Monday, November 24, 2008

z/Journal (August - September 2008 issue)

Hi DB2 user,

Articles from August - September 2008 issue of z/Journal are available online: http://www.zjournal.com


- Want to Know What DB2 Is Doing? Take a Closer Look at DB2’s TRACE
by Willie Favero

- Aligning IT & Business: Automation Is the Key to DB2 Success
by Rick Weaver

- Going Back in Time: How to Leverage Data Imaging for DB2 Tables
by Susan Lawson and Daniel Luksetich

- DB2 9 Data Format "Stuff"
by Craig Mullins


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DB2usa.

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Monday, November 17, 2008

IDUG Solutions Journal (Summer 2008)

Hi DB2 user,

Summer 2008 issue of IDUG Solutions Journal is available on line:

IDUG Solutions Journal Summer 2008 (PDF format)


Current issue contains following articles:

- DB2 9 - XML and the Unprepared DBA
by Mike Sniezek

- Selected Performance Features of DB2 9 for z/OS
, tested in a PeopleSoft Enterprise Applications Environment (Part 1)

by Brian Holroyd

- The Changing Priorities of Database Administration
by Lockwood Lyon

- Time to Plan for Migration Again
by Roger Miller

- Things You’ve Probably Neglected
by Craig Mullins


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DB2usa.

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Monday, November 10, 2008

Redbook DB2 9 for z/OS: Deploying SOA Solutions

Hi DB2 User,

IBM just published a draft version of a new Redbook, "DB2 9 for z/OS: Deploying SOA Solutions, SG24-7663-00" :
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedpieceAbstracts/sg247663.html?Open

Abstract
Flexibility in business has become equal in importance with operational efficiency. Service-oriented architecture (SOA) can help businesses respond more quickly and cost-effectively to the changing market conditions by promoting reuse and interconnection of existing IT assets rather than time-consuming and costly reinvention.
SOA has been the top fashionable topic in IT for a few years now. This is because there is a consensus of opinions among enterprise architects that SOA is the key to making the IT department a catalyst for growth and innovation.
DB2® for z/OS® integrates with Web services, acts as a service provider and lets SQL applications consume Web services. DB2 customers can make their legacy DB2 applications easily available in a SOA architecture and by supporting natively XML data type DB2 allows building new application exploiting the strategic characteristics XML provides.
This IBM® Redbooks® publication helps you get started with SOA by showing the implementation of the minimum requirements: The creation of Web services that allow access to data that is stored in data servers or applications and the realization of interaction services for business to consumer integration. We do that utilizing functions provided by DB2 for z/OS, like pureXML™ and SOAP UDFs, in conjunction with those provided by Data Studio, DataPower® , and WebSphere® Application Server.

Table of Contents
Part 1. Introduction to SOA solutions with DB2
Chapter 1. Service-oriented architecture
Chapter 2. The role of DB2 for z/OS
Chapter 3. Deploying an SOA solution: The components
Chapter 4. Getting started with Web services
Part 2. SOA and DB2 deployment scenarios
Chapter 5. Business scenarios
Chapter 6. DB2 as Web service provider with XML and DataPower - Scenario 1
Chapter 7. DB2 as Web services provider with DataPower and WAS - Scenario 2
Chapter 8. DB2 as Web services consumer with SOAP UDFs - Scenario 3
Part 3. Operational scenarios
Chapter 9. Security scenario
Chapter 10. End to end monitoring scenario
Appendix A. The test environment
Appendix B. DB2 WebSphere MQ UDFs
Appendix C. XML Firewall
Appendix D. DataPower solutions
Appendix E. Monitoring scenario set-up
Appendix F. Additional material


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DB2usa.


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Monday, November 3, 2008

DB2mag Fall 2008

Hi DB2 user,

Fall 2008 issue of DB2mag is available online: http://ibmdatabasemag.com/db_area/archives/2008/4

Note: DB2mag became IBMDatabasemag.

- DB2 Programmers Do Exist by Robert Catterall
And the things they do with DB2 SQL might surprise you.
http://www.ibmdatabasemag.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=211300260

- DB2 XML and LOB Design by David Beulke
Guidelines for DB2 for z/OS applications.
http://www.ibmdatabasemag.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=211300322

- The Mystery of DB2 Sorts by Bonnie Baker
Can adding SORT syntax really improve DB2 for z/OS performance?
http://www.ibmdatabasemag.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=211300275


Regards,

DB2usa.

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