(Chris Eaton) For those of you not following me on twitter and may have missed this, DB2 10.5 was officially certified for use with SAP as of August 8, 2013. SAP has certified DB2 10.5 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 SR 3 and higher. (see SAP Note: 1851853 for all the details).

(Henrik Loeser) This interesting video showing Paul Z. (you can ignore his real last name… 🙂 interviewing Tim Vincent about BLU Acceleration in DB2 10.5 was posted yesterday.

(Brad Patterson) Xtivia has a client who runs an old Informix database product, Standard Engine (SE) version 5.01.UD3, on SCO UNIX version 5.0.5. Both have been running well for at least twenty years without much in the way of outages. Over the years Xtivia has assisted the client with small datab

(Michael Sansoterra) In modern applications, it’s typical to store large amounts of text data, including emails, rich text documents, audit logs, and XML. Recording this information in a database table can impose a significant tax on disk space.

I’d like to use SQL Descriptors in an embedded SQL program to read column data into host variables. However, if my host variable type doesn’t match exactly the parameter or column data type then I receive an SQL0076 error: “DATA or INDICATOR item not correct.”

(John Rasmussen and Matthias D. Siebler) WebSphere DataPower architecture often includes integration with multiple endpoints. Downstream services may be front ended by DataPower for protocol transformation or authorization, orchestrations may be performed within a DataPower service’s policy rule, an

(Mike Branson) Today, the challenge for many organizations is extracting value from the imposing volumes of data available to them. Tackling the big data challenge can fundamentally improve how an organization does business and makes decisions. But managing your big data infrastructure doesn’t have

(Jack Vamvas) How can I manage a DB2 database backup retention policy if the database is configured to use TSM . I understand I can manage the old backups through a script , but I’d prefer if DB2 managed the process?

(Craig S. Mullins) It is impossible to over-estimate the importance of database design on the effectiveness and efficiency of application systems. The first step, of course, is to create a logical data model of the business information that must be stored in, and accessed through, the database.

(Troy Coleman) Recently I was asked to participate in a discussion on Big Data Bytes, IBM’s video and podcast series on big data topics.