The Db2 Portal Blog

The Db2 Portal Blog

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

Friday, August 07, 2020

The Virtual North American IDUG Db2 Tech Conference 2020

The IDUG North America Virtual Conference is happening now... and it runs through the end of next week (August 14, 2020), so there is still...

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Mainframe Earnings Up Big for IBM

This week IBM announced earnings results for 2020Q2 and the company reported Systems revenues of $1.9 billion, up 6 percent, led by IBM Z...

Monday, July 13, 2020

Take Advantage of the Wealth of Information in Your Db2 Logs

The Db2 for z/OS log sometimes referred to as the transaction log, is a fundamental component of Db2 that is central to all data activity i...

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Consider Cross-Compiling COBOL to Java to Reduce Costs

Most organizations that rely on the mainframe for their mission-critical workload have a considerable amount of COBOL programs. COBOL was ...

Thursday, June 25, 2020

Db2 12 for z/OS Function Level 507

This month, June 2020, IBM introduced a new function level, FL507 , for Db2 12 for z/OS. This is the first new function level this year, and...

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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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