By Martin LaMonica – Software from Oracle and IBM–the top two sellers of database system by revenue–has long anchored the coveted high-end systems that are the backbone of big business, such as high-volume credit card transaction and airline reservation systems.But just as the leading data

This series of six tutorials is designed to help you prepare for the DB2 Version 8 Family Fundamentals (Exam 700) certification preparation. These tutorials provide a solid base for each section of the exam. However, you should not rely on these tutorials as your only preparation for the exam. Each

The DB2 Development team is announcing the DB2 .NET Enablement beta program and the delivery of the initial beta. This program is further evidence of IBM commitment to strengthening the role of DB2 as the premiere database platform for application developers that use Microsoft technologies. This bet

IBM announced a new world record for transaction processing. A new eServer(TM) pSeries(TM) system and DB2 Universal Database used half the number of processors to beat HP’s Itanium 2-based Superdome running Microsoft Windows Server 2003.

ViaSQL lets you easily integrate S/390 data into XML applications. ViaSQL provides SQL to access mainframe data sources like VSAM, IMS, DB2, Datacom, and others, and allows the result sets to be returned in XML format.

By Robert Welgan – IBM says the new multidimensional clustering feature in DB2 UDB for Linux, Unix, and Windows will speed complex queries. And they put the new feature to the test. Here’s what tests revealed about when MDC really helps (and why).

By Marin Komadina – DB2 is enhanced with full set of system commands that is extended with each new version (87 of them as of version 7.2 DB2 UDB EEE). Marin Komadina gives an overview of these system commands, with a detailed explanation of db2ptree, db2empfa, db2gov, and db2osconf.

By Peter Williams – IBM has refreshed its eServer pSeries AIX (Unix) server range with faster Power4+ processors and on-demand features. IBM also plans to offer applications such as its DB2 database and Tivoli management software on-demand in the autumn. These will be priced by the day, when

Issues with Implementing UNICODE for DB2 in UNIX ODBC; Think you can get UNICODE support from IBM’s DB2 ODBC driver on UNIX? Nope. Learn more.

By Ellen O’Brien – Taking on new, competitive territory, IBM Corp. unveiled DB2 Information Integrator software, which is designed to deal with data stored in products from competing vendors and various sources.