur while supporting existing client organizations with new offerings and services, and help businesses and their customers gain access to advanced products and servic

(Craig S. Mullins) Spring is in the air… well, at least it is South of the Mason-Dixon line… and that means it is time to plan your trip to this year’s IDUG North American DB2 Tech Conference.