(Michael L. Pauser and Patsy Yu) IBM Data Studio’s Data Web Services allows you to quickly and easily expose DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows, DB2 for z/OS, DB2 for iSeries, or Informix data source SQL scripts or stored procedures as Web services. One of the supported Web servers is the WebSphere Ap

(Willie Favero) This first APAR I couldn’t resist. It’s for Version 7 and it’s the first Version 7 APAR I have seen close in a long time; at least on the RSS feed I subscribe to. It deals with VIEWs returning a different result from the query that makes up the view. With the number of people that us

(Laurence England and Mel Fowler) IBM Rational Developer for System z V7.1 provides an Eclipse-based integrated development environment (IDE) that you can use to access applications and resources directly on z/OS. Using the Eclipse concept of perspectives –- an arrangement of views and editors dedic

(Susan Visser) Last week I blogged about a promotion by Pearson Education, publisher of IBM Press books, who has provided a free eBook and author podcasts along with a 35% discount on selected books. Today I want to mention a few other podcasts that you might be interested in:

In this technote we summarize the main enhancements provided in this release. DB2 for z/OS Version 8 support is also included among these enhancements.

(Benjamin Lieberman) The best-organized information in the world is useless without an effective way to present that information to the interested audience. Poorly designed interfaces, inadequate search and filtering support, and confusing visual displays can severely hamper the success of any infor

(Robert Catterall) It’s nice when one’s job title accurately reflects what one actually does for a living; examples that fit include customer service representative, teacher, pilot, dentist, and electrician. How about database administrator? Is the DBA title appropriate in light of the work you do?

(Aleksandr V. Nartovich, Juan Manuel Alcudia, Norman Bels, Michael Fiebig, Rafal Jablonski, Heather R. Jones and Adam Smye-Rumsby) The number of System i customers running one or more Web applications is growing quickly. By integrating WebSphere Application Server – Express to i5/OS, IBM opens a doo

(Jarek Miszczyk) Over the last couple of years, I wrote several articles and white papers that dealt with Microsoft .NET Framework integration with DB2 for i5/OS. Judging from the readers’ interest and feedback, this topic is very popular, especially among those System i users who rely on Microsoft

(Robert Catterall) I was in Sydney, Australia last week, representing the International DB2 Users Group Board of Directors at the 2008 IDUG Australasia Conference (a really outstanding event this year). One of the sessions I attended was a half-day seminar on the internals of DB2 V9.5 for Linux/UNIX