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Imagine my delight when I heard that IBM were replacing it with the IBM Db2 Developer Extension! I tried it out immediately. And was immediately...

Modern data lives everywhere — object storage, data lakes, lakehouses, and traditional warehouses. With Db2’s new Datalake table...

Db2 Genius Hub transforms Db2 towards autonomous database through its agentic capabilities. Genius Hub offers numerous innovative features, this...

In Db2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows (Db2 LUW), high availability (HA) refers to the ability of a database system to remain continuously accessible...

Db2 for z/OS EXPLAIN is more than a fire extinguisher you grab when performance burns—it is a reliable way to see what the optimizer intends...

Here is the final installment of your study guide for the IBM Db2 13 for z/OS Database Administrator – Associate certification exam: Section...

Written by Ashok Kumar, Krishna Guntuka, David Kalmuk, and Satya KrishnaswamyAs data volumes surge and systems grow increasingly complex, manual...

Here is Part 6 of the certification study guide series. This section tackles one of the most critical aspects of database administration: keeping...

Upgrading the IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC and SQLJ (db2jcc4.jar) is a small but important step toward improving stability, compatibility, and...

Db2 13 introduces major improvements in system observability, particularly through two high-value instrumentation additions: IFCID 396 for index...

IFCID 417 records remote client information about inventory statistics for client users, applications, and driver levels by location that access...

Written by Christian Garcia-Arellano, Zach Hoggard, and Chris Stojanovsky As vector data sets grow from thousands to millions of embeddings,...