DB2 10 for z/OS Migration Tips – IDUG Networking

The International DB2 User Group (IDUG) conference started yesterday with the full day educational seminars. This morning’s keynote session highlighted the new DB2 10 for LUW, DB2 10 for z/OS and all their great features.

There are always informative sessions, numerous networking opportunities and interesting information exchanges going on at the conference. Coming in . . . → Read More: DB2 10 for z/OS Migration Tips — IDUG Networking

DB2 10 for LUW Tools: Love and Hate

First, I want to thank everyone for their emails regarding the Optim products that I wrote about last week. The reasons the comment sections on the blog are shut down is because I can’t keep up with the all the spammers while I am consulting or teaching. So please keep the emails comments coming I . . . → Read More: DB2 10 for LUW Tools: Love and Hate

DB2 10 for LUW Has the Optim Tools for Your Productivity

The IBM release of its new DB2 10 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (LUW) provides additional functionality for everyone. Along with this announcement IBM announced a refresh of all their InfoSphere Optim tools for working with the new DB2 10 for LUW environments. Within all these tools IBM provides a great Eclipse base framework for . . . → Read More: DB2 10 for LUW Has the Optim Tools for Your Productivity

DB2 10 for LUW Extends IBM’s DBMS Leadership in Even More Ways

IBM finally announced and will be making its new DB2 10 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (LUW) available to everyone April 30th. IBM is always focused on better performance, reliability, availability and scalability and this new DB2 LUW version extends DB2 DBMS leadership over the competition. In my last two previous weeks’ blogs I talked . . . → Read More: DB2 10 for LUW Extends IBM’s DBMS Leadership in Even More Ways

DB2 10 for LUW Extends IBM’s DBMS Leadership in More Critical Ways

IBM finally announced the new DB2 10 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (LUW). This DB2 10 for LUW new version offers many industry leading features for better performance, reliability, availability and scalability. Last week’s blog talked about three great new DB2 10 . . . → Read More: DB2 10 for LUW Extends IBM’s DBMS Leadership in More Critical Ways

DB2 10 for LUW Extends IBM’s DBMS Leadership in Critical Ways

This week IBM finally announced that the beta “Galileo” is ready and generally available as DB2 10 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (LUW). This new version of DB2 10 for LUW extends DB2’s leadership position as the premier database for businesses that want the best performance, reliability, availability and scalability. DB2 10 for LUW is . . . → Read More: DB2 10 for LUW Extends IBM’s DBMS Leadership in Critical Ways

Three Items to Improve Java Performance

Last week I talked about three important Java DB2 performance best practices that can help prevent performance problems before they get into production. Unfortunately, the comments from readers indicated that the Java DB2 performance problems are already in production and the database is being blamed. Proving the database is not the issues always . . . → Read More: Three Items to Improve Java Performance

Three Important Java Performance Best Practices

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These days Java systems have grown within the corporate software landscape because they provide a flexible language for running programs on all types of platforms. Unfortunately, the Java language, like any software language, can suffer from bad . . . → Read More: Three Important Java Performance Best Practices

DB2 10 Performance Improvements

There are many great features in DB2 10 and as the system migrations happen more companies are experiencing improved performance. The clients doing migrations from DB2 Version 8 to DB2 10 are especially happy experiencing the performance improvements in DB2 Version 9 once they make it to Version 10.

There are many areas where performance . . . → Read More: DB2 10 Performance Improvements

Three activities to help your Agile Development

This week I speak at the Kansas City DB2 Users Group about my 22 billion row data warehouse design and the Agile development teamwork. Without the teamwork the project would not have been successfully implemented in only six months.The following are three Agile project activities your team should do. These items helped our team and . . . → Read More: Three Activities to Help Your Agile Development