(Robert Catterall) First, some explanation as to what I mean by "trimming and upgrading" indexes. My use of "trimming" refers to reducing the number of indexes defined on tables, through elimination of indexes that aren’t providing value.

(Judy Fainor) For many organizations, maximizing the accuracy of testing using production data for test purposes is essential. Of course, using production data requires planning. For example, the test group has to determine which parts and volumes of data are needed to satisfy the test requirements.

(Franz-Josef Schneider) One of the components to create a business process management integration solution, and based on WebSphere Portal Server and WebSphere Process Server or IBM Business Process Manager, is the Unified Task List portlet.

(Chris Eaton) What do all of the topics in the title have in common? Well it just so happens that I’ll be speaking on these topics over the next month in webinars and at conferences. If you want to learn more check out these webcasts and conferences.

(Philip) Today is the first day of the DB2 10 for Linux, Unix and Windows bootcamp at IBM Hursley and so far it has been informative. A special thank you has to go out to Triton Consulting and Iqbal Goralwalla (@iqbalgoralwalla) Head of mid-range at Triton for getting IBM to put one of these on in t

(Dave Beulke) Building a big data warehouse using a Union All View (UAV) table with billions of rows is only the beginning. There has to be a DB2 system that is enabled so the data warehouse can have SQL optimized automatically and queries run efficiently. Hopefully each of the critical DB2 DSNZPA

(Ember Crooks) It is interesting to me the number of paths there are to database administration. I thought my path was pretty typical.

(Aruna De Silva, Aslam Nomani, Roger E. Sanders and Kevin Richards) In today’s highly competitive marketplace, it is important to deploy a data processing architecture that not only meets your immediate tactical needs but also can grow and change to adapt to your future strategic requirements. In De

(Troy Coleman) Following up on last week’s post about the zEnterprise EC12, IBM has just come out with a new Redbook, the “IBM zEnterprise EC12 Technical Guide.”

(Robert Catterall) Data privacy, while always important, has become significantly more so in recent years. Consider the potential impact to your organization’s reputation if a data breach gets reported in the news media; your company could lose existing customers and miss out on gaining new ones.