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The IBM DB2® family provides the foundation of information on demand. It's designed to meet your business needs whether large or small.

Restricting database connections using trusted contexts in DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows

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Designing a database for multi-tenancy on the cloud
Learn some database considerations that new SaaS vendors need to take into account when developing applications or modifying existing ones to enable multi-tenancy on the cloud.
Migrating from DB2 Control Center to IBM Data Studio
Learn how to quickly transition from the soon-to-be deprecated IBM DB2 Control Center to IBM Data Studio 3.1, which was released in October 2011 with several enhancements to improve ease of use.
Update: IBM DB2 Workshop for Oracle Professionals - self-paced version
Explore 4 new modules just added to this online version of the workshop. New modules include maintenance, tuning, migration, and backup.
Data normalization reconsidered, Part 2: Business records in the 21st century
See how to get better performance and a lower cost for application development using digitized business records without normalization. Then overcome data normalization issues using alternative data representations like XML, JSON, and RDF.
Back up, restore, and roll forward in an InfoSphere Warehouse data partitioning environment
Learn how to back up and restore your database in a partitioned database environment. This article introduces the basics and demonstrates step-by-step the process of backup, recovery, and rollforward.
Scaling of DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows memory-related configuration parameters on a test system
Use the included sample script to practice scaling the number of users and instance memory size, as well as the remaining parameters to realistically simulate a workload from a production system on a test system.
DB2 9.7: Run Oracle applications on DB2 9.7 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
Find out how applications written against Oracle can execute against DB2 virtually unchanged in this article that is updated for DB2 9.7 Fixpack 5.
Bitemporal modeling with InfoSphere Data Architect, Part 1: Modeling application period temporal requirement
Create a temporal logical data model, transform it into a physical model for DB2 for z/OS version 10, and then generate DDL with temporal-specific syntax that you can run on a database server.
Using InfoSphere Optim High Performance Unload as part of a recovery strategy in an IBM Smart Analytics System
Learn the best practices for unloading, extracting, and repartitioning data in DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and windows databases. Using High Performance Unload, you can move large volumes of data quickly by reading directly from backup images or table space containers rather than relying on the DB2 software layer.
Effectively use DB2 data movement utilities in a data warehouse environment
Learn how to choose the proper data movement technique to efficiently move data between different systems in a large data warehouse. Explore a comparative study of the various methods for data movement.

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