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New this month: Table spaces and locking levels ebook.
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IBM news: Updates to MDM, dynamic warehousing, Information Server, and more.
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The Evolution of DB2 Application Development
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Info 2.0: Give the people what they want, without giving up control
Web 2.0 technologies give people the power to easily do things themselves that once required IT department involvement—and that's why these technologies
are making their way into the business world, whether IT wants them there or not. In the latest issue of DB2 Magazine, software developer Nelson King
talks with IBM's Anant Jhingran, Information Management CTO, and Arvind Krishna, VP of IBM Data Servers and Information Management Development, about how new
Info 2.0 technologies will soon let users have the access they
want, while preserving traditional IT priorities on management, control, and security.
DB2 and IDS gear up for Web 2.0
IBM is already preparing both DB2 and Informix Dynamic Server for a Web 2.0 world. Both data servers now use a new security feature called label-based
access control to provide granular control over who can access what data. New workload management features in
DB2 "Viper 2" will help DBAs deal with the workload changes
Web 2.0 brings. IBM's Deb Jenson delves into that and other new features of DB2's next release.
pureQuery perks up Java development
Despite the name, Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) programming methods can be somewhat less than stimulating. IBM takes the drudgery out
of the process with pureQuery, an integrated language
that queries relational databases as well as Java collections and database caches.
Browse all articles from Issue 3, 2007
Highlights include new columns from Bonnie Baker,
Robert Catterall,
Roger Sanders, and Informix guru
Lester Knutsen, plus a reader-contributed article
on troubleshooting DB2 Memory.
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Table Spaces and Locking Levels E-book
Every programmer who works with DB2 for z/OS needs to know about table-space and table locks. In this new
e-book from DB2 Magazine, Bonnie Baker cracks
open the mysteries surrounding the different locking levels. This printable, downloadable e-book explains the ins and outs of the DSNZPARMs that
control locking and covers timeouts, lock escalation, lock upgrades, deadlocks, index-only locking contention, and more.
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DB2 performance: asked and answered
Readers ask what tuning approaches affect the all-important BPLRTX (buffer pool logical reads per transaction) metric.
Scott Hayes has the answer,
plus a tasty guacamole recipe (don't ask, you'll just have to read it).
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Information platform updates
At the Information On Demand 2007 conference this week in Las Vegas, IBM announced updates to many elements of its information infrastructure, including:
For more IOD updates, visit the DB2 Magazine blogs.
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Authors. Next, click the Author Invitations tab at the top of
the page and enter your email address. You'll receive an email invitation with instructions for creating a log in. That's all it takes to start
contributing to this information management community.
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DB2 9 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Database Administration Certification Study Guide
by Roger E. Sanders
This comprehensive guide to Exam 731 covers relational database fundamentals such as data placement, database access, analyzing DB2 activity, DB2 utilities, high availability, and security. The book includes a full practice exam, plus sample questions with detailed explanations of the answers. Sanders is a member of the DB2 9 for Linux, Unix, and Windows certification team and writes the Distributed DBA column (this month's installment covers DB2 9's deep compression feature).
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Five testing tips
Howard Fosdick reveals a handful of strategies for tackling the most challenging certification exams. |
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Data migration with IBM Lab Services
A new Data Mover Tool from IBM Lab Services helps companies migrate and upgrade database environments more quickly and cost-effectively. |
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New Information Management training and certification site
This new site provides training and certification resources, including cost-saving offers and news about courses, certifications, books, and more. |
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Preorder Discount: DB2 9 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Database Administration Certification Upgrade Exam Study Guide
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