(GGZ) Since DB2 9 for z/OS beta time in early 2006, I was frequently asked by customers the question of the value of pureXML in DB2. Although more and more folks now realize the value of XML support in DB2, I’d like to touch upon this topic here.

(Willie Favero) Are you a DB2 Certified professional? If you are, are you planning on attending IOD in Las Vegas next month (October 26 – 31, 2008)? If that’s another YES, I have what I think is some very cool news for you.

(Hanumanth R. Kanthi and Billy Rowe) This article is the second in a two-part series showing how to integrate Business Objects with WebSphere Business Monitor V6.1 to provide enterprise reporting on process and business activity data stored in WebSphere Business Monitor. Part 1 showed how to configu

(Willie Favero) What if the DB2 community could be one, sharing their combined knowledge and experiences. Everyone could (would) benefit. We can become a united community that other database professionals will be envious of; a community other IT professionals wished they were part of.

(Guang Xu, Wei-Dong Zhu, Mike Grasselt, Alan Mayer and Lijing Zhang) In Part 7 of this series, see how to use custom privilege definitions in the IBM DB2 Information Integrator for Content System Administration client. Also, see how these privileges can be accessed by your custom eClient application

(Philip Howard) I recently wrote (see “IBM, BEP and CEP”) about IBM’s release of InfoSphere Streams. I reported that rather than referring to this as a complex event processing (CEP) product they are instead calling it a “stream computing engine used for CEP deployments”. However, I did not discuss

(Robert Catterall) I recently spent an enjoyable few days engaged in a DB2 application performance tuning effort. The work was fun because it was successful (we reduced the run time for some complex transactions by more than 90%), and it was successful largely because it involved a cross-functional

(Hanumanth R. Kanthi and Billy Rowe) Many companies want to extend the power of their monitoring solutions by integrating with other reporting vendors such BusinessObjects. In particular, they would like to leverage their existing investments in BusinessObjects Crystal Reports, Desktop Intelligence

(Howard Fosdick) Certification is both challenging and satisfying. You start with what you know today, and through hard work and study, achieve a new level of DB2 understanding. But certification costs time and money. So the natural question to ask is: Will it pay off?

(Willie Favero) For all those in the Houston area: It looks like Ike is now going to cause our DB2 User Group problems.