(Willie Favero) Testing for RSU service package RSU1502 is now complete. This March 4, 2015 4th Quarter “2nd Addendum Quarterly Report” (65 KB PDF file) is based on the 4th quarter 2014 service ( RSU1412) and contains ALL service through the end of September 2014 not already marked RSU.

(Craig S. Mullins) Welcome to another installment of Inside the Data Reading Room, a regular feature of this blog where I take a look at some of the recently published database- and data-related books. In today’s post we’ll examine a book with a unique spin on data governance, a book on MDM and Big

(Marija Selakovic) This article shows how to apply Model Driven Architecture principles to accelerate the design and development of Java Enterprise Applications that use mainstream technology, such as Java Persistence API, Enterprise Java Beans and Java API for RESTful Web Services.

Number 8 in our Top 10 DB2 Support Nightmares series. This month we take a look at what happens when organisations are not able to keep up to date with the latest DB2 technology.

(Michael Sansoterra) In my TechTip “Build Web Apps with the Flip of a LightSwitch”, I introduced Microsoft LightSwitch and discussed how it can be used to build mobile-friendly web applications.

(Bill O’Donnell, Jim des Rivieres and Chunlong Liang) IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Profile (hereafter called Liberty Profile) added OpenID Connect 1.0 (OIDC) support in V8.5.5.4. This tutorial describes the OIDC support, including architecture and new features, and then shows you how to

(Ian Bjorhovde) Have you ever looked at a list of tables in your database, only to see the set of EXPLAIN tables present in two, five or even 10 different developers’ schemas?

(Craig S. Mullins) Here are a few guidelines for you to consider as you work to implement and optimize your usage of IBM’s DB2 Connect gateway…

(Venkatesh Babu KS, Shilu Mathai and Rajendra Kamath) This tutorial explains the key best practices when developing C/C++ applications against the IBM Data Servers; (DB2 for z/OS; DB2 for i; DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows; and Informix).

(Scott) No surprise! Again, 100% of our audience learned something! Mohan and Kent did a great job introducing their new forthcoming DB2 Certification book, plus they taught various topics from the book!