(Claus Torp Jensen, Jasmine Basrai and Pablo Irassar) Visibility and traceability are two key imperatives for any successful model-driven development (MDD) initiative, especially in environments where multiple modeling tools are used in support of different roles and model types. Historically, the a

(Dave Beulke) DB2 10 for z/OS is a tremendous step forward in database technology because of its improvements in performance, scalability, availability, security, and application integration. Its technology provides a clear competitive advantage through its continued improvements in SQL, XML and int

(Rebecca Bond) Many employers seem to believe that about five years of solid DB2 DBA experience puts a potential employee into an “advanced” or “senior” DB2 DBA role. Those with less experience are typically slotted for positions that will have some oversight from a more senior DBA.

(Lee Ackerman) This article provides a quick reference for querying XML data with DB2 pureXML. This article reviews the syntax associated with some common queries, including the XQuery with SQL format and the SQL/XML with XQuery format. And even once you select between those two formats, there are o

(Leons Petrazickis) Getting Started with WebSphere Application Server Community Edition (WASCE) is the fourth free e-book in the Getting Started series.

(Thomas Snyder) My recent articles on exporting data have generated a number of questions on formatting dates with SQL. So let’s explore SQL dates by looking at how to create date fields in physical files, insert dates into physical files, and export the dates in different formats.

See how a DB2 database administrator (DBA) uses Optim DBA solutions to address a wide variety of data management requirements with speed and agility, while reducing overall risk to the business. In this demo, a performance problem is quickly identified, diagnosed, and solved using Optim Performance

New DB2 10 for z/OS Security Features Help Satisfy Your Auditors without impacting your production applications – coming on 6th July.

(Rebecca Bond) I just returned from an International DB2 Users Group (IDUG) conference and my brain is full of great IBM DB2 hints and tips. Sure, there were some big ideas presented there, DB2 pureScale for example, but there were also numerous opportunities to accumulate information in short, comp

(Robert Wisniewski) Modern enterprise systems are being confronted with the need for more complex processing, coupled with higher loads and greater demand for resources. This reality is driving a need for separation of functional units and motivating the use of asynchronous methods to accomplish wor