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The DB2Night Show #231: Db2 V11.5 Overview & Latest From the Lab
Presented by: Keri Romanufa Chief Db2 Architect, IBM Toronto Lab
“The Db2Night Show 231: Db2 V11.5 Overview” Replays available on Youtube and in WMV and MP4 formats!
100% of our studio audience learned something!Keri presented a Db…
Db2 Security: Configure JSON Web Token (JWT) authentication
Db2 login utilizing a JWTSince V11.5.4, Db2 allows to consume JWT (JSON Web Token).
The business case is to support SSO (single sign-on). You can configure
Db2 to accept access tokens issued by external Identity Provider
(IDPs), including the IBM so…
BMC AMI Ops: The Next Generation of Mainframe Systems Management
Assuring the performance of your mainframe systems and applications is an imposing task that keeps getting more complex all the time. It makes sense to arm your IT performance analysts, DBAs, and systems programmers with modern tools so you can optimiz…
Happy New Year 2021!
Well, here it is, the day we’ve all waited for since about March of last year… the dawning of a new year. Happy New Year 2021!Good riddance to 2020 and all of the problems we faced and hello to a brand new year that, of course, will bring new pr…
Db2 for z/OS: What Do You Know About Rebind Phase-In?
For many years, DBAs at a lot of Db2 for z/OS sites have been challenged in performing an important operational task: rebinding a frequently executed package. This can be tricky because a package cannot be rebound while it is in use, and if a package i…
OBS on Linux: Green screen and virtual camera for video conferencing
OBS Studio: My monkey enjoys the beachSimilar to many of you, part of my work and hobbies consists of video conferencing. For some time now, I have been using OBS Studio (Open Broadcaster Software) to create a virtual camera on my Linux system. Recentl…
Db2 Utilities and Modern Data Management
Db2 utilities are the unappreciated, and often over-looked, workhorses of your mainframe Db2 environment. They perform the dirty work that has to be done to populate, organize, backup, and recover your vital mainframe data. Without them, building eff…
The DB2Night Show #230: Enterprise-Scale Machine Learning with IBM Db2
Presented by: Shaikh Quader, AI Architect for IBM Db2. IBM Toronto Lab
“The Db2Night Show 230: Enterprise-Scale Machine Learning with IBM Db2” Replays available on Youtube and in WMV and MP4 formats!
100% of our studio audience lear…
Accelerating Your Db2 Database
Your Db2 database The IBM mainframe and its Db2 database is the transaction processing workhorse for the world’s biggest banks, insurers and financial services companies. It was designed to execute their high-intensity transaction processing workloads very...
The DB2Night Show Z112: Db2 For z/OS Index Performance Recommendations
Presented by: Dan LuksetichIBM Champion and IBM Gold Consultant
“The DB2Night Show #Z112: Db2 For z/OS Index Performance Recommendations” Replays available in WMV and M4V formats!
100% of our studio audience learned something!Dan pre…