(Lydia Parziale, Jörg Maier, Sabine Jaeschke, Jochen Röhrig, Gerard Ceruti, Karen Bogart, Anbu Govindasamy and Jon vonWolfersdorf) This IBM Redbooks publication focuses on the implementation of SAP application servers on Linux on System z. It provides an overview of SAP and Linux and describes the p

(Tom Huntington) Where is your business data? Is it all in IBM i DB2, or do you have data in MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, or maybe an Oracle database? Do you need to consolidate this data across DB2 partitions? Does your current reporting and data access solution consolidate and provide instant acce

(Denis Vasconcelos) Developing trust in enterprise information assets requires organizations to develop and share a common understanding of business vocabulary. This is one of the central objectives of InfoSphere Foundation Tools. Business analysts can create, manage, and share an enterprise vocabul

(Henrik Loeser) One of the questions I answer a lot to both customers and IBMers alike is whether XML data is buffered, i.e., whether XML data utilizes the bufferpools. Before I explain it in more detail, let me answer the question briefly. Yes, XML data goes through the DB2 bufferpool and the entir

(Antonio Cangiano) A few weeks after DB2 Express-C for Mac OS X was announced, I’m here to let you in on another great scoop. DB2 support for the Django web framework is going to be available soon to the community, under the permissive Apache 2.0 License. We are presently waiting for clearance from

(Chris Eaton) IBM is offering a sneak peak at technology currently under development in the labs. According to the DB2 Technology Sandbox site on the IBM website the following technologies under development can be previewed

(Jeffrey Benner) Did you know that since version 8 the QUIESCE command has allowed you to block new connections for either the entire DB2 instance (and all databases under it) or to just quiesce a single database? You do this using the INSTANCE and DATABASE options.

(Rob Henley and Matthew Golby-Kirk) SOAP nodes in WebSphere Message Broker V6.1 send and receive SOAP-based Web services messages, enabling a message flow to interact with Web service endpoints. The messages may be plain SOAP, SOAP with Attachments (SwA), or Message Transmission Optimization Mechani

(Dave Beulke) Over the last four months, we have examined in-depth the DB2 performance problems that might be found in a typical DB2 installation. My purpose in doing this was to show you how A methodical review can help you discover ways to reduce system costs. Good application review and positive

(Roger Sanders) Here’s the latest sample question to help you prepare for DB2 9 DBA certification. You can browse past questions here. Be sure to browse the comments section for additional tips and clarification.