(Leon Katsnelson) In the past year we have spent a lot of effort putting DB2 on the cloud and we achieved absolutely fantastic results. Db2 has proven to be a hit on both the Amazon cloud, on RightScale and on the IBM Developer Cloud. But all this focus on running applications on the rented IT infra

(Bryan Smith) I’m on the plane today returning from two customer visits in the D.C. area where I was talking about the advantages of pureQuery in DB2 for z/OS environments for DBAs (as opposed to applications developers).

(Kent Milligan) For many years, IBM i customers have reaped the benefits of a relational database that is integrated into the operating system — that database is now known as DB2 for i. One of the key benefits of the integrated DB2 for i database is its ability to support multiple interfaces.

(Scott Hayes) Very few DB2 LUW performance blog posts have delivered so many emails to my Inbox as the prior posting on VOLATILE tables. One of our blog readers brought some very important information to my attention that I feel an obligation to share…

See how the fictional Great Outdoors Company uses the IBM pureQuery data access platform to optimize existing applications, providing the potential to reduce hardware and software costs. Follow along with a DBA as he measures performance before and after using the pureQuery client optimization proce

(Willie Favero) IBM has issued a “Red Alert” for DB2 9 for z/OS. These are only issued for very serious issues that need immediate attention. In 2009 there were only 9 issued and there hasn’t been a “Red Alert” since last August.

(Henrik Loeser) One of the new or enhanced features in the DB2 9.7 FP1 is the option to store the diagnostic logs in separate files for a physical host, a database partition, or both (DPF environments).

(Radhesh Kumar) After a long gap, I am back again to share some of my thoughts. Leaving my Blog dry for so long makes me feel drained as well. However, I try to console myself thinking now it’s the age of information overload. Also, the growth of community websites in past few years is pouring so mu

(Laurence Bonney and Alex Fehners) This article shows you how to configure Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connections from an IBM WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition (WMQFTE) agent. It also explains the WMQFTE commands and the WMQFTE Plug-in for MQ Explorer, and how to connect over TCP/IP to three separa

(Robert Catterall) In part 1 of this two-part entry, posted last week, I wrote about some of the more interesting changes that I’ve seen in DB2 for z/OS data sharing technology over the years (about 15) since it was introduced through DB2 Version 4.