(Carol) Forget ¡®Strictly..¡¯, forget ¡®I¡¯m A Celebrity..¡¯ ¨C the renowned ¡®DB2¡äs Got Talent¡¯ Contest is returning for its third year! Once again DBI, one of Triton¡¯s software partners, are searching for real talent in the world of DB2. We are thrilled to be sponsoring the event, as we did l

(Willie Favero) 2012 comes to an end today. Many have the day off, some don’t but aren’t getting much work done anyway, yet others still have things to complete to finish up their year. With all that in mind, I thought a short yet still handy post would be perfect to cap off the year.

(Frank Fillmore) I have just begun a new engagement working with a large, integrated financial services firm on a project migrating IMS and VSAM data to DB2 10 for z/OS.

(Lai-Fong Leung and Walt Geddes) Learn how to create and deploy information services to access legacy databases without writing any code.

(Robert Catterall) A few days ago I received a question that I believe reflects a rather widely held misconception about DB2 for z/OS native SQL procedures. In the interest of clearing the air, I’ll provide in this entry the information that I communicated to my question-asking friend.

(Scott Hayes) 80% of our audience learned something! Two thirds claimed to be “Nice!” and most correctly predicted that the world would not end on 12/21/12.

(Thomas Bohn and Susann Fritzsche) Learn how to create a dynamic database-based caching pattern in WebSphere ESB by extending the packaged primitives with an additional set of mediation primitives. The article describes the architecture of the caching pattern and shows you how to implement your own

(Susan Visser) IBM Redbooks are cherished by many, since they provide excellent technical content in electronic format, all at a price that is hard to resist: FREE! This year IBM Redbooks are also available in ePub format, allowing tablet owners a new way to read these books.

(Dave Beulke) Another one of the benefits to migrating to DB2 LUW for Version 10 are the improvements in the DB2 LUW Routines and Views that can be called for all types of information using simple SQL statements. With over 200+ DB2 LUW Routines and Views available and many new built-in functions wi

(Roman Kharkovski) I like funny computer error messages, such as this: “Three things are certain: Death, Taxes and Lost Data. Guess which has occurred.” I wish we had more humor in our IT business. Unfortunately none of those three things mentioned above are funny. Neither is misleading marketing.