(Ben Thompson) This two-part article series shows you how to convert WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus (WebSphere ESB) resources so that they can be used by the new IBM Integration Bus product. Part 2 uses the WebSphere ESB StockQuote sample to show you how to convert a variety of mediation primitive

(Troy Coleman) Recently I wrote about managing IDAA with Data Studio. The marketing message around IDAA is that you don’t need to be a DBA to tune the queries because there are no indexes and queries are fast.

(Kent Milligan) As more IBM i applications utilize stored procedures and user-defined functions, processes must be put in place to manage these routines just like traditional IBM i program objects. You need to make sure the stored procedures and functions are moved from your development system to pr

(Mohankumar Saraswatipura) In the current, ever-demanding world, data warehouse environments are continuing to grow exponentially both in terms of data and real-time data processing requirements. To meet these demanding needs, organizations have to make right decisions to move the applications to th

(Chris Eaton) Now that I’ve written about BLU in so many different blog postings, I’m going to start to append a table of contents at the end of each posting. If you have missed some, check out the bottom of this blog for a list of other BLU topics.

(Willie Favero) Yes it can. DB2 11 will be proving that to us once DB2 11 goes generally available and everyone gets a chance to play around with it.

(Jacques Roy) Use InfoSphere Streams to turn volumes of data into information that helps predict trends, gain competitive advantage, gauge customer sentiment, monitor energy consumption, and more. InfoSphere Streams acts on data in motion for real-time analytics. Get familiar with the product and fi

(Nigel Campbell, Henk Cazemier, Robert Hatfield, Martin Petitclerc, Glen Seeds and Jason Tavoularis) This IBM Redbooks publication explains how IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (BI) administrators, authors, modelers, and power users can use the dynamic query layer effectively. It provides guidance f

(Gene Cobb) Libraries have been a longstanding and fundamental way for IBM i customers to store separate copies of files that are identical in name and format but hold different data. And by simply manipulating the library list correctly, users access the right file located in the right library to g

(Ben Thompson) This two-part article series shows you how to convert WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus (WebSphere ESB) resources so that they can be used by the new IBM Integration Bus product. Part 1 describes a simple mediation scenario, highlights the architectural differences between WebSphere ES