Features
IBM Data Studio: Dawn of a New Era in Enterprise Data Management
Cynthia Harvey
IBM's ambitious vision for its IBM Data Studio suite, which works with DB2 and Informix today and other vendors' platforms in the future, will change the way data is handled from creation through destruction.
Enterprise Data Management: Governing for Data Security
Deb Jenson
Regulatory compliance is important, but it isn't the only factor driving data governance adoption. The need to secure private information and keep financial information accurate should be top of mind for every organization. IBM's Deb Jenson presents data governance best practices hold true for every data server environment, with specifics drawn from DB2 and Informix.
Workload Management: The Database Traffic Cop in DB2 9
Howard Goldberg
DB2 9's Workload Manager lets you set workload priorities that meet service-level agreements and keep all other traffic flowing smoothly.
Online Exclusives
Becoming a Certified Informix Professional
Eric Herber
Tips for passing the notoriously challenging Informix System Administration exam.
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Columns
Editor's Note
Kim Moutsos
DB2 Magazine is now IBM Database Magazine.
Message Queue
Readers sound off on IMS, technologies that just won't die, and their favorite DB2 and Informix books.
News Bytes
IBM and partner news about information management products and solutions.
User Views
Stuart Litel
IIUG User View: IDS 11 powers Informix's rising fortunes.
David Beulke
IDUG User View: pureQuery and DB2 9 shine
Skills Zone
Howard Fosdick
Short and new or long and familiar? The choice between the DB2 9 upgrade and standard certification exams is yours.
Business Intelligence
Vijay Bommireddipalli, Matthias Nicola, and Tom Tortolani
DB2 9 pureXML lets you analyze large volumes of XML with big performance payoffs.
DB2 DBA
Robert Catterall
Is it time to retire the database administrator title for one that represents the real work DBAs do?
Distributed DBA
Roger E. Sanders
DB2 9.5 improves the space-saving, and potentially performance boosting, deep compression feature.
Informix DBA
Lester Knutsen
Tuning into the IDS 11 Sysmaster database can lead to better performance.
i5/OS DBA
Tom McKinley
Used in moderation, the derived key indexes in DB2 for i5/OS V6R1 can speed data access.
Dream Job
Kim Moutsos
Serial entrepreneur Lambert Onuma started his latest company to fight back against the disease that took his mother's life. |
