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IBM DB2 and Canonical Ubuntu:
Your Database Software and OS platform Solution for Enterprise Computing

by

Andre Albuquerque, IBM Canada Lab
Boris Devouge, Canonical Ltd.
Hua Lu, IBM Canada Lab

 

You can find this white paper on the DB2 Wiki, which if you don’t visit very often, you’ll be very happy with the outstanding amount of technical information you’ll find on the site.

 

If you want to get the IBM DB2 and Canonical Ubuntu white paper directly, click the title to go directly to the PDF.

 

This paper will help you to get started with DB2 9.7 on Ubuntu 10.04. You can use this paper to perform the following tasks:
• Understand the differences between all DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows editions.
• Install DB2 9.7 Express-C on Ubuntu 10.04
• Practice simple SQL queries against a sample database.

 

Thanks to Andre for sending me this information!  I hope you find it useful.

 

Personal Tidbit:

Canadians celebrated Thanksgiving on October 11 and Americans celebrate this Thursday, November 25.  Much of our daily work involves direct interaction with Americans, so this is a relatively quiet week for we Canadians.  So, what do we do when it is so quiet?  We catch up on work that we haven’t been able to get to, read or take education, and most importantly we have team based events to celebrate the amazing people we get to work with on a daily basis.

 

Susan

 

This book was recently published by Packt Publishing:

IBM Lotus Sametime 8 Essentials

A User’s Guide

Mastering Online Enterprise Cmmunicaton with this collaborative software

by Marie Scott and Thomas Duff

 

If you work for IBM, you know and love Sametime as much as I do.  For those who don’t work for IBM and don’t use Lotus Notes as their mail server, Sametime is similar to MSN, except it is much more.  I personally can’t imagine doing my job without this amazing tool!

 

Should you read this book?  According to the back cover, this book was written for:

 

If you want to learn how to use IBM Lotus Sametime, then this book is for you.  No matter if you’re new to Sametime or want to become a Sametime “power User”, this book contains something for you.  The focus is on using Sametime as a user and does not include information about development or administration of a Sametime environment.  But any user of Sametime in an organization will be able to take this book, sit down at their computer and learn how to use each feature of Sametime from start to finish.

 

From this description I think that anyone new to a Lotus Sametime environment would greatly benefit from reading this book.  For those who already heavily use this tool, we’ll be able to enhance our skills and become more productive.  For those who do not yet use Lotus products in your business, you’ll learn what power you’re missing!

 

I plan to read the book and hope to get tips on power functions such as:

 

* How to configure preferences.  I’ve already been using the Primary Contacts feature and the Feed feature. 

* How to customize Sametime instant messages with emoticons, text styles, graphics, attachments and hyperlinks.   I’m using some of these already, but not all.

* Tips for adding voice and video to chats or meetings.  This I don’t know about yet and it looks to have major promise.

* How to create and manage online meeting rooms to bring together everyone who needs to be at a specific meeting.  I’ve been using online meeting rooms but need to know more about the features that available.

* Get tips on how to improve my usage. 

* Connect to other users outside of our organization.  This one has real potential.  Right now I connect to some people via gtalk and others via MSN.  Would be good to put all my business contacts in one place.

 

NOVEMBER is IBM Month at Packt Publishers. Save on this book or ebooks and more!

 

If you did, you missed a great show, BUT…. you can listen to the replay:

The DB2Night Show #34: What's NEW and COOL with DB2. 

In episode #34, special guest George Baklarz, IBM Toronto Lab, shared a demonstration of some very cool (and free) tools that can be used to estimate DB2 compression results, simulate DB2 pureScale operation, and learn about the plethora of DB2 features and capabilities. He also shared a few tips and used his crystal ball to gaze into the future of DB2.

 

Get the REPLAY and the FREE DB2 TOOLS!!!

 

Susan

 

Personal Tidbit:

As of today, my blog has had 928,132 visits since April 2009.  So close to a million!  Thanks everyone for reading… I very much like writing and sharing!

Join us for this episode and get the very latest information on what's new, what's cool, and maybe what's coming too.

Participate as a studio audience member as one studio audience member will be randomly selected to win an electronic gift certificate.  If you can't make the scheduled time, register anyways so that you get information about recorded replays.  Lastly, please forward this invitation to at least 5 of your friends!  Thank you!

 

Susan

Personal Note:

On top of being a very successful presenter, George is also a very successful author of 10 books about DB2.  I’m very proud to say that I’ve been alongside George for every single book and am glad that his is such a prolific author.  Let’s hope that I can continue to convince him to write books despite his insane travel schedule!

 

We are delighted to invite you to the next free webinar in the DB2 Chat with the Lab series:

Leverage Cloud Computing to Accelerate DB2 Development and Test

Date:     Thu, November 18, 2010 (11.18.2010)
Time:     11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST)
    10:30 AM Central / 8:30 AM Pacific / 16:30hrs London / 17:30hrs Frankfurt, Paris / India 10 PM
Speakers:     Sal Vella (IBM), Uri Budnik (RightScale), Leon Katsnelson (IBM)
Register:    http://is.gd/gSQq1

Description:
Are your application development and prototyping projects being put on hold due to budgetary constraints?  Do you continually have to wait for new hardware and software to be procured and provisioned before your developers can start new projects? Are your current development and test systems sitting idle most of the time? Do you spend long cycles creating copies of your development or production environments for testing new changes and updates? 

If you answered yes to any of these questions, join Sal, Uri and Leon to learn more about how you can leverage cloud computing to simplify development and testing for DB2 projects. This webinar will feature live demos and will have about 20min dedicated for your questions.

This DB2 Chat with the Lab is brought to you in collaboration between IBM and RightScale.

Register
To register and receive instructions for attending this webcast, point your browser to:

http://www.rightscale.com/lp/webinar/ibm.php?ls=Webinar&sd=Webinar_IBM_111810&campaign=DB2ChatList

If clicking this link does not work copy and paste the following URL to your web browser and follow the Registration link: ibm.com/db2/labchats

 

Personal Tidbit:

I’m very late in promoting this event due to my vacation!  I hope you can make it on such short notice.  This is also why you’re seeing several blog entries from me today…

 

Susan

 

From the comfort of your desk, hear a keynote presentation by Harriet Fryman, Product Marketing Executive of IBM Business Analytics, attend breakout sessions featuring new capabilities with demonstrations, and interact with product experts.

 

This is a full-day, free event which takes place November 18, 2010 in the Americas and
November 23, 2010 in Europe, Middle East, India.   If you can't attend for the whole day, consider coming for part of it.  You'll be amazed at how effective a virtual conference is.

Register here:

Virtual launch of IBM Cognos 10

IBM Cognos 10 represents the beginning of a series of new innovations from IBM Business Analytics that will change how organizations make decisions, allocate resources, and predict and plan the future. This is your chance to see IBM Cognos 10 in-depth, to chat with product experts, and to start planning for your organization’s future – without leaving your office.

Keynote: Introduction to IBM Cognos 10: Intelligence Unleashed

The event kicks off with a keynote presentation delivered by Harriet Fryman, Product Marketing Executive of IBM Business Analytics.We will share the vision of IBM Cognos 10, walk through the key innovations that revolutionize business intelligence, and speak to feedback from the early adopter customers. You will see IBM Cognos 10 software in action and hear about advances in the IBM Cognos platform.

Harriet Fryman’s keynote presentation will be followed by networking opportunities with solution experts and breakout sessions that will give you an in-depth look at the powerful new capabilities of IBM Cognos 10.

Content-rich tracks for IT, Office of Finance and Business Process Owners

Choose from these breakout sessions:

Authoring and Collaboration

• IBM Cognos Business Insight: Redefining Business Intelligence: Experience IBM Cognos Business Insight and see how it will change the way your organization delivers information to everyone in the enterprise.
• IBM Cognos Collaboration: Connecting People and Information Together: See a demonstration of IBM Cognos Collaboration and learn how it helps you align decision-making and build consensus.

Deployment and Adoption

• Enable Efficient Lifecycle Management with IBM Cognos 10: Hear how IBM Cognos lifecycle management capabilities ensure that you can manage your solution cost-effectively—both when initially deployed and as your needs evolve over time.
• Empower and Equip Decision Makers across your Organization with IBM Cognos 10: Explore the role of IBM Cognos Mashup Service, IBM Cognos Mobile, IBM Cognos Collaboration, and IBM Cognos for Microsoft Office in making BI-based decision-making pervasive in your enterprise.

Driving Actionable Analytics

• Advanced Planning & Analytics with IBM Cognos TM1 & IBM SPSS software:  See how IBM Cognos TM1 combined with IBM SPSS software provides all the necessary capabilities to meet the diverse needs of Enterprise Planning and Analysis across your organization.
• The Future of Analytic Applications from Insight to Foresight: See how Analytic Applications fully integrate with other IBM assets, such as Cognos TM1 and SPSS software, to provide a full operational view of performance.

Who should attend:

• IT Directors, managers, and professionals
• Finance managers and professionals
• Business analysts
• Existing IBM Cognos customers
• Anyone evaluating business analytics and performance management solutions

5 reasons to attend:

• Learn how Cognos 10 helps you make smarter decisions and get better results
• Attend breakout sessions on a wide range of topics including Authoring & Collaboration, Deployment and Adoption, and Driving Actionable Analytics
• See in-depth demonstrations of IBM Cognos 10
• Network with industry experts, partners and your peers real-time within our virtual environment
• Take advantage of this interactive, complimentary live event all from the comfort of your own office

Personal Tidbit

Today at the Toronto Lab, we had Stephan Jou present to us about Cognos.  He gave an amazing demo of some of the products.  As a door prize we were handing out copies of the Cognos Flashbooks:

Flashbook: Business Intelligence Strategy: A Framework for Achieving BI Excellence

Flashbook: IBM Cognos Analytics and Cloud Computing

 

Susan

About a year ago I was on a leadership team in the Toronto Lab. I needed to drop off the team due to workload, but still keep in touch with some of the extraordinary members of the team.

The team decided that since the Toronto Lab's mission included creating software for all 5 of the SWG pillars, we thought that it would be a great idea to create a series of "Hello World" tutorials that would introduce Lab employees to areas that they are not currently working on.

Today I noticed that the series has been published on dWorks for all people to benefit from... and the DB2 tutorial is now available. Check this one out and follow the links to the rest of the series: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/dm-dw-db2-hellodb2a.html?S_TACT=105AGX54&ca=dnw-744

Thanks to Claire and Renate for finding the time to continue with this initiative despite very busy jobs :)

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