(Lester Knutsen) New corporate and government standards for accountability and control mean that database security is a hot topic these days. DBAs must provide the access users need to do their jobs without putting data at risk.

(Robert Catterall) I’ve recently had the occasion to give DB2 for z/OS page-fixed buffers a spin, and I’ve been pleased by the results I’ve seen. In this post I want to give you some information about this relatively new mainframe DB2 feature.

(Martin Fuerderer and Nicole Neubuerger) Can IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) run on Linux in Xen hypervisor virtual machines (VM)? Is all OS-specific functionality of IDS usable in a Xen VM? This article is a detailed summary of first experiences with running IDS for Linux in a Xen managed virtual

(Willie Favero) This morning, I would like to bring your attention to an APAR that is now about a month old. However, if you are using data sharing, I think you might find this one of interest so I wanted to make sure you are aware if it.

(Kalyani Thummapudi) IBM Informix ESQL/C has many features to reduce the network traffic between server and client, thereby increasing the performance of the application. In this article, gain an understanding of these features and see you how to use them to achieve maximum performance.

(Willie Favero) I am pleased to announce the IBM Information On Demand (IOD) 2008 global conference, October 26-31, 2008 at the majestic Mandalay Bay Hotel and Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The global conference continues to bring our information management community fresh, innovative idea

(Alan Cooper) October 2007 saw the general availability of IBMs Information Management System Version 10 (IMS 10). The IMS Database Manager and the IMS Transaction Manager both originated in 1968, and were created to support the building of Saturn V rockets for the Apollo Space Mission. Since then,

(Shashank Kharche) New multithreaded capabilities were introduced inDB2 9.5 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows, codenamed Viper 2.” Learn how these new capabilities affect you if you regularly monitor processes or threads, if you need to understand how much memory your database is using, or if you want to

(Willie Favero) I have a new article published in this month’s issue (June/July 2008) of z/Journal Magazine. Check it out at “Data Warehousing With DB2 for z/OS… Again!!! ” and let me know what you think. (pdf)

(Roger E. Sanders) If you want a car to perform well, you must perform some maintenance procedures regularly, such as changing the oil and replacing spark plugs. The same is true for a database; if you want to see good performance, you must regularly execute operations like rebalancing data, updatin