Are your databases so large that it is too hard to take DB2 backups?   Is the CPU usage that is being used to take these backups affecting your application processing? IBM has just introduced the New DB2 Merge Backup for Linux, UNIX and Windows .   This tool was announced at IDUG on May 3, and it allows DB2 customers to greatly reduce downtime, CPU consumption, DBA Labor and Risk during Recovery. IBM DB2 Merge Backup combines incremental and delta backups with the latest full backup to create a new full and current backup without actually... [More]

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  Happy IOD Season!    Kimberly Madia here from the Optim product marketing team, and I am excited to be blogging for the first time.   I wanted to share some details about key activities for the Optim tools at the IOD Global Conference in Las Vegas , Nevada , October 24-October 28, 2010.   It’s NOT too late to register, check out the conference website for details and registration information.    While you are at the conference, come by and visit the IBM team at booth numbers 806-21 and 806-19.   We want to hear from you.            You will... [More]

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  What if there were no walls between the DBA and developers? I'm not really talking about your cubicle walls but those implicit barriers we create when we are so focused on our own thing and work using our own tools. But to develop higher quality applications with more agility, we all need to work together and even cross-pollinate our skills more.   I'm the Team Lead for the Data Studio Developer tooling. Earlier this year, with Data Studio Developer 1.2, we provided tools that help teams break down barriers between developers and... [More]

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