Technical Content

With Db2 12.1, intra-tablespace parallelism (ITP) for backups was introduced. This new feature addresses long backup runtimes of databases dominated...

Written by Patrick Yevych, Mitchell Waite, and Greg StagerDb2 supports two-factor authentication (2FA), which is a security measure that adds added...

How can you be a cyber survivor? This article explores three key issues: How likely is the threat? How should the IT community respond? And does...

Here is Part 5 of your guide to preparing for the IBM Db2 13 for z/OS Database Administrator – Associate certification exam. Contains...

Written by Christian Garcia-Arellano, Zach Hoggard, and Chris Stojanovski Db2 v12.1.2.0 introduced the VECTOR data type and similarity search...

Db2’s native vector capabilities and the release of LLM integration enable the complete workflow to be driven directly within Db2. We're going...

Here is Part 4 of the study guide series. This covers the most heavily weighted section of the Associate exam. Database design, table spaces,...

Written by Lori Strain, Tam Minh Tran, and Nicholas Ostan Db2 version 12.1.3 introduces the capability to allow the optimizer to accurately predict...

Written by Labi Adekoya, Aruna de Silva and Austin Clifford This study show how we enable customers to deploy custom images within the Db2 engine...

Here is Part 3 of your certification preparation guide, covering Section 3: Security for the IBM Db2 13 for z/OS Database Administrator –...

Written by Yalei Zhang and Greg Stager While TLS (Transport Layer Security) is fundamental to securing data in transit, it can also introduce...

This is Part 2 of your guide to preparing for the IBM Db2 13 for z/OS DBA – Associate certification exam (C1000-184). The fourth largest...