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Here is the master list of current and upcoming books for DB2 on Linux, Unix and Windows .  Updates will be made to this page as books are published, so bookmark this page and come back often.          DB2 Essentials: Understanding DB2 in a Big Data World (3rd Edition)  By Raul Chong and Clara Liu (Oct 10 2013) DB2 10.1 Fundamentals: Certification Study Guide  By Roger E. Sanders (Nov 1, 2013)... [More]

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  Are you looking for some good technical books to read in order to enhance your skills?  For the month of February, you can purchase a number of amazing books and save money while doing it.   Let me start with the offers from IBM’s publishing partner, IBM Press:   1) If you are a member of IDUG, you can always get 45% off of books published by IBM Press.  How?  Go to IDUG’s home page and click on the icon on the bottom right corner.  This will give you the instructions needed to get your discount.  See a previous blog entry for more... [More]

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  Once you register for IOD you’ll be sent a confirmation email that will tell you about the pre-conference education sessions that are available.  Maybe you’ve heard of these before.  They are full day classes that go deep in a particular topic.   These classes have an additional cost.   Six of the classes are Certification Crammer Courses.  These remain popular year after year and help you prepare to pass one of the free certification exams that are offered at the conference to attendees.  These classes are taught by well-known experts who... [More]

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First I gave you the benefits of getting certified , then the overall procedure to follow to get certified, now the details on the DB2 certification program. Each exam has a time limit of 90 minutes, except the upgrade exam which has a time limit of 60 minutes. The number of questions and the cutscore for each exam varies. For example, exam 730 has 64 questions and you must score 59 percent or higher to pass it. How do I prepare to pass an exam? Here is the recommended path I suggest you take to prepare for a DB2 exam: 1) Choose the exam... [More]

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As usual, IBM Champions are well represented at IDUG this year.  Gain knowledge from this group of talented and hardworking people, who I consider IBM’s best friends!   I’ve done my best to pull out all the sessions that IBM Champions are taking part in at the   IDUG DB2 Tech Conference in Orlando, Florida, USA 2013 Orlando, Florida April 29th - May 3rd, 2013   If I missed any, please let me know and I’ll update this entry.       Monday April 29 - Full Day Educational Seminars DB2 z/OS DBA... [More]

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DB2 pureScale: Risk Free Agile Scaling by Paul Zikopoulos , Matt Huras , Aamer Sachedina , Paul Awad Book Information on our Blog Amazon version Electronic version (5.8MB)   DB2 9 is a leading-edge hybrid data server that offers optimum storage, scalability, and availability. DB2 pureScale is a new technology primarily optimize d for scale-out transactional processing clusters in an active-active manner. This succinct guide will show you how DB2 with pureScale can provide you transparent application scalability, the ability to deliver... [More]

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If you’ve been watching social media sites today, you may have noticed a few things mentioned about a new DB2 10.5 release.  There is one that went out today and it has a few names: DB2 “Cancun Release” DB2 10.5 “Cancun Release” DB2 10.5 Fixpack 4 Yes they’re all the same.  The message here is that the fixpack did more than fix bugs, it provided a few new features.  The features are so important that rather than just keep the name as FP4, we added a cool name to bring some attention to it. The... [More]

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  The Warehouse team has been busy creating yet another best practice paper.    Best practices: Using High Performance Unload (HPU) as part of a Recovery strategy   IBM InfoSphere Optim High Performance Unload (HPU) for DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows V4.2 is a high-speed tool for unloading, extracting, and repartitioning data in DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows databases. HPU unloads large volumes of data quickly by reading directly from full, incremental, and delta backup images or table space containers rather than through the DB2 software... [More]

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    I work in the Toronto Lab where we have at least 2500 employees.  We're lucky enough to have a library where local employees may borrow books.  This morning I shared the elevator with a couple of people carrying one of the books by Roger Sanders .  The book is affectionately known as the "red book" and the one that I saw clearly came from the library and was so well-used it was amazing!  It makes me happy to see that there are so many people here at the lab who prepare and take the certification exams.   List of Roger's books :... [More]

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  Friday on the DB2Night Show, host Scott Hayes invited Bryan Paulsen and Paul Turpin to talk about the upcoming IDUG conference: Bryan Paulson , John Deere, Volunteer of IDUG – current chair Paul Turpin – S1, Volunteer of IDUG - past chair First thing to notice is that the name of the conference has changed.  It is now the IDUG DB2 Tech Conference.  They made the name change to help people get funding to attend the conference.  The conference takes place May 2-6, in Anaheim California.  This is the first time an IDUG conference has taken place... [More]

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  Today marks the first day of the new blog by David Birmingham called “ Netezza Underground ”. As you may remember, IBM purchased Netezza not that long ago.  To refresh your memory, here is a description in the Press Release, IBM Completes Acquisition Of Netezza :   Netezza data warehouse appliances bring analytics directly into the hands of business users within every department of an organization such as sales, marketing, product development and human resources. The simplicity of deploying Netezza appliances makes the technology ideal for... [More]

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  The next Chat with the Lab takes place next Thursday, Jan 26 from 12:30 – 2:00 pm.  Join Rav Ahuja and Bill Minor (DB2 Tooling Development Team) for a discussion about Advanced Recovery Solutions.   Details: Register Now Date: Thurs, Jan 26, 2012 Time: 12:30-2:00 PM Eastern / 11:30 AM Central / 9:30 AM Pacific / 17:30hrs London / 18:30hrs Frankfurt, Paris / India 11 PM Abstract: The availability and integrity of data is critical to the business enterprise. When a problem occurs and your data is compromised or unavailable, it is paramount to... [More]

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This year's IOD conference was amazing!  Record crowds, lots of events, great people, and for the first time ever, our beloved product DB2 was front & center!  DB2 with BLU Acceleration is clearly a winner and you had no trouble learning about it at IOD: the whole conference was painted BLU! I've put together this rather large slideshare to show you what I mean.  I presented these slides to the development team and the feedback was awesome.  Throughout the slides, I've added links that will allow you to... [More]

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Back by popular demand: Assess & Save : Advance your career - Save 50% on IBM Professional Certification for Information Management Professionals Gauge your readiness for certification by purchasing and completing an online assessment test. Pass an Information Management Online Assessment Test from November 1, 2012 through December 14, 2012 to qualify for the 50 percent certification savings voucher. If you pass the test, you'll automatically receive an electronic 50 percent savings voucher good toward the corresponding... [More]

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