The rate at which we collect, store and process data continues to rapidly increase. Global communications make the world smaller and businesses more efficient as more and more information is processed electronically. But there is down side. From 1997 to 2007 credit card-related fraud grew from $1.46

(Alan Yaung) IBM Content Manager, Version 8.4.1 supports an event framework for external application integration. Two types of integration are currently supported: –Process integration, specifically for the integration with FileNet Business Process Manager –General integration, for the integr

(Willie Favero) If you are, then do I have a deal for you. However, first calm down, I’m still a DB2 for z/OS guy. However, LUW is so easy to load onto a notebook computer and play around with, you almost have to do it just for the experience. Enough about that though; let’s get back to indexes.

(Scott Hayes) Despite all the hype about AUTOMATIC tuning, a remarkably large number of DB2 LUW customers are still suffering from inadequate and sub-optimal performance. AUTOMATIC tuning can provide some benefits, BUT it only works well when the database is free of significant physical design defec

(Robert Catterall) When it comes to query tuning, it’s important for you to do not only good work, but the right work. Your first impulse might be to work on queries with long run times, but these aren’t necessarily the "problem" queries. A query that runs for 10 seconds can cause a lot of dissatisf

(Willie Favero) Information on Demand (IOD) 2009 must be getting closer. Speakers are receiving their acceptance e-mails (mine arrived a few days ago), keynote speakers are finally being advertised, portions of the agenda is now available, and the end to discounted registrations is drawing nearer; J

(Dave Beulke) DB2 Version 9 for z/OS has over 50 plus great performance features. Many of these really stand out and can provide a dramatic impact on your existing applications. Over the coming weeks I will write about these performance features.

(Roger E. Sanders) In a perfect world, mission-critical databases would never be subjected to issues like hardware, network, or software malfunctions, nor would they be exposed to natural disasters like fire and flood. But in reality, any database can be impacted by one of these events and the conse

(Leons Petrazickis) DB2 Express-C and DB2 Enterprise are now available in the IBM Developer Cloud.

(Curt Cotner) It was just over a month ago that I posted the information about our new releases under the Optim name. Today we announce the z/OS versions of some of those products.