Archive for the ‘IBM: DB2 Articles’ Category

IBM Cognos SDK Validation tool

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

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Download and try the IBM Cognos Validation tool, a command line utility written in Java using the IBM Cognos SDK.
This tool can run a complete validation check of all the reports in the Content Store by automating the Report Studio validate process.

Extend the reach of data for IBM Mashup Center

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

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Learn about extending IBM Mashup Center’s InfoSphere MashupHub feed sources in Enterprise Mashups and gain first-hand knowledge of how to do so using code samples.

What’s new and exciting in IBM Data Studio Developer 1.2

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

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Data Studio Developer 1.2 speeds development and enhances control for a wide variety
of experiences. Whether you are a developer or an application-centric DBA, Data Studio Developer has many new features that
can get your job done faster and easier, including unique problem isolation and impact analysis capabilities,
ability to leverage static SQL for existing JDBC applications, enhancements to static SQL development
and administration, Web services, and much more.
This article highlights the features in this release that will help you simplify
your complex tasks.

DB2 and the Live Partition Mobility feature of PowerVM on IBM System p using storage area network (SAN) storage

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

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Learn about Live Partition Mobility, a feature of the System
p virtualization PowerVM Enterprise edition. See how
Live Partition Mobility
can be applied to DB2 deployments, and how it helps you migrate AIX and Linux partitions and
hosted applications from one physical server to another compatible physical server.
Live Partition Mobility allows hardware maintenance, firmware upgrades, system
maintenance, and on-the-fly server consolidation without application outage.
Setup, configuration, best-practices, and performance characterization for Storage Area Network (SAN)
and DB2 are covered.

Customize the eClient, Part 5: Integrate the eClient with an e-mail server

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

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Use the e-mail feature in eClient to mail documents stored in Content Manager server to other users.

IBM SOA Foundation product integration: Leveraging Information as a Service in your WebSphere-based SOA solution

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

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One of the most critical elements of business process management (BPM) is the availability of information to a business process. This article looks at how you can integrate the notion of Information as a Service, supported by the IBM InfoSphere Information Server product family, with your business process automation platform based on IBM WebSphere Process Server. (IBM WebSphere Developer Technical Journal)

Implementing high availability with DB2 9.5

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

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High availability of data is a key requirement for critical database systems. In
this article, get a summary of the features in DB2 9.5 that provide these
capabilities. Learn the pros and cons of the different solutions and decide which
method is best for you.

Protect your data with Label-Based Access Control support in IDS

Friday, July 25th, 2008

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Protect your most sensitive data by using the Label-Based Access Control
(LBAC) feature of IBM Informix Dynamic Server V11 (and later). This article
explains what LBAC is, and shows how you can implement it to meet the most
demanding security standards.

Data integration with Salesforce CRM using IBM InfoSphere Information Server

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

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Learn about the IBM Information Server Pack for Salesforce.com. Find out about
the architectural design, see a demonstration of the pack’s usage, and discover its benefits in contrast with other products.

Extend IBM Rational Data Architect to meet your data modeling and integration requirements, Part 1: Modifying RDA models and customizing properties

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

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IBM Rational Data Architect (RDA) is gaining momentum as a comprehensive tool
that helps organizations to promote a thorough understanding of their enterprise
information architecture. As more people use RDA, there’s an increasing need for
some customers to extend RDA to meet their unique data modeling and integration
requirements. This two-part series shows you how to extend RDA’s models, properties
view, model reports and validation rules. In Part 1, learn how to programmatically traverse and modify RDA models and how to add and display custom properties.