(Roger Sanders) In DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows and DB2 for z/OS, privileges convey the right to perform certain actions against specific database resources. Two distinct types of privileges exist: database and object.

(Willie Favero) Three new DB2 for z/OS best practices videos are now available from the DB2 Best Practices website located on developerWorks at

(Jin Jiang Zhang) This article shows you how to set up high availability for FIN and MSIF services when connecting WebSphere Business Integration for Financial Networks to a SWIFT network.

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(Troy Coleman) Last week I discussed the new user-defined ARRAY data type in DB2 11. This is the first DB2 for z/OS release to support arrays, although DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows has supported arrays since DB2 V9.5 (October 2007).

(Krunal Vora and Karandeep Chawla) As data scientists for the customer analytic group in our wireless service provider company, we want to leverage customer data to predict customer churn. Customer retention is a critical challenge for the telecommunications industry, where annual churn rates can be

(Chris Eaton) There are often competing goals in any system today. One such example is the desire to leverage resources available on a machine in order to complete a given complex query as fast as possible, alongside the desire to provide predictable response time by ensuring a given set of resource

(Henrik Loeser) Many of you know that IBM is offering free trainings on Information Management products, so-called bootcamps, to business partners. Two new classes have been added that cover solely DB2 with BLU Acceleration:

(Tracy Schramm) In IBM i 7.1 with the latest Technology Refresh updates, the maximum size of an SQL index increased to 1.7 TB, allowing users to take advantage of Very Large Database (VLDB) capabilities. This IBM Redpaper publication shows you how to view your IBM i 7.1 database file sizes from both

(Craig S. Mullins) Tracking who did what to which piece of data, and when they did it, is important because there are many threats to data security. External agents trying to compromise security and access company data are rightly viewed as a threat to security. But industry studies have shown that