Tag Archives: DB2 9.7

DB2 9.7 is streets ahead of Oracle Database 11gR2 in ease of use study

Over the last few months our team of experts have undertaken an objective assessment of the complexity of several routine DBA activities, comparing Oracle Database 11g R2 and DB2 9.7.  During the course of this study we found that DB2 … Continue reading

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The buzz at this year’s IOD has been incredible!

In an interview recorded live from IBM’s IOD event in Las Vegas, Julian Stuhler tells us that he thinks the buzz around this year’s event has been “incredible”!  ibmdatamanagement on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free Julian also gives some breaking news … Continue reading

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Enabling from Oracle to DB2 9.7 the Easy Way – Webcast

Join IBM experts to learn about enabling your Oracle applications for DB2 9.7. DB2 9.7 brought the biggest infusion of SQL features since DB2 V2.1. In this presentation, learn about features that lead to a ten-fold reduction in enablement costs … Continue reading

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IOD 2010 in Rome Begins

IBMs flagship European event – Information on Demand - begins today in Rome. The agenda covers the full spectrum of information management and includes keynote sessions from leading IBM, customer, and business partner speakers.  There are hands-on technical labs and industry … Continue reading

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Append only DB2 diagnostic log and administration notification log files? No more in DB2 9.7!

How many times have I asked customers for the DB2 diagnostic log file (db2diag.log) only to be told “it’s too large to send” or “it’s taking too long to open.” This is because the DB2 diagnostic files have been append … Continue reading

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DB2 9.7 Technical Paper Released

Click here to download our latest white paper – DB2 9.7, A Technical Overview.

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Migration to DB2 9.7 and compression

Take a look at - http://www.channeldb2.com/profiles/blog/show?id=807741%3ABlogPost%3A31403 For a users perspective on migrating to DB2 9.7

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Business Benefits of DB2 9.7

IBM has been making huge technical strides with their flagship database, DB2, over the past few years. As expected, the recent launch of DB2 9.7 has not failed to impress, incorporating even more improvements. DB2 9.7, also known as the COBRA … Continue reading

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Enabling Applications from Oracle to DB2 the Easy Way

A recording of the live DB2 chat with the lab webinar held in July. DB2 9.7 for Linux, Unix, and Windows has out-of-the-box support for Oracle’s SQL and PL/SQL dialects. This allows many applications written for Oracle to execute virtually … Continue reading

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DB2 9.7 – Minimize planned outages when making changes to your database objects

IBM DB2 9.7 introduces enhancements that allow you to make changes to the database objects while keeping these objects fully accessible to the database users during the modification. These enhancements allow database administrators to make vital changes to the database … Continue reading

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