| The DB2Night Show Episode #7: SQL Server versus DB2 LUW
Posted on 1/30/2010
In our seventh show, special guest Leon Katsnelson, Program Director, IBM Data Servers, IBM Canada, gave us a great comparison of SQL Server versus DB2 LUW. He also talked about FREE DB2 and DB2 LUW in the cloud, and, as a bonus, he even compared DB2 Express-C to Oracle Express. So, if you are interested in learning ... |
| The DB2Night Show Episode #8: Managing the DB2 WLM
Posted on 1/30/2010
In our eighth episode, special guest Paul Bird from the IBM Canada Lab gave us updates on DB2 WLM and provided some best practices tips. However, the real excitement began when Mark Mulligan - a real live DB2 Customer using DB2 Workload Manager - shared with us his experiences and tips for implementing and using WLM. ... |
| The DB2Night Show Episode #9: Crunching the Numbers
Posted on 1/30/2010
In our ninth episode, Scott Hayes, IBM GOLD Consultant and Data Management Champion, published author, frequent blogger, IDUG supporter and worldwide speaker, took a deep dive into DB2 Snapshot Data from a REAL LIVE DB2 LUW database that had been up and running for over a year! With the studio audience watching, we worked ... |
| The DB2Night Show Episode #10: \"DEAR IBM...\"
Posted on 1/30/2010
In our tenth episode, we kicked of the year 2010 by inviting senior IBM executives Sal Vella and Tim Vincent to our show. DB2 LUW users from around the globe submitted letters of praise for DB2 and several enhancement requests. Watch this show and learn about enhancement requests that could become future DB2 LUW product ... |
| The DB2Night Show Episode #11: DB2 9.7 Optimizer Updates
Posted on 1/30/2010
In our eleventh show, special guest John Hornibrook, Manager, Query Optimization DevelopmentDB2 for Linux, UNIX, & Windows, IBM Canada shared with us details of enhancements to the DB2 Optimizer in DB2 9.7 GA and Fixpack 1. The list of enhancements is very impressive! Watch this show to learn more... To ... |
| The DB2Night Show Episode #1: Top 10 Lists
Posted on 1/29/2010
In our kickoff episode, we had some fun with DB2 Top Ten lists. Drew Bradstock, IBM DB2 LUW Product Manager, shared his Top Ten list for the coolest new features of DB2 LUW. Rebecca Bond, Independent DB2 LUW Security Consultant, shared her Top Ten DB2 LUW Security Tips on video locations throughout New Orleans. Scott ... |
| The DB2Night Show Episode #2: Comparing Oracle and DB2 + Oracle Enablement
Posted on 1/29/2010
In our second episode, we had some fun comparing Oracle terminology to DB2 LUW terminology, then Serge Rielau, STSM, DB2 Benchmark & Solutions Development, and Patrick Dantressangle, STSM, Information Management Architect, both from IBM shared with us details and success stories on DB2 LUW 9.7 Oracle enablement. ... |
| The DB2Night Show Episode #3: High Availability Disaster Recovery BAKE-OFF
Posted on 1/29/2010
In our third episode, we pitted IBM HADR & HACMP against XKOTO GRIDSCALE. Our special guests included Dale McInnis, STSM - DB2 Availability Architect, IBM, and Arif Kassam, Xkoto’s CTO. If you would like to learn the difference between HADR and XKOTO GRIDSCALE, then watch this show! Get the download - watch the ... |
| The DB2Night Show Episode #4: DB2 9.8 PureScale
Posted on 1/29/2010
In our fourth episode, we enjoyed a presentation on the just announced DB2 9.8 PureScale release of IBM DB2 LUW. Our special guests included Matt Huras and Aamer Sachedina from the IBM Canada Lab. Watch this episode to learn about this exciting, highly scalable, release of DB2 LUW! Get the download - watch the ... |
| The DB2Night Show Episode #5: SQL Snapshot Potluck Party
Posted on 1/29/2010
In our fifth episode, we invited the DB2 LUW community to share their favorite SQL Snapshot commands. Chris Eaton from IBM shared his Top 10 favorite SQL Snapshots, Rebecca Bond shared some DB2 Security SQL, and Scott Hayes also shared some of his favorite SQL Snapshots. If you'd like to learn about SQL Snapshots and ... |