IBM announced that their Change and Configuration Management Database (CCMDB) will be shipped on June 30, 2006 -- along with additional process management tools. The IBM CCMDB is billed as a command center for the automatic discovery of IT information on servers, applications, storage and network devices and software across an enterprise. To hear more about IBM's news read this Q+A with Al Zollar, general manager for Tivoli Software at IBM, conducted by Computerworld.Why is this interesting? Well, for one, it seems like IBM has a good handle on...
Thursday, 25 May 2006
Wednesday, 17 May 2006
Mainframe Availability
Posted on 21:38 by Unknown
Sometimes those of us who work with mainframes can start to take them for granted. But today's mainframes offer many great features and capabilities for delivering extremely high availability. To that end, I just wanted to point my readers to a nicely written article that details the availability features of z/...
Thursday, 11 May 2006
I Lied! One More IDUG Blog
Posted on 07:21 by Unknown
OK, so yesterday I said that I wasn't going to post another blog entry from IDUG, but I guess that was a lie because here I am posting another entry. But not to fear, this will be a short one.I just finished my final presentation (the one on NULLs) and I'm sitting in an empty hallway as I type this. And, I have to say, this has been a very productive IDUG.Anyway, I know that my blogs on IDUG this week have been brief, but that is because IDUG is a very busy week for me (as it is for most of the attendees, I suppose). If you are looking for more...
Wednesday, 10 May 2006
IDUG Day Three
Posted on 12:02 by Unknown
It has been a busy couple of days here at the IDUG conference in Tampa this week. Let me catch you up if you aren't lucky enough to be here.First of all, the vendor exhibit hall was rocking Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday - but as of lunch today, the exhibit hall is over. Let's see, Compuware was giving away yo-yo's, Golden Gate had light up balls, NEON Enterprise Software was giving away cool black t-shirts, the Database Brothers were zooming around the hall on a Segway that they were giving away, and SoftBase had a slew of stuff including sunglasses,...
Tuesday, 9 May 2006
My First Presentation at IDUG
Posted on 10:58 by Unknown
Oh, yes, I almost forgot to post about my presentation on Monday. I spoke at a vendor-sponsored presentation for NEON Enterprise Software. The topic was on Change Management for DB2 Access Paths - and it is an important topic to consider. Although my presentation was followed by a product pitch for NEON's BindImpact Expert, the topic warrants consideration, product or not.Basically, the thrust of the presentation is that more focus needs to be applied to managing DB2 access paths. We implement strict change management procedures on every other...
Monday, 8 May 2006
IDUG Day One
Posted on 13:55 by Unknown
Just a quick post to report on the first day goings-on at the IDUG North American conference in Tampa. As usual the keynote was entertaining and highly attended. Bob Picciano of IBM talked about "Information as a Service... A New Era in Databases." The basic thrust of the pitch was that SOA and services will provide organizations with the ability to better integrate information and transform and modernize their existing systems.I also attended a great overview of DB2 Recovery by Robert Goodman of Florida Hospital. He outlined a series of more than...
Tuesday, 2 May 2006
DB2 for z/OS Version 9 Beta Announcement
Posted on 08:12 by Unknown
On May 2, 2006 IBM announced the beta for the next version of mainframe DB2: namely, DB2 V9.1 for z/OS. You can view the announcement here.According to the announcement the key areas of improvement in V9 will be in business insight innovations, cost savings through optimized innovations, and business resiliency innovations.Selected features that deliver these valuable benefits to your business include:Rich new hybrid data server support for both relational and pure XML storage, with the necessary services to support both data structuresNew data...
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