The Db2 Portal Blog

The Db2 Portal Blog

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

Thursday, February 14, 2013

The Importance of Database Design

It is impossible to over-estimate the importance of database design on the effectiveness and efficiency of application systems. The first ...

Friday, February 01, 2013

A Brief Introduction to the DB2 Catalog

The system catalog, or the DB2 Catalog, offers a wealth of information about DB2. If the DB2 optimizer is the heart and soul of DB2, the D...

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Upcoming Webinar: Data Security in the Age of Regulatory Compliance

Webinar Title: Data Security in the Age of Regulatory Compliance Presenter: Craig S. Mullins Date: Wednesday, January 23 Time: 2pm Eas...

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Two New Group Privileges in DB2 10 for z/OS

DB2 10 for z/OS delivers two new group level privileges to enable more granular and functional security support for DB2 administrators. Th...

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Seasons Greetings!

Just a short post today to wish all of my readers a very happy holiday season and to let you know that I will not be posting anything new be...

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About Me

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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