The Db2 Portal Blog

News, views, and items of interest on IBM's Db2 database management system and mainframes.

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Are You Actually Using the Db2 13 You Installed?

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Congratulations. By now you should have migrated to Db2 13 for z/OS bringing you up-to-date with Db2 versions. But now what? For too many o...
Monday, August 31, 2026

The Cost of “Good Enough” Data: Why the Fundamentals Still Matter

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My latest book, The Cost of “Good Enough” Data: Why Modern Architectures Fail at Scale , examines a problem that has been building quietly a...
Monday, August 03, 2026

Why "Cloud-Only" Strategies Fail for Mission-Critical Workloads

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  The Future Isn't Cloud or Mainframe—It's Cloud and Mainframe For more than a decade, many organizations have pursued what sound...
Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Don't Forget About IBM Redbooks!

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Many of my readers are probably aware of IBM redbooks , but for those who are not, here is a quick introduction to a valuable free technical...
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Monday, July 20, 2026

Db2 Locking Explained in 90 Seconds

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Think your enterprise application is running slow because of "aging hardware" or "insufficient CPU"? Think again. In my ...
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Craig S. Mullins
Sugar Land, Texas, United States
Craig S. Mullins is a data management strategist, researcher, and consultant. He is president and principal consultant of Mullins Consulting, Inc. and the publisher/editor for The Database Site.

Craig has been named by IBM as a Gold Consultant and an IBM Champion for Analytics. He has been named as one of the Top 200 Thought Leaders in Big Data and Analytics by AnalyticsWeek magazine.

Craig has over three decades of experience in all facets of database systems development and has worked with Db2 since V1. You may know Craig from his popular books: Db2 Developer's Guide (covering IBM's mainframe RDBMS)... A Guide to Db2 Performance for Application Developers (how to write efficient Db2 programs) and... Database Administration: The Complete Guide to DBA Practices and Procedures (a guide to heterogenous DBA).
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