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The two things that these books have in common are: 1) They were published by IBM Press (Pearson Education), IBM’s partner in publishing.  Check out the deals that are being offered on IBM Press titles. 2) They were all authored by women.  Normally I wouldn’t mention this…. but lately there has been plenty of news in the Canadian papers about the G20 and G8 summits that we are hosting this month.   Part of the goal of the meetings is to discuss the plight of women in the world.    So kudos to all the women in the world!  Keep achieving... [More]

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Join Scott Hayes and special guest Burt Vialpando from IBM tomorrow (Friday June 18) on the DB2Night Show. Burt will provide a side by side comparison of architectures, terminology, file system layouts, directory structures, administration commands, memory architectures, parameters, storage models and so much more. If you are a DB2 LUW professional, after this session you will be able to understand your Oracle peers (really, it isn't a foreign language). If you are an Oracle professional, you will discover that the DB2 people aren't so strange... [More]

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If you've considered making the move to DB2, developerWorks has made it easier than ever to find out everything you need to know.   The  new DB2 enablement page for DBAs and database developers is loaded with resources -- articles, tutorials, demos, webcasts, and more -- to help you understand the benefits of DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows. Benefits like industry-leading performance, autonomic admin features, and lower costs.   Are you already working with another relational database management system (like, say, Oracle)? Why not find out how... [More]

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Improve performance by 74%, while lowering data costs and downtime by up to 40% Modern day levels of high-velocity data growth have put increased pressure on today's database management systems to support increasingly complex workloads, applications and service levels to meet business demand. Attend our upcoming seminar to learn how IBM's integrated server and DB2 software offerings can help you improve application performance by up to 73% while lowering your data management costs by up to 40%. You'll learn how to reduce the complexity of your... [More]

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I don't know about you, but I keep running into examples in the world where technology could be used to improve the experience.  Here are a few recent examples:   A friend of mine was charged a fee for not using her chequing account for a 3 month period.  When she called the bank they told her that they are trying to encourage people to come into the branch.  That doesn't make much sense... but that's what they said.  So, my friend plans to write herself a cheque every month for the amount of $1 and deposit it into the same account.  Complete... [More]

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Thanks to Leons Petrazickis for reminding me about the DB2 Wiki .  Leons was able to add a recently written white paper to the site and I thought this would give me a good opportunity to tell you what you can find on this site.   The white paper that was just added is:   Getting Started with DB2 Express-C 9.7 and Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.0 (PDF) Authors: Andre Albuquerque , Irina Delidjakova  This paper will help you get started with DB2 Express-C and Virtuozzo Containers for Linux.  Combined with Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.0 for... [More]

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Have you seen Leon's recent blog entry? Move over Oprah, DB2NightShow.com is moving up in ratings My last post about the DB2Night Show was in error... I said that Mark Wilding was the special guest this week... but it's actually Mike Winer ! I'm sure Mark will be rescheduled for a future show. So, what's Mike Winer going to talk about? I was a recent guest at his new cottage, but I'm sure that topic won't come up! Instead, he's talking about DB2 Locking . Mike was at the IDUG Tampa conference and at last week's CCDB2UG, so if you missed... [More]

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IBM Cognos 8 Report Studio Cookbook by Abhishek Sanghani Over 80 great recipes for taking control of Cognos 8 Report Studio Learn advanced techniques to produce real-life reports that meet business demands Tricks and hacks for speedy and effortless report development and to overcome tool-based limitations Peek into the best practices used in industry and discern ways to work like a pro Part of Packt's Cookbook series-each recipe is a carefully organized sequence of instructions to complete the task as efficiently as possible In Detail Cognos... [More]

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SPVC courses are self-paced online training that offer you the flexibility to take training when and where you want. Get the high-quality content, hands-on lab experience, and instructor support of traditional classroom training, without the cost and hassles of travel.  With several courses available in trial format, you can experience this exciting new learning method first hand at no charge! Take these new SPVC courses today: 1L610T - Trial version of Advanced DB2 SAP for Administrators 1WA52T - Trial Version of InfoSphere Warehouse... [More]

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We're down to the wire... only 4 episodes remaining in the premier season of the DB2Night Show.    Ergin Babani  discusses the REDISTRIBUTE command with Scott Hayes in tomorrow's episode ( June 4 , 11:00 am Eastern).    June 11 – IBM Mark Wilding on DB2 in the Cloud   – a technical talk – probably Part 1 of 3 part series. June 18 – Comparing DB2 LUW and Oracle by IBM’s Burt Vialpando June 25 – Our Season 1 show FINALE – Berni Sc hiefer returns with DB2 LUW Storage I/O optimization     Much thanks to Scott Hayes for pulling these amazing... [More]

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  IBM's Information on Demand (IOD) Conference took place in Rome : May 19-21.   My purpose at the conference was to sell books to attendees, but I wasn't able to arrange for a bookseller to set up shop.  I'm not able to sell books myself so I promoted both electronic books and buying books directly from the publisher.   Safari Books Online joined me as they provide one of the available options for electronic books. Erin and Martin from Safari were giving demonstrations of their system to attendees.  We gave out bookmarks that promoted a free... [More]

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On Monday and Tuesday this week, the  CCDB2UG conference was held in Markham, ON.  I was very happy to be invited to take part in a very small way to speak to attendees during the reception and to network with people following the reception.   I handed out my business card to everyone who I met in the hopes that they will become readers of my blog.  I hope one or two of you are people I met in person on Monday!   The message that I delivered to the attendees was that our Education and Skills team are dedicated to provide resources to people who... [More]

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