(Marc Fasbinder) Learn about new features in Version 7, including new standards support, an improved SOA core, better performance, enhanced support for workflow scenarios, and Business Space support for administrative functions and business users.

(Jeff Sullivan) Partitioned tablespaces on DB2 for z/OS have been with us for quite some time, freeing us to have much larger tables for data. It is one of the best ways to influence the optimizer for SQL query parallelism. Additionally, partitioning can improve the speed and effectiveness of proces

(Radim Kolar) Opensource databases such as MySQL and PostgreSQL supports non standard SELECT extension for limiting number of returned rows from query. You can see description in PostgreSQL manual. Look for keywords LIMIT and OFFSET. LIMIT specifies the maximum number of rows to return, while OFFSET

(Deb Jenson) Get a brief overview of the functionality and packaging of the development, administration, and performance management offerings in the IBM Optim products (many of which have been renamed from Data Studio). The products described in this article include IBM Data Studio, Optim Developmen

(DB2 Geek) Since its introduction to the market in the mid-90s, DB2 for z/OS data sharing became the gold standard for enterprise data-serving scalability and availability. Customers using DB2 on midrange platforms have long been calling for similar capabilities. This has now arrived in the form of

(Keith McDonald) The db2top tool supports an extended mode in which it shows different information than it shows in the default mode. Today, we will see how the -x command line option can put you into extended mode and how that affects what information db2top displays.

(Nick Kanellos) A system is highly available when it achieves no unwanted downtime. A system is fault tolerant if it can keep operating in spite of having experienced a fault. A system can achieve high availability without being fault tolerant if it can be built in such a way that it never experienc

(Vijay Bommireddipalli) Hope you have the upcoming Virtual Tech Briefing on pureQuery by Information Champion Dan Galvin on your calendars. We had a meeting to discuss this today, and hearing about pureQuery (a topic I spend a fair amount of time on) from someone who is not an IBMer is refreshing, a

(Willie Favero) Here’s a chance for you to voice your opinions about a few of the DB2 for z/OS product publications. Take a few minutes to answer less than a dozen question using a web questionnaire about three of the DB2 publications.

(Zi Hui Duan, Zhi Qiu Xie and Hua Cheng) Learn how to integrate WebSphere ILOG JRules and WebSphere Process Server to implement agile business processes. The article describes key points about installation and configuration, different integration methodologies, and monitoring JRules using CEI in Web