(Cindy Russell) IBM InfoSphere Optim Workload Replay can significantly improve your database testing experience and help you successfully manage change in your database environments, whether you are adopting BLU Acceleration, upgrading DB2 versions, or making the move to DB2.

(Ember Crooks) I have recently had the chance to do several installs on DB2 10.1 and migrate a couple of 9.7 environments to 10.1. I may be late to the party – oddly, IBM takes longer to certify WebSphere Commerce on new versions of DB2 than many external vendors do with other products. But I know t

(James T Mulvey and Harold Gartner) Enhancements to IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software V9.0.1 added new capabilities for application integration between disparate enterprise environments, such as those made up of IBM WebSphere Application Server, CICS, IMS, and batch processin

(Dave Beulke) Another year has come and gone. Content continues to gain mindshare with the CEO as companies that get hacked and individuals on Facebook better understand the importance of governance, security and overall data management issues.

(Craig S. Mullins) One of the most fertile grounds for disagreement between database professionals is the appropriate usage of views. Some analysts promote the liberal creation and usage of views, whereas others preach a more conservative approach.

(Bill Cole) You’ve had that experience, right? Somebody says that the answer is in the data so you look harder and all you see is stuff. There’s not a pattern within a grenade blast of this data. Maybe if you had a bit more time you’d find it. Or maybe having the data in the right format would m

(Richard Tran, Sachchidanand Singh, Poonam Chitale and Tushar Patil) The IBM IMS database stores data using a hierarchical model which is quite different from the relational databases like IBM DB2. A typical IMS database stores the data using blocks called as segments & each segment can contains sev

(Troy Coleman) DB2 11 introduces new restrictions that limit the types of ALTER operations that can be conducted on an object.

(Scott Hayes) As we bid farewell to 2013 and welcome 2014, it is time to review our most popular DB2 for LUW shows for 2013! Check out DB2 community favorites and download the replays that you’ve missed! Here’s the list…

(Craig S. Mullins) Remember that you do not have to do everything yourself. Use the resources at your disposal. We have talked about some of those resources, such as articles and books, Web sites and scripts, user groups and conferences. But there are others.