| The DB2Night Show #15: DB2 9.7 Online Table Moves with Ergin Babani, IBM
Posted on 4/2/2010
In our 15th show, we talked about the new Online Table Move capability in DB2 9.7. Our special guest was Ergin Babani, DB2 LUW Continuing Engineering, from the IBM Toronto Lab. Despite recovering from a cold and having a sore throat, Ergin did a fantastic job for us on covering the options and features of this new ... |
| The DB2Night Show #14: Crunching the Numbers and DB2 STMM
Posted on 3/12/2010
In our 14th show, show host Scott Hayes, IBM DB2 GOLD Consultant and Information Management Champion, performed a deep dive into analyzing DB2 Snapshot numbers for a production DB2/Linux 9.7 database located in the UK. This database had STMM turned on, so we did a tangential LIVE demonstration on DB2's Self Tuning Memory ... |
| The DB2Night Show #13: DB2 LUW Compression Updates
Posted on 2/19/2010
In our 13th show, special guest Paul Zikopoulos, Program Director - DB2 Evangelism, IBM Software Group, provided us with fantastic information on "DB2 LUW Compression Updates ". He covered compression in DB2 9.1, 9.5, and 9.7, index compression, temp compression, and even shared competitive information that compares ... |
| The DB2Night Show #12: DB2 Information Resources
Posted on 2/12/2010
In our 12th show, special guest Susan Visser, Publishing Program Manager, IBM, introduced us to "The Wild Wonderful World of DB2 Information Resources ". I had no idea that there were so many free and inexpensive resources available for quality DB2 information. Watch the replay of this episode to learn about the best ... |
| The DB2Night Show Episode #7: SQL Server versus DB2 LUW
Posted on 1/30/2010
In our seventh show, special guest Leon Katsnelson, Program Director, IBM Data Servers, IBM Canada, gave us a great comparison of SQL Server versus DB2 LUW. He also talked about FREE DB2 and DB2 LUW in the cloud, and, as a bonus, he even compared DB2 Express-C to Oracle Express. So, if you are interested in learning ... |
| The DB2Night Show Episode #8: Managing the DB2 WLM
Posted on 1/30/2010
In our eighth episode, special guest Paul Bird from the IBM Canada Lab gave us updates on DB2 WLM and provided some best practices tips. However, the real excitement began when Mark Mulligan - a real live DB2 Customer using DB2 Workload Manager - shared with us his experiences and tips for implementing and using WLM. ... |
| The DB2Night Show Episode #9: Crunching the Numbers
Posted on 1/30/2010
In our ninth episode, Scott Hayes, IBM GOLD Consultant and Data Management Champion, published author, frequent blogger, IDUG supporter and worldwide speaker, took a deep dive into DB2 Snapshot Data from a REAL LIVE DB2 LUW database that had been up and running for over a year! With the studio audience watching, we worked ... |
| The DB2Night Show Episode #10: \"DEAR IBM...\"
Posted on 1/30/2010
In our tenth episode, we kicked of the year 2010 by inviting senior IBM executives Sal Vella and Tim Vincent to our show. DB2 LUW users from around the globe submitted letters of praise for DB2 and several enhancement requests. Watch this show and learn about enhancement requests that could become future DB2 LUW product ... |
| The DB2Night Show Episode #11: DB2 9.7 Optimizer Updates
Posted on 1/30/2010
In our eleventh show, special guest John Hornibrook, Manager, Query Optimization DevelopmentDB2 for Linux, UNIX, & Windows, IBM Canada shared with us details of enhancements to the DB2 Optimizer in DB2 9.7 GA and Fixpack 1. The list of enhancements is very impressive! Watch this show to learn more... To ... |
| The DB2Night Show Episode #1: Top 10 Lists
Posted on 1/29/2010
In our kickoff episode, we had some fun with DB2 Top Ten lists. Drew Bradstock, IBM DB2 LUW Product Manager, shared his Top Ten list for the coolest new features of DB2 LUW. Rebecca Bond, Independent DB2 LUW Security Consultant, shared her Top Ten DB2 LUW Security Tips on video locations throughout New Orleans. Scott ... |