(Antonio Cangiano) In this screencast I’ll show you how to install DB2 Express-C, an absolutely free version of DB2, on Mac OS X. The procedure is fairly straightforward, but watching this video should help you out nevertheless.

(Ranjani M. Bettadahalli and Paul-John To) Learn about the new Mac OS X ODBC features available with Informix Client-SDK and Connect 3.50.xC3. Part 1 of this 2-part series described how the ODBC features integrate fully with native Mac OS X applications. In Part 2, follow detailed walkthroughs using

(Jeff Berger and Paolo Bruni) The dollar-to-data ratio of solid-state drives (SSDs) is still high when compared with the dollar-to-data ratio of traditional spinning disks in the enterprise storage market; however, the SSDs ratio is expected to improve with investments in the not too distant future.

(Shyam Prakash and Mangala G. Pujar) This article discusses the different synchronization levels supported by IBM products like IBM TXSeries, CICS Transaction Server, WebSphere Application Server, and WebSphere MQ. It explains the role of synchronization in maintaining data integrity across the syst

(Suzanne Schroeder) Living in the information age has become both a blessing and a curse. People have access to every kind of information from almost any location. As a result, it’s easy to pay bills, access account information, and make purchases without leaving the comfort of the living room.

(Vikram Khatri) Use this DB2 Stored Procedure to build an INSERT statement. This is very useful when you are developing some Java or .Net program or any other program and need an easy way to do this.

(Willie Favero) You’re reading that title correctly. I’m posting about DB2 LUW. Why? Because DB2 9.7 is so cool that it deserves all the press it can get. So read on… and I think you will agree.

(Ranjani M. Bettadahalli and Paul-John To) Learn about the new Mac OS X ODBC features available with Informix Client-SDK and Connect 3.50.xC3. In Part 1 of this 2-part series, see how the ODBC features integrate fully with native Mac OS X applications. In Part 2, you’ll follow a series of detailed w

(Troy Coleman) On March 25 IBM posted a Red Alert titled, “DB2 9 for z/OS potential data loss following REORG or REBUILD INDEX in non-data sharing.”

(Susan Visser) Last week I blogged about the importance and benefit of word of mouth feedback via online reviews. Today I want to remind you of the series of Best Practices documents that are available for you.