1. IBM News:
- DB2 UDB v.8.2 Takes Off
- DB2 Information Integrator v.8.2 now available
- IBM to Acquire Venetica
2. Skills and Certification News
3. DB2 Magazine Trivia Contest: Another chance to win DB2 books
4. At the Bookstore: DB2 Express
5. Now Playing at the developerWorks DB2 Zone
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1. IBM NEWS
*DB2 Stinger (now called v.8.2) Takes Off
DB2 Stinger is ready to buzz into enterprises around the globe. After providing several technology previews and a beta program, IBM last week announced general availability of DB2 UDB v.8.2 (as it will now be known). Enhancements in the new release include database management automation, automated statistics profiling (the first deployment from LEO, the learning optimizer research project), autonomic object maintenance,new high availability disaster recovery features, and a new Design Advisor that helps with partitioning,materialized query tables, and other decisions. The new release also provides deep integration with, or plug-ins for,Java/Eclipse and Microsoft .NET IDEs such as IBM WebSphere Studio and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. The new
DB2 Geodetic Extender stores information about locations as if they?re on a globe (rather than a flat map), improving applications for business intelligence and e-government that require geographical location analysis.
--Learn more about DB2 UDB v.8.2
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/db2/udb/v82/
--Read IBM's DB2 UDB V8.2 What's New documentation.
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/data/db2/stinger/stingerwhatsnew.pdf
--Find out about developer enhancements for .Net in DB2 Magazine.
http://www.db2mag.com/story/showArticle.jhtml;?articleID=23902544
--Read about enhancements for Java developers in DB2 Magazine.
http://www.db2mag.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=23902546
*DB2 Information Integrator v.8.2 Now Available
DB2 Information Integrator (II) v.8.2 is the latest release of IBM information integration middleware. Known as Project Masala during its development stages, the new release provides a full course of integration technologies (including enterprise search, data federation, data replication, data transformation, and data event
publishing) to satisfy varied integration requirements.
--Read the IBM announcement letter.
http://www-306.ibm.com/fcgi-bin/common/ssi/ssialias?infotype=an&subtype=ca&appname=Demonstration&htmlfid=897/ENUS204-202
--Read about v.8.2?s new Q Replication in DB2 Magazine.
http://www.db2mag.com/story/showArticle.jhtml;?articleID=23903558
--Find out more about DB2 information integration.
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/integration/
*IBM Acquires Venetica
IBM last month agreed to acquire content-integration software vendor Venetica. The two companies had previously partnered to provide the Venetica VeniceBridge Wrapper for IBM DB2 Information Integrator.
Venetica?s products allow enterprises to access and embed unstructured data such as business documents, e-mail, digital media, images, and Web pages. Once the acquisition closes, IBM will fold Venetica's staff, software, and products into its IBM's Information Integration group. Adding Venetica's technology into DB2 Information Integrator will extend the product's ability to integrate heterogeneous data sources into existing business processes. Venetica can plug into content management platforms from vendors such as EMC Corp., FileNet Corp., Open Text Corp., Interwoven, Stellent Inc., and Hummingbird Ltd. DB2 Content Manager, WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Portal,WebSphere Business Integration, and IBM's Workplace initiatives may also benefit from the Venetica acquisition.
--Find out more about the Venetica acquisition.
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/integration/unstructured.html
2. SKILLS AND CERTIFICATION NEWS
*Complete a Salary Survey for a Chance to Win an Apple iPod Certification Magazine, in conjunction with IBM and other industry partners, has created a salary survey to gauge the financial impact of certification and experience. The survey should take approximately 10 minutes, and all IT professionals who complete the survey will be eligible to enter a drawing to win an Apple iPod. Data, collected by independent research firm The Litchfield Group, will be reported in the December issue of Certification Magazine. The survey closes on September 30, 2004.
--Participate in the salary survey.
http://www.surveymk.com/SurveyClosed.asp?SID=596760&R=1
*Study Materials to Help Launch Careers Anyone just starting a career can benefit from the extra edge professional certification provides. IBM offers many study materials for its DB2 certifications at no cost, including resources designed specifically for the first step on the certification path: Exam 700,
DB2 UDB v.8.1 Family Fundamentals.
--Find out more about preparing for certification.
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/education/cert/preparation.html
*No-Charge DB2 UDB Programming Fastpath Course (CT-10) This self-study course, DB2 UDB Programming Fastpath, teaches experienced relational database programmers how to perform the basic database programming for a DB2 UDB system.
--Download the course.
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/education/selfstudy.html
*DB2 Scholars Program: New Database Product Available The IBM Scholars Program provides a wealth of academic and research offerings, resources, and other benefits to faculty and researchers at higher education institutions around the world. DB2 Scholars participants can now download IBM Cloudscape (based on Apache Derby) in addition to DB2 software.
--Learn more about the DB2 Scholars program.
http://www.developer.ibm.com/university/scholars/products/data/download.html
*DB2 Information Management Redbooks Available IBM Redbooks, developed and published by IBM's International Technical Support Organization, are available for online viewing or download (most are in PDF format).
--Find the latest DB2 Redbooks.
http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/Portals/Data
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3. DB2 MAGAZINE TRIVIA CONTEST
*The newly available DB2 UDB v.8.2 includes many new wizards to help .Net developers increase productivity, including wizards for creating certain objects on existing tables. If you know which ones, try the trivia contest today--you could be selected to receive five valuable
DB2 books. (Congratulations to L. Chandran of Simi Valley, CA, whose name was selected at random to receive a $100 American Express Gift
Cheque.) This month's contest is sponsored by Computer Associates.
--Try the DB2 Magazine Trivia Contest.
http://www.db2magazine.com/
--Read about DB2 UDB v.8.2 .Net support.
http://www.db2mag.com/story/showArticle.jhtml;?articleID=23902544
--Find out about Computer Associates.
http://www3.ca.com/content/default.aspx?CID=63550
*The five DB2 books provided by this IBM Press, include:
-The Official Introduction to DB2 for z/OS, Susan Sloan
http://www.db2mag.com/bookstore/feature200406.shtml
-DB2 UDB V8.1 Certification Exam 700 Study Guide, Roger E. Sanders
http://www.db2mag.com/bookstore/feature200310.shtml
-DB2 Universal Database V8.1 Certification Exam 703 Study Guide, Roger E. Sanders
http://www.db2mag.com/bookstore/feature200407.shtml
-DB2 Universal Data Base V8.1 Certification Exams 701 and 706 Study Guide, Roger E. Sanders
http://www.db2mag.com/bookstore/feature200403.shtml
-High Availability Guide for DB2, Chris Eaton and Enzo Cialini
http://www.db2mag.com/bookstore/feature200405.shtml
4. AT THE BOOKSTORE
*DB2 Express: Easy Development and Administration by Paul Yip et al.
IBM's experts explain how to get started with DB2 Express and use it to develop, deploy, and manage applications from start to finish. The book offers step-by-step guidance and expert tips for DB2 Express development and administration, including: application design, development (with Visual Basic .NET and Java), security, deployment, performance tuning, day-to-day administration, and more.
--Find out more about this book.
http://www.db2mag.com/bookstore/
5. NOW PLAYING AT THE DEVELOPERWORKS DB2 ZONE
*Render PDF applications using DB2 XML Extender and WebSphere Studio Application Developer http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/dm-dw-dm-0409balani1-i.html?S_TACT=104AHW11&S_CMP=LIB
*SQL Procedure tracing: Analyzing SQL procedure flow
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/db2/library/techarticle/dm-0409rielau/
*ADO.NET Data Adapters Using DB2 UDB V8.2 Procedures
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/dm-dw-dm-0408alazzawe-i.html?S_TACT=104AHW11&S_CMP=LIB%20%20
*Licensing Distributed DB2 UDB V8 Servers in a High Availability Environment
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/db2/library/techarticle/0301zikopoulos/0301zikopoulos.html
*Comparing the distributed DB2 UDB Servers
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/db2/library/techarticle/0301zikopoulos/0301zikopoulos1.html
*Which Version of DB2 Connect is Right for You? Updated for V8.2
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/db2/library/techarticle/0303zikopoulos1/0303zikopoulos1.html
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