(Vaibhav Srivastava) Business Intelligence and Reporting Tool (BIRT) is an open source relational reporting solution. It provides an Eclipse-based plug-in for report development and testing, and it provides J2EE deployment and APIs that can be used in custom Java applications. With IBM DB2 Data Ware

(Bart Jacob, Nicholas Ara, Michael Beres, David Boggs, Carmen Ces and Julio Zaima) This IBM Redbooks publication provides an overview of the IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT portfolio. The portfolio is made up of the three primary products, IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT, IBM Tivoli License Ma

(Vincent McBurney) This entry is a comprehensive guide to preparing for the DataStage 7.5 Certification exam.

(Akira Shibamiya and Roger Miller) The key DB2 9 performance improvements are reduced CPU time in many utilities, deep synergy with System z hardware and z/OS software, improved performance and scalability for inserts and LOBs, improved SQL optimization, zIIP processing for remote native SQL procedu

(Lydia Parziale, Hyun Baek, Javier Chavez, Vince Crose, Giovanni Grita, Georg Mayer and Heinz Ruflair) This IBM Redbooks publication presents many of the new and improved features and functions of DB2 V9.1 for z/OS and DB2 Connect V9.1. It explains how they complement and benefit your SAP NetWeaver

(Willie Favero) You know that DB2 for z/OS Version 8 is where you really want to be. You’ve read all the articles and seen all the presentations describing the new features, functions, and other things V8 makes available to you. The list of cool stuff in DB2 V8 just goes on and on. You are also very

(Karl Freburger and Allen Smith) Learn how to install and configure RFID reader device agents for use with WebSphere RFID Premises Server V6.0.0.1. The article describes how to install a device agent definition into the Premises Server and create the necessary configuration to run the agent and the

(Peter Crocker and Dominic Storey) Learn how to use the new DataPower security wizard, which is now provided as part of WebSphere Message Broker Explorer, to configure a DataPower SOA appliance so that you can use it to decrypt messages on which WS-Security processing has been applied. This wizard g

(Susan Visser) Common questions about certification go something like this: Do I have to get certified?, Is it worth anything?, and How do I get it? I’ve put together answers to these questions along with some other advice that I hope you find useful.

(Craig Mullins) As we continue our blog series on the new features and functionality of DB2 9 for z/OS, today we examine the four (OK, five) new data types introduced in this version of DB2.