Db2 for z/OS is an entrenched solution for managing data at the world's largest organizations. It is a strong, reliable DBMS and I wrote...

It is vitally important to ensure that your Db2 databases and systems are running effectively and efficiently. And this requires the diligen...

Understanding what is meant by DevOps and the many requisite pieces of the DevOps toolchain is just the first step in adopted DevOps. The ke...

Assuring the performance of your mainframe systems and applications is an imposing task that keeps getting more complex all the time. It mak...

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...

This year’s IBM Think event was quite different than in past years. Usually, Think is an in-person event and attracts a lot of people, typ...

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

In the first part of this series on DB2 health checks, DB2 Health Checks - Part One , I discussed the general concept of a health check and...

The last blog post here at the DB2 Portal offered up a brief overview of the types of tools that you might want to consider to help you us...

Why should you do it by hand if you can automate DBA processes ? Anything you can do probably can be done better by the computer – if it is...

There is something of a perfect storm brewing in the world of data today. The world is becoming more automated, more connected, more wireles...