Category Archives: System Z

DB2 10- Justifying the Upgrade

Posted on November 11, 2011 by laura

In his recent webcast, Julian Stuhler looked at the financial justification of migrating to DB2 10 for z/OS.  Click here to view it on demand or see the slides below. Tweet// < ![CDATA[ // < ![CDATA[ // < ![CDATA[ // … Continue reading →

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Migration Month – DB2 10 Overview, Get Ready to Plan your Migration!

Posted on November 8, 2011 by laura

Last week Triton Consulting & IBM hosted a webcast on DB2 10 Migration Planning.  Click here to watch the replay or view the presentation below: Don’t forget to register for the next episode – DB2 10, Justifying the Upgrade on 10th … Continue reading →

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Time Travelling with DB2 z/OS – A presentation from UK GSE

Posted on November 7, 2011 by laura

At the recent UK GSE Conference Julian Stuhler presented on the new Temporal Data features available within DB2 10.  His presentation is available for download below. Tweet// < ![CDATA[ // < ![CDATA[ // < ![CDATA[ // < ![CDATA[ // < … Continue reading →

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Bringing Business Analytics to Big Iron

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Julian

Traditionally DB2 for z/OS was considered to be primarily an OLTP data server, with the DB2 for Linux, Unix and Windows variant being a more common choice for analytics and data warehousing duties. This approach is often dictated by cost … Continue reading →

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DB2Night Show – DB2 z/OS & Java – What’s New?

Posted on September 14, 2011 by laura

This week Julian Stuhler appeared on the ever popular DB2Night Show and presented on DB2 z/OS and Java – What’s New? If you missed this episode you catch download it from the DB2Night Show website and below is a copy … Continue reading →

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DB2 10 for z/OS – Why IT Executives Need to Take Note

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Julian

This release of DB2 10 for z/OS should make IT executives sit up and listen when their technical teams come to them with their upgrade justifications and this is why…. At the end of October 2010 IBM launched the latest version … Continue reading →

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Our favourite new features in DB2 10 z/OS – part 3

Posted on May 19, 2011 by laura

Temporal Data Most IT systems need to keep historical as well as current information.  Previously, these kinds of requirements would have involved the DBA and application developers spending valuable time creating and testing the code and associated database design to … Continue reading →

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Our favourite new features in DB2 10 z/OS – part 1

Posted on April 28, 2011 by laura

CPU/Performance Improvements Most releases of DB2 in the past have kept performance regression very low, with customers typically taking a CPU hit of less than 5% out of the box (and all or some of that could usually be clawed … Continue reading →

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First chance to hear early experiences and lessons learned with DB2 10 for z/OS

Posted on April 18, 2011 by laura

John Campbell, Distiguished Engineer at IBM is leading this webcast which will discuss the very early experiences and lessons to be learned with DB2 10 for z/OS. It will provide quick hits on preparing for and executing the migration, performance expectations … Continue reading →

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Julian Stuhler gives a top presentation at IBM Tech Forum – DB2 10

Posted on March 17, 2011 by laura

At last week’s IBM Tech Forum, Julian Stuhler of Triton gave a great presentation on DB2 10 for z/OS.  He ran through the major new features and plans for upgrading to DB2 whether you’re on V7 (it’s really time to … Continue reading →

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