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Category Archives: Information Management
Join the Z series discussion
As BT famously pronounced “It’s good to talk” – and we’ve been doing a lot of that recently! In particular we’ve been focussing our “chatty” attention to LinkedIn. Because we enjoy talking we thought that it is quite likely that … Continue reading
Posted in DB2, Information Management, System Z
Tagged data growth management, data security, DB2, Mainframe, z series, z/OS
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The information agenda
With IOD EMEA coming up up in June, IBM are producing a lot of collateral on the subject of the Information Agenda. In this video Ambuj Goyal discusses how the Information Agenda accelerates your ability to share and deliver trusted … Continue reading
Posted in IBM, Information Management
Tagged IBM, information agenda, Information Management
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The internal data threat
Those of you who subscribe to our newsletter will know that we have been looking at how organisations need to be aware and take control of the internal threat to their data. In his latest blog post Steve Katz talks about … Continue reading
Is system z the right place for a data warehouse and BI solution?
Get the insights from IBM experts, together with Julian Stuhler, Triton Director and President of The International DB2 Users Group (IDUG).
Posted in DB2, IBM, Information Management, Julian Stuhler, System Z
Tagged business intelligence, data warehouse, DB2, System Z, z/OS
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“Good information management is key to profitability”
Improving information management | silicon.com videos In this video from Silicon.com, Jonathan Steer, CEO of technology researchers The Bathwick Group discusses their findings from silicon.com’s management benchmark survey. A massive 2/3 of respondents felt that their current information systems were … Continue reading
How many DB2 for z/OS Stored Procedure Applications?
As always, the answer to this is “it depends”! However, here are some basic rules of thumb that you may find useful: • Define an application environment specifically for your Java stored procedures. This should have NUMTCB set to a … Continue reading
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Tagged DB2, Java, REXX, stored procedure application, z/OS
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A Hawk-Eye View
Our Brothers across the pond, DBI, have launched their new generation of performance monitoring software. Brother-Hawk sends automated, customised alerts based on the characteristics of real-time and recently computed data. Specifically for DB2 LUW databases it gives lights-out alerting of potential … Continue reading
DB2 for z/OS Plan Stability
One of the major headaches all DB2 users face when upgrading to a new release is the possibility of access path regression. In order to benefit from enhancements to the optimiser, plans and packages need to be rebound under the … Continue reading
Posted in DB2, IBM, Information Management, Julian Stuhler, System Z, Techie Tips
Tagged DB2, DB2 8, DB2 9, Mainframe, REBIND, System Z, z/OS
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Coupling Facility Sizing Tool
Just a short blog entry this week: If you find yourself trying to build a parallel sysplex, one of the things you’ll need to do is establish how big your coupling facility (CF) needs to be. IBM provide a handy … Continue reading
Posted in DB2, IBM, Information Management, James Gill, System Z
Tagged Coupling facility, IBM, System Z
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RESTORE.EXE Updated – 64-bit DB2 Support
As the title says, restore.exe (automated redirected restore with TSM support) has been tested against DB2 UDB V8.2 on Windows 2003 Server 64-bit (64-bit instance) and works. Next port will be to Linux 32-bit. Porting to 64-bit will be problematic … Continue reading
Posted in DB2, IBM, Information Management, James Gill, Linux, Techie Tips, Uncategorized
Tagged 64 bit, AIX, DB2, DB2 UDB V8.2, IBM, Linux 32-bit, Solaris
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