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Sharing best practices and innovative approaches to the continually evolving world of IBM mainframe database and Db2 technology.
Moving from IMS to Db2?
As a Db2 consultant and regular blogger I often receive questions about technical things, but also on strategy and industry trends. I try to help but I always make it clear when answering that I cannot predict the future, only make educated guesses… …
The DB2Night Show #244: Db2 AIX to X86 Linux Migration
Presented by: Dale McInnis IBM Toronto Lab
“The DB2Night Show #244: Db2 AIX to X86 Linux Migration” Replays available in WMV and M4V formats!
100% of our studio audience learned something!Dale covered the steps and options available…
Wishing Z Mainframe a Happy Birthday
Today, April 7, 2022, the IBM mainframe officially celebrates its 58th birthday. The IBM 360 was launched on April 7, 1964 and the world of enterprise computing has never been the same.I’m old enough to remember in the early 1990s when Stewar…
Required IAM privileges for a service ID to update Code Engine app
Remember the stepsThis blog post today is one of those written for me. In the past I stated a couple times that I use this blog to remember things. Today, it is about setting up IBM Cloud IAM privileges for a Service ID. That service ID needs to build …
Blue-green deployment with IBM Cloud Code Engine and Knative
Code Engine app with green revisionFrom reading my past post on migrating from Cloud Foundry to Code Engine, you probably guessed that I am currently working with IBM Cloud Code Engine. One of the topics I looked into the past few days is advanced conf…
Db2Night Show #Z125: Things About Db2 I wish I’d Remember When…
Presented by: Michael Cotignola BMC Software
“The Db2Night Show #Z125: Things About Db2 I wish I’d Remember When” Replays available in WMV and M4V formats!
100% of our studio audience learned something!Michael presented some highly …
From Bluemix to IBM Cloud, from Cloud Foundry to Code Engine
“Bring Your Own Community”About seven years ago, I started to work with, then blog about Bluemix and Cloud Foundry. Not my first, but one of the first posts is titled “Some fun with Bluemix, Cloud Foundry, Python, JSON and the Weather”. Reading that ar…
The DB2Night Show #243: Techniques for Optimal DB Performance Part 2
Presented by Jim Bean, Performance & Forensics, Cigna
“The DB2Night Show #243: Techniques for Optimal DB Performance Part 1” Replays available in WMV and MP4 formats!
100% of our studio audience learned something!In Part 2, Jim conti…
IDUG EMEA 2022 Tech Conference: Call for presentations open
Submit your Db2 presentation nowThis is a rather short (and quick) post. Have you seen that the CfP (Call for Presentations) for the Db2 conference in Scotland scheduled for October is open? The IDUG 2022 EMEA Db2 Tech Conference will be held in Edinbu…
Thoroughly Assessing Data Security in a Db2 for z/OS Environment – Part 2
In part 1 of this two-part blog entry on thoroughly assessing data security in a Db2 for z/OS environment, I covered four aspects of Db2 data protection: privilege management, client authentication, data encryption and column masks/row permissions. In …
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