(Aaron Tarter and Andre Tost) This article introduces a new way of using the IBM WebSphere DataPower appliance, namely running it as a virtual appliance in IBM PureApplication System. This virtual appliance supports the same set of functionality you get with the physical appliance, just in a differe

(Troy Coleman) I noticed that the DB2 11 announcement letter includes the customer requirement to drop a column. I was surprised that this feature had eight different requests to support either drop column or remove column through alter.

(Willie Favero) Today’s installment of using Data Studio to manage your subsystem parameters (aka: DSNZPARM keywords) should be part 3, the final portion of the story. We have in the previous two post already discussed connecting Data Studio to your Mainframe that is running your DB2 for z/OS subsy

(Chetan Bhatia, Joseph Yeh and Ajith Kumar Punnakula) This article explains how to create models with better maintainability and to change the models in a team environment using best practices. The article also details the product settings that you should set for the product to work at optimal level

(Dave Beulke) During the recent Information on Demand conference earlier this month I took to my Twitter account to highlight and note some of the more interesting details from the various sessions. There were many sessions on the new BLU Acceleration DB2 10.5 for LUW that highlighted its lightning

(Chris Eaton) In my previous blogs on BLU Acceleration I’ve written a lot about the capabilities in 10.5 for extreme performance. In this blog I will talk specifically about the performance benefits customers are experiencing with BLU.

(Paolo Bruni, Felipe Bortoletto, Adrian Burke, Cathy Drummond and Yasuhiro Ohmori) Document the state of the art on DB2 transaction and subsystem monitoring.

(Raul F. Chong and Clara Liu) DB2 comes with a comprehensive and complimentary set of tools for you to perform basic database administration and development tasks. Figure 4.1 shows a high level overview of tools available with DB2.

(Willie Favero) This could be the longest post (in words) with the least amount of information (overall content) that I have ever published. For that reason I am going to break it down into multiple posts to make it easier to read.

(José De Jesús and Michael Nassar) This article series helps you create your own cloud environment at home or within a lab environment to work on Proof-of-Concept projects. Part 1 of this 3-part series shows you how to install the ESX server and install a Workload Deployer virtual appliance, which c