(Ravi Tripathi, Dr. Debasish Banerjee, Anupam Basu and Jim Krueger) This series focuses on the best practices for the integration of IBM WebSphere eXtreme Scale DyanCache in WebSphere Commerce Server environments. WebSphere eXtreme Scale is a distributed caching solution that is a popular provider o

(Willie Favero) As you all know, DB2 for z/OS Version 8 was discontinued (went out of service) last year way back in April 2012. If you are still using DB2 V8 now is the time to start gathering up product documentation making sure that what you have is the latest and greatest.

(Craig S. Mullins) DB2 10 for z/OS delivers two new group level privileges to enable more granular and functional security support for DB2 administrators. The system DBADM authority is for DBAs at shops looking to minimize SYSADM usage, and SQLADM authority is for users who focus predominantly on pe

(Bedoya Hernando) IBM DB2 Web Query for i offers a set of modernized tools for a more robust, extensible and productive reporting solution than the popular Query for System i (also known as Query/400) tool.

(Meghali Rugge) This document provides the step by step instructions on how to create an IBM Cognos Report Studio template and apply it as a default template within IBM Cognos 10.2 Query Studio.

(Dave Beulke) Another year has come to an end and it’s interesting to hear all the various 2013 predictions. Being around for a while I love the technology predictions but I haven’t seen one on data management trends so here is one for everyone to compare their own thoughts against.

(Roman Kharkovski) “So, while it took us a year to do the development on Oracle Fusion, we were up and running both development and a production service on the DataPower appliance within four months, shockingly fast.” – Paul Lewis, Vice President of Technology, Architecture and Security, D+H.

(Leslie Gallo) This article shows you how to create a custom search portlet in IBM WebSphere Portal that searches IBM Web Content Manager, IBM Connections, and IBM Lotus Quickr using REST APIs.

(Troy Coleman) Following up on my post about on spatial data support in DB2 for z/OS, this week we’ll cover how to create a table and index containing spatial data. While you read along, you might want to view this visual, a sample application delivered with ArcGIS by ESRI.

(Bedoya Hernando) IBM DB2 Web Query for i offers a set of modernized tools for a more robust, extensible and productive reporting solution than the popular Query for System i (also known as Query/400) tool.