(Keith Carter) This article provides an overview of IBM Lotus Expeditor and its components and features. Learn how you can use it to develop managed client applications that run on desktops, laptops, tablets, and handheld devices.

(Willie Favero) Neither of the above is even remotely true. However, people seemed bound determined to preach the end of all things that work well (or that I work on… LOL).

(Sonali Surange) Whether you’re a Java developer or always wanted to be one, you have come to the right place. Discover how IBM pureQuery tools make Java programming with SQL more productive than ever before. Code SQL and Java applications in the Java editor, and be equally productive in both. Never

(Bonnie Baker) The phrases “optimistic locking” and “built-in optimistic locking” are part of the language of DB2 for z/OS, and they’re often used in conjunction with the word “performance.” These phrases lead me to wonder. Is there such a thing as “pessimistic locking?” Why the qualifying adjective

(Craig Mullins) Next up in this sub-series on IBM utility improvements in the larger series on DB2 V9 features and functions we will take a look at the new “stuff” in the IBM COPY utility.

(Scott J. Martin and Colin J. Meiser) Over the past few years, much has been written about DB2 design and implementation best practices. There are many books, along with dozens of articles, that provide insight into how DB2 should be designed and integrated into applications. To provide some basic g

(Rebecca Bond) When we think about security, we often mention the term “security in depth.” Layer after layer, we build our security architecture attempting to achieve a robust defense mechanism. We put in firewalls, build access control lists, devise elaborate intrusion detection schemes, enforce

(Tom Alcott and Larry Clark) ObjectGrid is a part of the WebSphere Extended Development Data Grid offering, but you can you install it as a standalone package as well. Learn the basics of installing and using this in-memory database for your Java applications. You’ll see how to set it up to use one

(Willie Favero) Do you like small cute little things in life, stuff like puppies? Then do I have an enhancement for you. Although it isn’t much more than a sentence in a manual someplace, I think it is an extremely handy little feature. What is it? It’s the ability to change the default for a column

(Skip Marchesani) One of IBM’s better-kept secrets in V5R1 is the significant new trigger function provided in the OS/400 release. This ranges from SQL triggers, which provide a high degree of flexibility not found with external triggers, to read triggers, which can have a serious detrimental ef