(Clint Boulton) IBM next month will release the next version of its DB2 Universal Database, a software server loaded with the ability to process XML data.

(Nagraj Alur, Steffen Herold, Huey Kim, Makiko Tsuchida and Mark Wiman) This IBM Redbook provides detailed instructions and scripts on managing failover and switchback in a bidirectional Q replication environment for the AIX platform. (pdf)

(Ted) I know that IBM added a lot of new programming features to CL in the past two releases. However, one of the features I’ve been hoping for–the ability to do output operations to database files–doesn’t appear to be among them. Please tell me that I’m wrong and that there really is a way to upd

(Chris Eaton) In a previous posting someone asked if you could use Table Partitioning with Database Partitioning (DPF). The short answer is Yes, but I thought it was worth doing a full posting on the subject. Actually I’m going to be given a presentation at IDUG Europe in October on this exact subje

(Rav Ahuja) Database workloads seldom remain static. Workloads and the environments they are run under can change over time due to a number of factors, including more users, change in the pattern of queries, running of maintenance tasks, changes in resources consumed by other applications, and so on

(Michael S. Dougherty) When it first emerged in the 1960s and 1970s, business process management (BPM) was all about converting manual, paper-based processes to automated, electronic processes. This shift is still occurring in all industries today and is largely supported by content management syste

(Willie Favero) This is an announcement write-up taken directly from an IBM flyer. Attend one of our free technical education seminars to learn the value that DB2 for z/OS Version 8 can bring to your enterprise – and get a sneak peak of DB2 9 for z/OS. (R)

(Rav Ahuja) IBM has been a pioneer in autonomic computing. DB2 Version 8 introduced a number of self-configuring, self-optimizing, and self-healing capabilities. DB2 Viper continues along this strategy of helping you derive more business value from your data, while spending less time managing it.

IBM has announced a solution that combines enterprise search and unstructured information discovery software with advanced reporting and analytics to help clients more quickly find, access and gain insight from business information.

(Hardeep Singh) In this article you go through an XML application migration process using an example scenario. The scenario goes through the steps of creating a sample application using DB2 UDB Version 8.x functionality for XML. This application then is migrated using DB2 Viper XML capabilities. As