What Should a Modern Db2 for z/OS Client-Server Application Environment Look Like?
The distributed data facility (aka DDF) is the component of Db2 for z/OS that enables data access by applications that…
Writing IMS Applications Using PL/I and Java Interoperability
Modernizing IMS applications sometimes means rewriting entire COBOL or PL/I programs in Java™. But another popular approach is to use…
Retaining Your IBM Z Mainframe Workforce in the Great Resignation!
IBM Z mainframes are the core computing platforms of 92 of the world’s top 100 banks, 10 of the top…
Planet Db2 merges with Planet Mainframe
Planet Mainframe, one of the largest IBM mainframe community presences on the Internet has merged with the popular PlanetDb2 blog—one…
Db2 for z/OS: The Online Path from a Partition-by-Growth Table Space to Partition-by-Range
Last month, I posted to this blog an entry on the long-awaited capability to migrate tables, in an online way,…
Rediscover why enterprises trust IMS DB to manage their critical data
IMS™ has been around for over half a century and some of the top fortune 100 companies continue to use…
The DB2Night Show #246: Db2 Advanced Log Space Management – Unleashed
Presented by: Michael Roecken IBM Toronto Lab "The DB2Night Show #246: Db2 Advanced Log Space Management - Unleashed" Replays available…
Quantum Safe Cryptography Overview
Quantum Safe Cryptography The Problem – Current Cryptography is Vulnerable to Quantum Computing Cryptography experts believe that by 2030 quantum…