(Craig S. Mullins) DBAs are tasked with various and disparate responsibilities that consume their day. I’ve written DBA roles and responsibilities (What Does a DBA Do?) here on the blog before, so if you need a refresher, check out the link and meet us back here to hear about automating and simplify

(Chris Crone) This IBM Redpaper publication provides key information about continuous delivery in IBM Db2 12 for z/OS. It discusses how continuous delivery works and the changes that have been made in Db2 12 to support continuous delivery, such as adding a new catalog table and changing existing cat

There are several reasons why an organisation may feel that they can’t justify the cost of an in-house DB2 DBA.

(Vinay R. Rao) The data lake concept has been in existence for a few years now. It initially attracted some controversy and was labeled marketing hype. The term data lake wasn’t part of any traditional data-storage architecture, so vendors freely used it to mean many different things.

(M. Tim Jones) A key value that you can extract from raw data is the ability to build a model you can use for prediction or classification. Applying this model, you can translate an observation into a prediction or classification that has obvious value.

(Craig S. Mullins) I have been saying for quite some time now that a resurgence in metadata management should be a component of every IT organization. In the 1980s metadata management, data dictionaries, and repositories were all the rage for a period of time.

(James Honey) For decades, a company’s database usually had a single job: operating as either an operational — also known as transactional — database or acting as a data warehouse. It was also typically deployed in a single location: on premises.

(Troy L Coleman) I’ve recently found a great resource of news and information about Db2 for z/OS. IBM’s “Db2 for z/OS News from the Lab” provides regular update about new capabilities and enhancements in Db2 for z/OS Version 12 (as well as DB2 11).

(Craig S. Mullins) I was working in my backyard a couple of weekends ago, trying to find the cause of a leak. You see, there was a big puddle of water in the backyard, it hadn’t rained lately, and it was larger than the sprinklers could’ve made.

(Dino Quintero, Bing He, Bruno C. Faria, Alfonso Jara, Chris Parsons, Shota Tsukamoto and Richard Wale) This IBM Redbooks publication is a guide about the IBM PowerAI Deep Learning solution.