(Cheung-Yuk Wu, Shannon Rouiller, Robert Heath, Vincent Petrillo and Cliff Leung) You can learn more about query tuning using the InfoSphere Optim Performance Manager (OPM) web console. There are step-by-step descriptions showing you how to tune and manage recommendations in the OPM web console. You

(Kurt Struyf) This month’s focus is “legacy migrations,” and in the next few weeks we will have a number of migration stories by customers and consultants. Be sure to regularly check in and find out how they handled some of the challenges. As the first article of this month, I would like to share my

(Craig S. Mullins) Today’s blog entry from Las Vegas covering this year’s IOD conference will be my final installment on the 2013 event.

(Michael Sansoterra) The real power of the new DB2 for i HTTP functions comes from their ability to let the IBM i talk with any number of HTTP-based web services and applications. One such HTTP-based app is Microsoft’s SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). SSRS has rich HTTP-based APIs (e.g., SOAP a

This training will bring you up-to-date with the latest developments in DB2 LUW. We will also review the pros and cons of many issues and provide input for your strategy regarding upgrading and tuning. Bring your questions and share your experiences! If you are looking for DB2 LUW training beyond th

(Vinod A. Valecha) The article describes migrating enterprise applications from WebSphere Business Integration JDBC Adapter to a J2EE Connector Architecture (JCA) compliant WebSphere JDBC adapter. This migration topic is important because support for WebSphere Business Integration Adapters ends by A

(Paolo Bruni, Felipe Bortoletto, Ravikumar Kalyanasundaram, Sabine Kaschta, Glenn McGeoch and Cristian Molaro)IBM DB2 Version 11.1 for z/OS (DB2 11 for z/OS or just DB2 11 throughout this book) is the fifteenth release of DB2 for MVS. It brings performance and synergy with the new System z hardware

(Craig S. Mullins) The second day of the IBM IOD conference began like the first, with a general session attended by most of the folks at the event. The theme of today’s general session was Big Data and Analytics in Action. And Jake Porway was back to host the festivities.

(Willie Favero) Today’s stroll through the wonderful world of subsystem parameters (AKA DSNZPARMs) will have us examine changes to how two DDF related subsystem parameters resulting in the APAR being marked as HIPER, a new subsystem parameter adding a control for real time statistics collected by th

(Henrik Loeser) IBM has announced a so-called “IBM BLU Acceleration for Cloud”. Right now it is a technology preview and FREE to use. Thanks to the combination of the BLU Acceleration technology and Cognos it is powerful. Simplicity is guaranteed through the presence of many tools and the “load and