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Thank you. ****************************************************************** ************ TABLE OF CONTENT ********** ****************************************************************** ================================================================== GENERAL ================================================================== **************************** News ******************************** <1>2002 Awards Summary for IBM Data Management Solutions <2>New zone: DB2 for Newcomers <3>EIP Information Mining in a Nutshell <4>New Inside Track for Business Partners Seeking Business and Technology Opportunities! <5>Performance Management, Testing and Scalability (PMTS) <6>Creating a .NET Client that Uses DB2 DADX Web Services <7>Differences between DB2 Workgroup Server Edition and DB2 Enterprise Server Edition <8>Implementing DB2 UDB V8 ESE with Microsoft Cluster Server <9>Licensing Distributed DB2 V8 in a High-Availability Configuration *************************** Offers ******************************* <10>New Download: DB2 Web Services Consumer <11>Updated Download: DB2 Web Services Object Runtime Framework (WORF) <12>NEW Data Management Customer Support Offering <13>New Data Management Redbooks Available Now! ************************* Conferences **************************** <14>The IBM Data Management Technical Conference - the best and the brightest! <15>IBM Software Symposium 2003 <16>Don't Miss These Key Early 2003 IDUG Opportunities <17>Flamingos at the 2003 IMS Technical Conference? <18>The Content Management & WebSphere Portal Technical Conference swings into Orlando ================================================================== DB2 PRODUCT FAMILY ================================================================== ******************* DB2 UDB for S/390 and z/OS ******************* <19>DB2 Basics: Table Spaces and Buffer Pools <20>Meet the Expert: Susan Malaika on XML Capabilities in DB2 <21>Administration Made Easier: Scheduling and Automation in DB2 UDB ********************* DB2 UDB for Linux ************************* <22>Satellite Records spins a better Web site with DB2 for Linux ********************** DB2 UDB for iSeries *********************** <23>IBM announces DB2 OLAP V8.1 for iSeries <24>Oracle Migration Toolkit Enabled for DB2 UDB for iSeries <25>Process Your DB2 for iSeries Indexes in Parallel ================================================================== SOLUTIONS ================================================================== ******************** Data Management Tools************************ <26>IBM Data Management Tools Announces Enhanced DB2 Tools and Service Extensions <27>IBM Data Management Tools Offers Product Web casts *********************** Content Manager ************************** <28>Archiving Lotus Domino Data using IBM Content Manager Commonstore <29>Add Content Manager OnDemand skills to your schedule for 2003 <30>Add e-mail archive and Content Manager CommonStore classes to your calendar for 2003. <31>Get more out of content management with software services from IBM Data Management. <32>Retail bankers: Add resiliency, differentiation and efficiency <33>IBM Content Manager OnDemand: Report Definition Made Easy <34>IBM Records Manager provides U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) certified records management. <35>IBM Content Manager users now can share experiences and knowledge <36>Find NEW technical manuals and guides ************Enterprise Applications from Web Partners ************ <37>Creating Distributed DB2 and Delphi Web Apps with DataSnap <38>DB2 and Delphi 7 - SOAP and Database Web Services ================================================================== INFORMIX PRODUCT FAMILY ================================================================== ******************** Other Informix Products ********************* <39>International Informix Users Group (IIUG) Rolls Out New SIG Formats <40>Local Groups Ramp Up For 2003 <41>IIUG Director Neil Truby Test Drives PartnerWorld Program ================================================================== SKILL AND EDUCATION ================================================================== ********************** DB2 CERTIFICATION ************************* <42>IBM Data Management Certification Launches NEW DB2 V8 Exams! <43>Assess Your Skills Free of Charge! <44>Prepare for V8.1 DB2 Certification with New Guides ************************* CLASSES ******************************* <45>Autonomic computing - the next stop for developers <46>Getting started with information integration <47>IBM Content Manager for Multiplatforms Version 8 test drive <48>New DB2 Problem Determination Tutorials! <49>Get Ahead with the Education Center for IBM Software Program <50>Free DB2 Universal Database Fastpath Courses ****************************************************************** ************ ARTICLES *********** ****************************************************************** ================================================================== GENERAL ================================================================== **************************** News ******************************** <1>2002 Awards Summary for IBM Data Management Solutions 2002 was a great year for awards! See http://ibm.com/software/data/awards for a summary of the most important awards received by IBM Data Management Solutions, either directly or indirectly, in 2002. Awards were received from around the globe, for our software and our people, and by our customers for innovative solutions built on Data Management software. <2>New zone: DB2 for Newcomers New to DB2? Begin here for the big picture of how relational database originated at IBM, where it is today, and where it's going. Then check out our selection of articles and tutorials, written especially for those less experienced with DB2. http://www.ibm.com/software/data/developer/newcomers/ <3>EIP Information Mining in a Nutshell Take a whirlwind tour through information mining by joining our authors as they cover the basics from installation, defining taxonomies, and querying. http://www7b.software.ibm.com/dmdd/library/techarticle/0212tschaffler/0212tschaffler.html <4>New Inside Track for Business Partners Seeking Business and Technology Opportunities! Join us as we kick off IBM Insight Exchange (tm) Business Partner initiative, a new software initiative designed to help current and prospective IBM Business Partners understand the business trends and technologies that are shaping the future. IBM has a vital interest in your success, and we're proving our commitment by helping you plan profitable investments and strategies. Insight Exchange will unveil business and technology opportunities in two separate series of Web casts presented by top IBM thought leaders and other industry/technology experts: --Opportunity Track-- Presents fact-based discussions of industry and cross-industry trends, helping Business Partners identify opportunities to be tapped for improved success. Topics include: the demand for cyber security, leading edge technologies that will shape the 21st century, digital strategy and the customer, homeland security and related emerging business opportunities, and much more. --Technology Track -- Focuses on discussing technological excellence and providing insight into technology investments for greater competitive advantage. Speakers will offer their views on the highest priorities and the hottest technologies in the industry, such as e-business on demand, autonomic computing, enterprise information integration, grid computing, database futures, content management trends, XML database technologies, and Web architectures. A third track within the initiative, Business Track is open by invitation and is devoted to building business excellence through a series of interactive, face-to-face sessions. Insight Exchange is open to current and prospective partners of IBM. You'll want to be part of this exciting initiative so that you can benefit from insights into business trends and technologies that will help you plan more successful strategies. Click on the Insight Exchange Web link, http://www.ibm.com/software/insightexchange, to register for the inaugural Web casts for each series. And spread the news about Insight Exchange among your colleagues. <5>Performance Management, Testing and Scalability (PMTS) can help customers improve, plan for and validate the performance and scalability of applications, systems, storage solutions and networks -- IBM and non-IBM -- to support key business and technology initiatives. The article will highlight the CompUSA engagement, where IBM Global Services was selected to help the customer determine if a new order entry and warehouse business solution would be able to handle the expected work load with adequate levels of performance. IBM provided a system evaluation, testing and tuning, as well as an optimization strategy to help ensure that CompUSA systems would continue to meet performance expectations for two years following implementation. The customer's only regret was that he didn't bring in IBM sooner in the process! Additional information can be obtained at: http://w3-1.ibm.com/services/salesone/files/app-compusa.pdf <6>Creating a .NET Client that Uses DB2 DADX Web Services With DB2, you can use Web services with your preferred application environment. This article shows you how easy it is to create a .NET client that consumes DB2 DADX Web services. http://www7b.software.ibm.com/dmdd/library/techarticle/0212yu/0212yu.html <7>Differences between DB2 Workgroup Server Edition and DB2 Enterprise Server Edition DB2 editions allow users to pay a tailored price for the extra features of DB2 that they need. Of course, the underlying technology is always DB2, so decisions about what edition to use has nothing to do with portability, availability, and ease of use. This article uses a simple table to compare and contrast DB2 Workgroup Server Edition and DB2 Enterprise Server Edition for the Version 8 release. (It includes some side notes for DB2 Version 7, too.) http://www7b.software.ibm.com/dmdd/library/techarticle/0301zikopoulos/0301zikopoulos1.html <8>Implementing DB2 UDB V8 ESE with Microsoft Cluster Server Configuring a high-availability solution with DB2 and Microsoft Cluster Server is much easier with the sample configurations provided in this detailed paper. http://www7b.software.ibm.com/dmdd/library/techarticle/0301nomani/0301nomani.html <9>Licensing Distributed DB2 V8 in a High-Availability Configuration Author Paul Zikopoulos hears many questions about licensing DB2 in a high-availability environment: questions about pricing, what constitutes an idle or active standby machine, and what licensing methodologies can be used with what products. This article gives you the answers. http://www7b.software.ibm.com/dmdd/library/techarticle/0301zikopoulos/0301zikopoulos.html *************************** Offers ******************************* <10>New Download: DB2 Web Services Consumer Now you can invoke Web services from within SQL statements, allowing you to access data from any Web service provider through SQL. This gives you the ability to combine data from local tables and dynamic data from the Web services. To make it easier, use the provided WebSphere Studio Application Developer plug-in to automatically generate user-defined functions from a user-supplied WSDL. These UDFs invoke the SOAP client and then map the result of the Web service invocation to the return types specified by the user. http://www7b.software.ibm.com/dmdd/zones/webservices/wsconsumer/ <11>Updated Download: DB2 Web Services Object Runtime Framework (WORF) This latest version of WORF supports document-style message encoding, which is provided for use with Microsoft .NET tools to build Web service clients, or for other Web service clients that only support document-style Web services. http://www7b.software.ibm.com/dmdd/zones/webservices/worf/ <12>NEW Data Management Customer Support Offering The Regency Premier Services program offers you a closer partnership with the IBM Data Management Customer Support team to help you maximize the return on your investment in IBM software. As an add-on to Passport Advantage, it equips you with a Technical Account Manager from Customer Support who understands both IBM software and your particular support needs. http://d25web1.torolab.ibm.com/db2info/dminflib.nsf/dm/NAPremSupp01 <13>New Data Management Redbooks Available Now! IBM Redbooks are developed and published by IBM's International Technical Support Organization, the ITSO. Most of these publications are available in Adobe PDF format and may be viewed online or downloaded for offline viewing and printing. There are 3 new DM books highlighting DB2 recently released! Check them out on the Data Management Redbooks Portal, http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/Portals/Data ************************* Conferences **************************** <14>The IBM Data Management Technical Conference - the best and the brightest! October 27 - 31, 2003, Las Vegas, Nevada Don't miss this high powered technical event covering the IBM Data Management family of products. You'll experience the best and the brightest experts as well as the bright lights of Las Vegas. Bookmark and visit our web site in the coming months to get all the latest details at http://www.ibm.com/services/learning/conf/us/index.html?ca=various&me=W&met=inli&re=IBM_enewsletters <15>IBM Software Symposium 2003 Don't miss the IBM Software Symposium 2003 in Munich, Germany May 19-23! In addition to gaining a first-hand insight into IBM's strategy and solutions, you can choose from more than 300 sessions featuring IBM's Data Management, Lotus, Tivoli and WebSphere Software. Updating your technical knowledge has never been easier, through on-site certifications and hands-on labs staffed by IBM's experts. And you can share your experiences with industry peers at birds-of-a-feather sessions and other networking events. At the Solution Showcase you will see over 200 demonstration points showing the latest technology and solutions being delivered by IBM and our Business Partners. http://www.ibm.com/events/symposium2003/index.html <16>Don't Miss These Key Early 2003 IDUG Opportunities 14 February 2003--Is the submission deadline for IDUG 2003--Europe presentation abstracts. Share your DB2 experience and expertise with an audience of your peers at the premier DB2 user event in Europe. If your presentation is delivered at the conference, you will receive a complimentary full-conference registration. Visit http://www.idug.org/conferences/europe/2003/call.cfm to submit your abstract online...It's fast and easy. 21 February 2003--Is the advance registration deadline for IDUG 2003--Asia Pacific. Register by this date and save AUD110! For the latest information, visit http://www.idug.org/conferences/asiapacific/index.cfm. For information on upcoming IDUG events, visit http://www.idug.org, or send an email to idug@idug.org. IDUG 2003--Asia Pacific, 20-21 March 2003, Sydney, Australia IDUG 2003--North America, 19-23 May 2003, Las Vegas, NV, USA IDUG 2003--Europe, 7-10 October 2003, Nice, France <17>Flamingos at the 2003 IMS Technical Conference? September 15 - 18, 2003, Las Vegas, Nevada The results are in: heavy duty Technical Conferences and the lights of Las Vegas are indeed compatible. Circle the dates of September 15 - 18 on your calendar. The IMS Technical Conference is flying into the Flamingo Hilton Hotel on the famous Las Vegas Strip. Bookmark and visit our web site in the coming months to get all the latest details at http://www.ibm.com/services/learning/conf/us/index.html?ca=various&me=W&met=inli&re=IBM_enewsletters <18>The Content Management & WebSphere Portal Technical Conference swings into Orlando June 9 - 11, 2003 Orlando, Florida Save the date for this electrifying technical event where you learn from the experts as well as by networking with your peers. Experience all the magic this June 9 - 11. Bookmark and visit our web site in the coming months to get all the latest details at http://www.ibm.com/services/learning/conf/us/index.html?ca=various&me=W&met=inli&re=IBM_enewsletters ================================================================== DB2 PRODUCT FAMILY ================================================================== ******************* DB2 UDB for S/390 and z/OS ******************* <19>DB2 Basics: Table Spaces and Buffer Pools This article helps the new DB2 DBA understand the importance of table spaces and buffer pools for performance. http://www7b.software.ibm.com/dmdd/library/techarticle/0212wieser/0212wieser.html <20>Meet the Expert: Susan Malaika on XML Capabilities in DB2 DB2 and XML specialist Susan Malaika clarifies the options available for processing data using the DB2 family and XML. http://www7b.software.ibm.com/dmdd/library/techarticle/0212malaika/0212malaika.html <21>Administration Made Easier: Scheduling and Automation in DB2 UDB The size and numbers of databases continues to grow. With DB2 V8, tools for automation and scheduling make the administrative job much easier. This article focuses on the Task Center, which enables you to create, edit, and debug tasks; the Task Journal; the ability to run tasks in parallel and in groupings; tips for managing tasks; and possible configurations. http://www7b.software.ibm.com/dmdd/library/techarticle/0301gartner/0301gartner.html ********************* DB2 UDB for Linux ************************** <22>Satellite Records spins a better Web site with DB2 for Linux Satellite Records selected DB2 Workgroup Edition for Linux to support its new Web site. Satellite chose IBM over Oracle because DB2 was more powerful and reliable at a reasonable price. It is also migrating its enterprise business software and inventory systems to DB2 for Linux. http://www.ibm.com/software/success/cssdb.nsf/CS/NAVO-5C6TVN?OpenDocument&Site=db2software ********************** DB2 UDB for iSeries *********************** <23>IBM announces DB2 OLAP V8.1 for iSeries DB2 OLAP, a cross DB2 Family product set, provides high performance analytical (Business Intelligence) solutions. DB2 OLAP V8.1 for iSeries now adds additional function including heterogeneous database sourcing, hybrid multi-dimensional and relational data stores, and improved loading/calculating performance through parallism techniques. http://www.ibm.com/software/data/db2/db2olap/ <24>Oracle Migration Toolkit Enabled for DB2 UDB for iSeries An Oracle Migration Tookit is available to automate processes of moving Oracle databases to DB2 UDB for iSeries. This no charge download is available via the web. The toolkit provides utilities to migrate database schemas, move data while handling data conversions, and migration of stored procedures and trigger definitions. Services are also available. http://www-919.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/developer/db2/porting.html <25>Process Your DB2 for iSeries Indexes in Parallel When people think of parallel processing in a database engine, they immediately think of improved query response time by having multiple processors working on a single query. What people tend to overlook is that parallel processing can speed up index processing, too, and thus improve the overall performance of your database server. DB2 UDB for iSeries can use multiple processors when creating indexes and when maintaining indexes. http://www7b.software.ibm.com/dmdd/library/techarticle/0301milligan/0301milligan.html ================================================================== SOLUTIONS ================================================================== ******************** Data Management Tools *********************** <26>IBM Data Management Tools Announces Enhanced DB2 Tools and Service Extensions In December 2002 IBM Data Management Tools announced enhancements to five DB2 tools for z/OS, including DB2 Automation Tool and DB2 Object Restore. DM Tools also announced extended service offerings for several tools for DB2 and IMS with near-in end-of-service dates. Trial code for DB2 Multiplatform Tools on Linux and Windows now ships with DB2 UDB V8. http://www.ibm.com/software/data/db2imstools <27>IBM Data Management Tools Offers Product Web casts IBM DM tools invites you to attend upcoming Web casts and learn about our latest tools. A replay of the Jan. 15 event, Autonomic Computing with IMS V8 and IMS Tools, is now available. On Jan. 30 we present DB2 for z/OS, DB2 Tools and QMF in an On Demand Environment. Coming February 27 is Migrating to DB2 V7 with DB2 Utilities Suites and selected DB2 Tools. http://www.ibm.com/software/data/db2imstools ************************ Content Manager ************************* <28>Archiving Lotus Domino Data using IBM Content Manager Commonstore Using a fictitious shipping company scenario, the author shows you how to archive Domino data to CommonStore, thereby improving performance and extending the value of a Notes application. Sample application is included. http://www7b.software.ibm.com/dmdd/library/techarticle/0212martin/0212martin.html <29>Add Content Manager OnDemand skills to your schedule for 2003. Classes will be held in California, Colorado, Maryland and Virginia. Find the new class schedules and details: http://www.ibm.com/software/data/ondemand/education.html <30>Add e-mail archive and Content Manager CommonStore classes to your calendar for 2003. Classes will be held in Vienna, VA, in March. Find new details at: http://www.ibm.com/software/data/commonstore/education.html <31>Get more out of content management with software services from IBM Data Management. IBM Software Services for Data Management specializes in content management expertise. Experienced consultants can help you create and manage an enterprise content management infrastructure for the full spectrum of your business's digital information. Use their in- depth knowledge of IBM content management technologies to design and implement an infrastructure to safely and efficiently store, access and manage large collections of scanned images, documents, XML and HTML files, audio or video content. Find more at: http://www.ibm.com/software/data/cm/services.html <32>Retail bankers: Add resiliency, differentiation and efficiency to your operations with enterprise content management. Deregulation and globalization have created unique challenges for banks to create shareholder value, reach and retain profitable customers and create competitive advantages--all while improving efficiency to reduce costs. IBM enterprise content management solutions can help you meet government regulations and achieve key business advantages. Learn more about the IBM products and solutions for retail banking--and the customers benefiting from them--at: http://www.ibm.com/software/data/cm/industry_retailbanking.html <33>IBM Content Manager OnDemand: Report Definition Made Easy The report wizard in Content Manager OnDemand makes it easy for you to define reports for your end users to retrieve printed output, on demand! http://www7b.software.ibm.com/dmdd/library/techarticle/0301wagner/0301wagner.html <34>IBM Records Manager provides U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) certified records management. Companies looking to improve management controls over physical and electronic records or demonstrate compliance with U.S. Department of Defense Standard DoD 5015.2 can now look to IBM Records Manager, the newest product in the IBM Content Manager portfolio for enterprise content management. http://www.ibm.com/software/data/cm/cmgr/rm/ <35>IBM Content Manager users now can share experiences and knowledge with other customers who use Content Manager, OnDemand, CommonStore, EMMS or EIP in the CM News Group.  Any user with an online support ID and password can join or register for a Content Manager ID.  Get more information at: http://www.ibm.com/software/data/cm/newsgroupaccess.html <36>Find NEW technical manuals and guides for CommonStore for SAP V8.1, CommonStore for Lotus Domino* V8.1 and CommonStore for Exchange Server V8.1. Visit the CommonStore home page, then link to the individual products for more detail at: http://www.ibm.com/software/data/commonstore/ ************Enterprise Applications from Web Partners ************ <37>Creating Distributed DB2 and Delphi Web Apps with DataSnap Learn how easy it is to create distributed applications with thin clients and a database server tier using Borland Delphi and Kylix with DB2. http://www7b.software.ibm.com/dmdd/library/techarticle/0212swart/0212swart.html <38>DB2 and Delphi 7 - SOAP and Database Web Services Get on board with Web services. It's easy to create a cross-platform Web service with SOAP using IBM DB2 and Borland Delphi and Kylix. http://www7b.software.ibm.com/dmdd/library/techarticle/0212swart1/0212swart1.html ===================================================================== INFORMIX PRODUCT FAMILY ===================================================================== ********************** Other Informix Products ********************** <39>International Informix Users Group (IIUG) Rolls Out New SIG Formats Buoyed by the success of its first pilot "Web Forum", the popular Linux-Informix Special Interest Group (SIG), the IIUG has rolled out its new SIG architecture to the 18 additional groups it hosts. Learn all about the new format and the many new enhancements at: http://www.iiug.org/news/insider/insider_10jan03.html#3 <40>Local Groups Ramp Up For 2003 Local user groups in Maryland, Utah, Colorado and Southern California are holding Informix Local User Group meetings in January with February meetings on schedule for Northern California and Florida. Many of the meetings planned for the rest of the year will be held in concert with the Informix Infobahns, which will continue their worldwide tour. Don't miss it when it comes to your town! You can get involved in a local group in your area or check the latest schedule at: http://www.iiug.org/calendar/events.html#January2003 <41>IIUG Director Neil Truby Test Drives PartnerWorld Program A recent IIUG Insider newsletter feature by Neil Truby recounted his personal experience with the PartnerWorld "You Pass, We Pay" program. With 3 team members already IDS accredited, he and his 6-member team focused on DB2 UDB course work. You can read the full article on what Neil described as "an excellent incentive to enhance skills and accreditation" at: http://www.iiug.org/news/insider/insider_27dec02.html#6 ================================================================== SKILL AND EDUCATION ================================================================== ********************* DB2 CERTIFICATION ************************** <42>IBM Data Management Certification Launches NEW DB2 V8 Exams! On January 13, 2003, 3 NEW DB2 Universal Database V8 exams will be available! DB2 Universal Database V8.1 Family Fundamentals (Exam 700), DB2 Universal Database V8.1 for Linux, Unix and Windows Database Administration (Exam 701) and DB2 Universal Database V8.1 Family Application Development (Exam 703). For more information on these exams and the DB2 Universal Database V8 exams coming soon, visit: http://www.ibm.com/software/data/db2/skills/cert.html <43>Assess Your Skills Free of Charge! Take advantage of the IBM Certification Exam Tool (ICE). We have designed on-line pre-assessment tests that contain representative questions of the actual exams. These tests will better prepare you for your chosen certification path. To register for an exam or for more information visit the ICE site at: http://certify.torolab.ibm.com/icetest.jsp <44>Prepare for V8.1 DB2 Certification with New Guides IBM Data Management Certification has just released a new certification guide by Susan Lawson, DB2 Universal Database for OS/390 V7.1 Application Certification Guide. In the month of January, another new guide by George Baklarz/Bill Wong will be released, DB2 Universal Database V8.1 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Database Administration Certification Guide, 5/e. For more information on these guides and those coming soon, please visit http://www.ibm.com/software/data/pubs/certbooks.html ************************* CLASSES ******************************* <45>Autonomic computing - the next stop for developers What's all the buzz about autonomic computing? Learn more about IBM's corporate strategy for autonomic computing and the products that are delivering it today by requesting your place on this half-day, no-charge seminar. http://www.developer.ibm.com/spc/events/autonomic.html?ca=dsp-1qt1db2tn <46>Getting started with information integration Information challenges are increasingly commonplace in today's business environments. Book your place on this 1-day technical seminar to discover how IBM can help you provide integration solutions to your company or customers. http://www.developer.ibm.com/spc/events/infointeg.html?ca=dsp-1qdm1db2tn <47>IBM Content Manager for Multiplatforms Version 8 test drive IBM Content Manager for Multiplatforms is industry-leading middleware, which forms the core of the Content Manager portfolio for enterprise content management. This 2-day, no-charge workshop will teach you about all that IBM Content Manager has to offer, and covers many of the topics on the IBM Content Manager certification exam. http://www.developer.ibm.com/spc/events/contentmgr.html?ca=dsp-1qdm2db2tn <48>New DB2 Problem Determination Tutorials! Free on-line training is now available to help you understand and solve common DB2 problems. There are nine, one-hour tutorials which can be taken anywhere at anytime to fit your schedule. 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