Db2 for z/OS has proven successful for decades not because of any single feature, but because it consistently delivers on the things that ma...

Recently I was invited by BMC Software to participate in their AMI Z Talk podcast series to talk about modern data management for Db2... an...

Today brings the fourth, and final installment of our series examining the different types of changes that can be made to database objects a...

Welcome to the third installment of our series examining the types of database changes that can be performed using Db2 for z/OS. In part 1 ...

Let's go back in time... over three decades ago... back to the wild and woolly 1980s! And watch our favorite DBMS, DB2, grow up over t...

I hope you’ve already made your plans to be there, but if you haven’t there’s still time to get your manager’s approval , make your travel...

Regular readers of my blog know that I have written a couple of Db2 books, including DB2 Developer's Guide , which has been in print for...

Organizations of all types and sizes have adopted a DevOps approach to building applications because it effectively implements small and fre...

DevOps practices are gaining popularity on all development platforms and the mainframe is no exception. DevOps relies heavily on agile d...

Just a quick blog post today to show everybody that my latest book, A Guide to Db2 Performance for Application Developers , is published and...

IBM has improved the availability of accessing Db2 Catalog objects when maintenance is being run in Db2 12 for z/OS. This impacts access dur...