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- DB2 9 and z/OS XML System Services Synergy Update
- DB2 9 is a hybrid data server with integrated pureXML technology to natively manage XML data with unprecedented reliability, availability, scalability and performance. DB2 9 pureXML exploits z/OS XML System Services for high-performance parsing with improved price performance utilizing IBM eServer zSeries specialty engines. DB2 9 has XML data type...
- Tags: XML, IBM z/OS, IBM DB2, IBM Corp., DB2 9, Databases, Enterprise Software, Servers, Software, Data Management, Hardware
- White papers 2008-03-26
- 15 Best Practices for pureXML Performance in DB2
- DB2 9 introduces pureXML support, which means that XML data is stored and queried in its inherent hierarchical format. To query XML data, DB2 offers two languages, SQL/XML and XQuery. Additionally, DB2 9 has sophisticated XML indexing capabilities and support for XML Schema validation. While most existing performance guidelines for...
- Tags: Performance, pureXML, Best Practice, XML-Data, IBM DB2, DB2 9, Performance Management, XML, Databases, Enterprise Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2008-01-16
- pureXML in DB2 9: Which Way to Query Your XML Data?
- DB2 9 introduces pureXML support, which means that XML data is stored and queried in its inherent hierarchical format. To query XML data, DB2 offers two languages, SQL/XML and XQuery. One can use XQuery and SQL separately, but one can also use XQuery embedded in SQL and vice versa. This...
- Tags: pureXML, XQuery, SQL, XML-Data, IBM DB2, DB2 9, XML, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2007-08-28
- DB2 9 and z/OS XML System Services Synergy
- DB2 Version 9.1 for z/OS (DB2 9 hereafter) became generally available in March of 2007. DB2 9 is a hybrid data server with integrated pureXML technology to natively manage XML data with unprecedented reliability, availability, scalability, and performance. DB2 9 pureXML exploits z/OS XML System Services for high-performance parsing with...
- Tags: XML, IBM z/OS, IBM DB2, IBM Corp., DB2 9, Databases, Enterprise Software, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Data Management, Hardware
- White papers 2007-08-01
- Exploit XML Indexes for XML Query Performance in DB2 9
- DB2 9 provides pureXML storage and offers XQuery and SQL/XML as query languages. XML indexes are essential for high query performance, but their usage for query evaluation depends on how query predicates are formulated. This paper presents a set of guidelines for writing XML queries and creating XML indexes in...
- Tags: XML Query, IBM DB2, XML Index, DB2 9, XML, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- White papers 2006-11-02
- DB2 9 Demo: Take back control of your storage costs
- DB2 9 is a single database management system for both XML and relational data. It provides cost effective management of both relational data and pure XML data in a single data server - to provide you with all of the business information you need to solve challenging new problems. View...
- Tags: IBM DB2, IBM Corp., DB2 9, Databases, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware
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- VMware and common performance myths
- Rich McDougall and Scott Drummand, performance gurus over at VMware, presented a fantastic review of some of the performance testing VMware has been doing at the VMware analyst day. I posted something about the findings of that research in the post, Is VMware busting the virtualization tax myth. I've just...
- Tags: Virtualization, Performance, VMware Inc., Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- When proprietary companies go open source
- I've been burning the midnight oil yet again, working like a beaver on speed as I build my software castle on a server in Los Angeles not that beavers build castles. It's going well, and we are on the verge of starting trials in the UK. If any of you...
- Tags: Software, Netscape Communications Corp., Stallman, Open Source, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-07-11
- Larry misses the mark on Yahoo BOSS
- Larry Dignan wrote an article today called "Yahoo's desperate search times call for open source", about this week's announcement of the Yahoo BOSS platform. Unfortunately Larry has gotten it all wrong. The first problem is that Yahoo BOSS is not open source. They've...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., API, Larry, Y!BOSS, Open Source, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-07-10
- Helpdesks and productivity
- Helpdesks and productivityGood start, and then...You lost it.1980 CalledThey want their mainframes back. :DWhy don't you explain your present value...calculation. Do you even know what present value means? What time period are we talking?Huh?You imply that on a Sun Ray platform the only problems are the applications or how they...
- Tags: Call centers, help desk, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Ray, PC
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- IBM may open source DB2
- IBM may open source DB2Open sourceWhere poorly executed proprietary solutions go to linger way past their time...
- Tags: open source, IBM DB2, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-16
- Do we need two open source office suites?
- Do we need two open source office suites?That Made Me Scratch My Head, TooMethinks Dana needs to go back and double-check his sources. And, by the way, StarOffice's roots actually go back much further than that: Star Division's StarWriter was first developed back in the mid-80's for CP/M. ...
- Tags: OpenOffice, Linux, Word processors, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, open-source office suite, Symphony, StarOffice, Novell Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-05
- News to know: Adobe; Apple; Facebook; Microsoft security
- Notable headlines: Zack Whittaker: Students try to bring down Facebook Dancho Danchev: Microsoft's CAPTCHA successfully broken Ryan Naraine: Microsoft issues Safari-to-IE blended threat warning Obama looking for help thwarting Web site hackers Chinese female hacking group spotted ActiveX...
- Tags: Security, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Facebook, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Fuel Cells, Utility Computing, Hardware, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-02
- PeopleSoft Enterprise Payroll 8.9 Using DB2 V9 for z/OS on an IBM z Platform
- There were two objectives of this benchmark project. The first was to exercise the DB2 V9 z/OS code with the standard Large Model PeopleSoft Payroll workload. The second objective, which was of high interest to the PeopleSoft Users Group community, was to see how well these batch processes scale on...
- Tags: PeopleSoft Inc., Payroll, IBM z/OS, IBM DB2, IBM Corp., Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2008-06-01
- Handy Backup Server (txt)
- Handy Backup Server is all-included workstation backup solution for small and medium business enterprise networks. The utility supports files-based and image backup of both network workstations and the central server, has numerous backup options, a flexible scheduler and can run as Windows service under Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista. In addition, Handy Backup...
- Tags: Workstation, Backup Server, Server, Handy Backup Server, Backups
- Software downloads 2008-05-30
- SAP Transaction Banking: IBM System z DB Server Using DB2 V9.1 for z/OS Large Database Measurements
- The SAP TRansaction BanKing TRBK application has evolved significantly over time. Not only does it provide significantly more function for banks, it now exploits functions such as Unicode and SAP's NetWeaver. These measurements, as well as the previous TRBK measurements, show that both the posting and balancing workloads can exploit...
- Tags: Measurement, Workload, SAP AG, IBM z/OS, IBM DB2, IBM Corp., Banking, Enterprise Software, Databases, Financial Services, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2008-05-23
- DB2 Maestro (exe)
- DB2 Maestro is a powerful Windows GUI solution for DB2 administration and database management. The software provides you with the ability to perform all the necessary database operations such as creating, editing, copying, and dropping of the database objects; you can also build queries visually, execute queries and SQL scripts,...
- Tags: SQL, IBM DB2, SQL Maestro, DB2 Maestro, Databases, Programming Languages, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-05-16
- Still ranting about interfaces
- My argument, yesterday, that how an application is to be used is more determinative of the right toolset for building it than what the application does, embeds the assumption that the people we sell our software or development ideas to, either are end users or make decisions on the basis...
- Tags: Corel WordPerfect, Standards, Word Processors, Quality, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Software, Business Operations, Office Suites, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Still ranting about interfaces
- Still ranting about interfaces[b]Mr. Murphy, You are such an idiot...[b]The real reason WordPerfect lost is simple.[b]WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get [/b]You are such a biased moron that you can't get your ego out of the way to see the truth. WordPerfect lost the battle because...
- Tags: Word processors, Corel WordPerfect, software
- Discussion threads 2008-05-13
- TOAD for DB2 (zip)
- TOAD for DB2 is a database development solution that provides productivity features/functions for rapidly creating and executing queries, facilitating database object management, developing SQL code, and accessing DB2 expertise instantly. Toad Developers have access to a community of users, peers, and experts. Version 3.1.1 includes brand new version with many...
- Tags: Quest Software Inc., IBM DB2, Databases, Enterprise Software, Storage, Software, Data Management, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-05-07
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