(Cynthia M. Saracco and Tad Worley) The widespread use of XML for capturing and exchanging critical business data is prompting many firms to explore how popular query and reporting writing tools can be used with this type of data. This article explains two techniques for generating business reports

(Chris Eaton) A series of customer videos has been produced by IBM about the advantages of DB2 that customers are seeing. I thought I would post a series of blog postings here so that we can, as a group, discuss them. Tell me if your experiences are the same or different. Lets open the discussion an

(Troy Coleman) Depending on the database management system you support, you may have a different understanding as to what a database is. A DB2 for z/OS database is a collection of tables and table and index spaces. When you create a database, an internal representation of that database is maintained

(Paul C. Zikopoulos) We’re in the midst of a data explosion. In 1999, the world contained an estimated 12 exabytes (EB) of data born in digital format (as opposed to being converted to digital). By 2002, that estimate had doubled. Some experts predict that by 2011, the amount of digitally born data

(Timothy Prickett Morgan) Here’s a story you’ve heard a bunch of times: IBM liked the software so much, it bought the company. And so the story ran again last week, when Big Blue bought software emulation specialist Transitive for an undisclosed sum of money. Transitive makes a bit of software calle

(Mike Sniezek) One of the most exciting features in DB2 9 for z/OS is native extensible markup language (XML) support. XML was refined in the late 1990s to solve the problem of the universal data interchange between dissimilar systems. XML has been around for a while. IBM has supported storage of

(Bhargav Perepa and Pei-i (Sylvia) Liu) In this article, youll learn how to perform lifecycle governance in a multiple environment topology using WebSphere Service Registry and Repositorys promotion capabilities. We’ll walk through several use cases that demonstrate the steps required to promote SOA

(Kim Moutsos) Putting a man on the moon is a tough act to follow. But 40 years on, the Information Management System (IMS) star hasn’t dimmed. In fact, IBM’s hierarchical database management system, developed to track bills of material for lunar-bound Apollo spacecraft, continues to expand its custo

(Alan Li) IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management Server allows you to plug in your transaction authorization provider. In this article, learn about the default transaction authorization provider and explore an example showing how to implement a transaction authorization provider using an LDAP server.

Out of the many enhancements of DB2 9 for LUW, an interesting one is the ability to install multiple copies of DB2 software of the same server. Till v8 the db2 installation path was hard coded and as a result only one copy of db2 software was allowed.