IBM announced that the Lotus Expeditor software platform is extending desktop computing and Web 2.0 capabilities to mobile phones.

(Robert Catterall) Here’s a news flash for you: SOA is sometimes oversold. Hard to believe, I know, but it’s true.

(Eberhard Hechler, Martin Oberhofer and Paul van Run) Learn to use the transaction hub Master Data Management (MDM) pattern to implement your MDM systems. This typical architectural pattern is described in terms of capabilities of the MDM Reference Architecture. Get an introduction to the IBM InfoSp

(Troy Coleman) Last week I noted that IBM is aggressively trying to make DB2 for z/OS the database platform of choice for businesses. To help remove the roadblock of high cost traditionally associated with z/OS, IBM is providing lower-cost hardware, a one-time charge for DB2 and, now, free developme

(Jim Flanagan) Because DB2 for i5/OS is embedded within i5/OS, application designers and programmers likely expected that with the V6R1 release of i5/OS there would be plenty of database enhancements included. They weren’t disappointed, because the developers of DB2 for i5/OS have been busy developi

(Craig S. Mullins) Of the many new features and functionality offered by DB2 9 for z/OS, some of the more intriguing ones deal with locks and locking.

(Willie Favero) I listened in on today’s IBM webinar “DB2 for z/OS Trends & Directions”. If you weren’t able to listen in I thought I woudl share a few of the comments made during the webinar. The comments I am mentioning are based on facts and not opinions.

(Lester Knutsen) In my previous column, I discussed five useful new tables in the Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 11 Sysmaster database. In this column, I’ll continue that list.

(Tom Huntington) Is your BI solution meeting your needs? It might not be if you have any of the following symptoms: Your data is out of date; your report backlog is still a backlog; your BI technical department is larger than two people; your team spends time redefining your data to make the solutio

Readers and writers can get along. All it takes is a positive outlook–and an optimistic approach to locking. Columnist Bonnie Baker explains why pessimism rarely pays. (R)