IDUG News & Blogs

Check back here frequently for our curated content – technical articles, IDUG news, and thoughts from our leadership, all posted here, and featured monthly in the IDUG eBulletin.

Interested in contributing an article for consideration? Contact our Content Committee! 

IDUG News Technical Content

This article describes how the Db2 optimizer is evolving into the next generation Db2 AI optimizer. Query optimizers have evolved from a heuristic...

Read Post

You are preparing to leave Friday afternoon, maybe a little early to beat traffic to the cottage. You do one last health check on your cluster, and...

Read Post

  Issue II | March/April 2024   IDUG...

Read Post

Can Db2 for z/OS be configured to be secure and compliant? Yes. Db2 can be configured to be secure and compliant by leveraging the various security...

Read Post

Logical Schema Backup and Restore for Columnar Tables: Part 2 – Troubleshooting Logical Backup and Restore operations This article is Part 2 of a...

Read Post

Can Db2 be hacked? Yes, sure it can. This answer could conclude the article, but as always, there is more. Yes, Db2 can be hacked, but if not...

Read Post

Encryption of “Data on the Wire” with TLS (Tranport Layer Security), formerly known as SSL, is more and more mandatory, also in the Db2 for LUW and...

Read Post

In Chapter 2 of this series, Gerry addressed the following frequently asked question, "Can I make custom configuration changes to the Db2 Pacemaker...

Read Post

  IDUG Nears Completion of Tech Stack Transition Here Come New...

Read Post

Before you migrate to any new Db2 release such as Db2 13 you usually do a migration readiness planning. Part of this planning is running the...

Read Post

I joined IBM shortly after I graduated from the University of North Texas back in 2019. I was full of excitement and eager to embark on my first...

Read Post

In the last year a bit of a revolution has emerged in the Business Intelligence (BI) space, with the introduction of watsonx.data, IBM’s newest data...

Read Post