(Robert Catterall) The sun is starting to set in a typically cloudless sky in Nevada’s southern desert, and day one of IBM’s annual Information on Demand conference (aka IOD) is just about done. Herewith are a few notes on today’s goings-on in Las Vegas. I’ll blog at the conclusion of days 2, 3, and

(Adam Gartenberg) I really enjoyed the feeling of excitement in the Business Analytics keynote yesterday (which focused on the Cognos 10 launch) – you could tell that the audience was excited about the announcements being made, and it was great to see the applause as new features were rolled out and

(Wei Liu) Data object naming standards promote a common understanding of data, sharing of data across organizational boundaries, and reduction of data redundancy through the consolidation of synonymous and overlapping data elements. As organizations search for ever greater efficiency these days, the

(Craig S. Mullins) Here I am at the opening session of the 2010 IBM Information On Demand conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. The hall is beginning to fill up with what is reported to be around 10,000 attendees. I wonder how many are IBMers?

(Willie Favero) Available for immediate download is Julian Stuhler’s DB2 10 for z/OS Business Value White Paper “A Smarter Database for a Smarter Planet”.

(Daya Vivek) pureQuery is a high-performance data access platform that makes it easier to develop, optimize, secure, and manage data access. It consists of tools, APIs, a runtime, and client monitoring services. This article introduces pureQuery built-in inline methods, which are a set of well-defin

(Adam Gartenberg) While I’m excited for the chance to meet so many of you at the Information on Demand conference that kicks off this Monday, I know there are many of you who won’t be able to join us in person.

(Dave Beulke) Last week I talked about leveraging the DB2 Version 9 BASIC and EXTENDED plan stability features. I also commented that if you don’t have DB2 9 and are coming from DB2 Version 8 to DB2 10 that you can still save your access plans.

(Dipali Kapadia and Michelle Chiu) The IBM DB2 High Availability (HA) feature, introduced in IBM DB2 9.5 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows, enables a new level of integration between the data server and cluster management software, providing a unified High Availability Disaster Recovery (HADR) automation

(Willie Favero) For only the second time in DB2’s short 27 year history, skip-level migration will once again be a DB2 upgrade option. DB2 10 will allow either the traditional upgrade path from DB2 9 new function mode (NFM) or skip-level migration from DB2 Version 8 NFM.