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IBM Data Management magazine

Knowledge. Performance. Results.

IBM Data Management magazine provides an actionable mix of in-depth technical content, practical advice, and real-world examples demonstrating how the smart use of data improves performance and reduces costs.

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Issue 4, 2011: Table of Contents
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Cover story: Early warnings, fast fixes
Mission-critical databases require tools to fine-tune your database monitoring strategy with an early warning system that's flexible, lightweight, and affordable. In this article, learn how to maximize mission-critical uptime with existing tools.
Migration: One year later
Last year, Data Management magazine published a special report on migration from Oracle to DB2 9.7 environments. After the publication of this story, many organizations performed their own migrations and reported their experiences to IBM, to industry analysts, and to the trade press. In this article, we will take a look at how we did. Where did our coverage meet expectations, where did we fall short, and what's changed since then?
Know before you go
Bringing in a new application or a new piece of code raises a question: will it work the way it's supposed to? In this article, Hans Kamman and his team offer advice on benchmarking and the basics of efficient, effective testing to minimize risk and turn you into a change champion without gambling.
Does REORG matter?
With new technology like solid-state drives, can you eliminate the need for costly REORGs with your DB2 for z/OS data? In this article, take a look at the pros and cons, and examine the reasons why you will probably still need to have a plan for regular reorganizations.

Editor's Note / Cameron Crotty

If you're lucky, you only have one, but it’s more likely that you deal with several every day. They’re the applications that run your business; the databases that absolutely, positively have to be available and accessible at any time of the day or night, anywhere in the world; the servers that can’t be allowed to go offline, ever.

How do you handle your mission-critical systems? In this issue, we talk to some of the industry’s most talented folks about how to test, monitor, and manage assets when failure is not an option.

Your mission (and we hope you accept it) is to absorb these strategies and tactics, and then send your thoughts, ideas, comments, and suggestions to us at editor@tdagroup.com.

Finally, a note to those of you reading this at IBM Information On Demand 2011 Global Conference in Las Vegas: we’ll be in the Community Lounge at the Expo and in the conference sessions, and you can find our articles on the SmartSite as well as online at ibm.com/dmmagazine.

Hope to see you there!

Cameron Crotty
Editor
IBM Data Management magazine

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