October 21, 2008
Volume 9, Issue 20
IN THIS ISSUE:
1. From the blogs
* Meet, greet, and eat at Information On Demand?
* DB2 for LUW Performance: Analyzing a busy production OLTP database
* More sample DB2 9 DBA certification questions
2. Wiki wisdom
* Get out of the weeds with automation
3. Informix update
* Take the IBM Informix vNext survey
* Informix earns top Q3 VendorRate score
4. Tech term of the day
* Do you speak IMglish?
5. IBM skills and education news
* The latest discounts, special promotions, and news about IBM skills opportunities
*Sponsored by Information On Demand 2008 Diamond Sponsor*
Intel Corporation - IOD Booth D1 The new Intel® Xeon® processor 7400 series and DB2 9.5 have set a world record for 64-bit x86 performance. Learn more at http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/xseries/benchmarks/
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1. From the blogs
* Meet, greet, and eat at Information On Demand?
Ever wanted to talk to your favorite IBM Database Magazine columnist, blogger, or editor in person? You just might get your chance at the Information On Demand conference. Email if you're interested in sharing your story ideas and thoughts about the magazine or Web site during a conference lunch break. Details to follow.
* DB2 for LUW Performance: Analyzing a busy production OLTP database
Scott Hayes' recent blog posts explain how to analyze different aspects of your database's performance. The latest one shows how to apply all these lessons to a real database environment, courtesy of data and statistics provided by an participant at the recent IDUG Europe conference.
* More sample DB2 9 DBA certification questions
Find out if you know enough about roll-forward recovery and granting PUBLIC privileges to pass the DB2 9 DBA certification exam.
*Sponsored by Information On Demand 2008 Diamond Sponsor*
SAP AG - IOD Booth D2 SAP® software – and DB2 optimized for SAP software – enables you to close the loop between business strategy and execution. Learn more: Booth D2 or http://www.sap.com.
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2. Wiki wisdom
* Get out of the weeds with automation
GridApp's Robert Gardos contributes an article on how automation can help DBAs see the bigger picture.
3. Informix update
* Take the IBM Informix vNext survey
The International Informix Users Group is hosting the 2008 IBM Informix vNext Survey from October 6 through November 7. Your responses to the vNext survey help drive new features and directions for the Informix product family.
* Informix earns top Q3 VendorRate score
VendorRate, a Web-based business-information service that offers performance ratings and comparisons of technology vendors, announced that Informix was the top rated vendor for customer satisfaction in the third quarter of 2008.
*Sponsored by Information On Demand 2008 Diamond Sponsor*
SPSS - IOD Booth D8 See What's Next Now. Predictive analytics from SPSS leverages DB2 and Cognos investments to increase revenue, retain customers and lower costs. Visit http://www.spss.com for more.
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4. Tech term of the day
* Do you speak IMglish or digispeak?
IMHO, it's JOOTT that are KPC. NALOPKT, and many think it's TMTH.
5. IBM skills and education news
* The latest discounts, special promotions, and news about IBM skills opportunities
Just in time for the IBM Information On Demand 2008 Global Conference, IBM announces details and special offers on:
—Certification practice tests
—Information On Demand registration
—Book discounts
—Certification road maps
—No-charge instructor-led online courses
—RSS feed for course updates
—Chumby offer with IBM training courses
—DB2 security and compliance Redbook
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