(Willie Favero) In just a little more than a week, you’ll have the opportunity to listen to what should be an excellent teleconference. So why am I so pumped over this particular IBM no-charge teleconference? Well, for a few reasons.

(Robert Catterall) Last week, I posted an entry in which I described the numerous index-related enhancements delivered via DB2 9 for z/OS. In this related “part 2” entry, I’ll cover new features of DB2 9.7 for LUW (Linux, UNIX, and Windows) – announced a few weeks ago and available next month – that

(Xiang Cheng, Zhi Hao Zhang and Jia Gu) Adobe Flex takes you to the next level of Web application development with the concept of Rich Internet Applications (RIAs), while IBM WebSphere Portal provides a composite tooling to build flexible, SOA-based solutions. But how do you get the two of them toge

(Vikram Khatri) Starting version DB2 9.7, you can use following query to detect unused indexes in DB2.

(Craig Mullins) Although DBAs, at a high level, are tasked with managing and assuring the efficiency of database systems, there are actually many different DBAs. Some focus on logical design; others focus on physical design; some DBAs specialize in building systems and others specialize in maintaini

(Michael Rajkowski) Service oriented architecture is an application framework that takes everyday business applications and breaks them down into individual business functions and processes, called services. SOA lets you build, deploy, and integrate these services independent of applications and the

(Michael Sansoterra) Originally introduced as an add-on to SQL Server 2000, SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) is a stable product currently in its third version with SQL Server 2008. This article offers a high-level overview of SSRS and explains how to create reports against a DB2 for i data sour

(Willie Favero) I’m back trying to understand what customers are doing with DB2. I really appreciate everything you all have shared with me on your DSNDB07 usage and data compression rates. It has been very helpful. I will putting all this to good use (in my opinion) in future blog entries.

(Dustin Amrhein) Part 1 of this article series discussed cloud computing in general, including cloud layers and the different cloud types, along with their benefits and drawbacks, and explained why this movement is important for enterprise developers. This article looks specifically at the public cl

(Leons Petrazickis) The two javascript functions above are very useful. The first one executes something after a set delay, and the second executes something at regular intervals. The syntax is very similar.