Db2 Experts on a Data Science Quest
When I was in my early thirties, I was diagnosed with a learning disability. This really put my learning style into perspective. Teaching myself via a book was incredibly hard, and still is in some ways. Where I thrived was with hands on labs and engaging speakers.… Read the rest
Continue reading »
One of the struggles for any well-employed person is to find time for further training and educating themselves. Thus I find that I make a lot of progress toward my data science learning goals on airplanes and from airports. … Read the rest
Continue reading »
Last year I crossed the line. The IDUG conference in Europe is now my favorite. But the North American technical conference is a very close second. Nowhere else can you get this level of detail and the contacts with IBMers and peers.… Read the rest
Continue reading »
What is Db2? This article is one of my few that is not directed at a Db2 DBA or someone trying to fill some of the roles of a Db2 DBA. This is directed, as much as I can manage, at any technologist trying to understand what Db2 is and the role it plays in an IT organization.… Read the rest
Continue reading »
Once IBM made the Request For Enhancement (RFE) program workable last year, I blogged about it and tweeted about it, but now that we’ve seen more action on it, I thought I’d share some additional details.
First off, an RFE is a request for some feature or functionality in Db2 that does not exist today.… Read the rest
Continue reading »
Recently I was forced outside my comfort zone and asked to vet various open source BI tools. I was a report developer in a past life, a database administrator supporting datamarts at various employers, and even supported Cognos backend databases. I thought my past experience gave me an edge when it came to evaluating BI tools.… Read the rest
You may have seen some people posting IBM badges (through Acclaim) that they’ve earned. These are now conferred along with some IBM Certifications, but there are more that you can earn.
You can access and search a list of all possible badges through the IBM Skills Gateway.… Read the rest
Continue reading »
My favorite weeks of the year are IDUG conferences. I was lucky enough to go to my first European IDUG last year, and I am looking forward to IDUG in Lisbon this year!
The IDUG EMEA technical conference is October 1-5 in Lisbon.… Read the rest
Continue reading »
Updated 6/26/2017 to include links on details for DSM 2.1.4 and a link to the DB2Night Show replay.
June 22 and the week surrounding it brought a number of announcements from IBM about DB2.
IBM has recognized that they need to invest more in marketing DB2.… Read the rest
Continue reading »
As usual, I loved nearly every minute of the IDUG North American technical conference this year. I wanted to share a few highlightsand comments. IBM highlighted and announced several things.
Note: these are my memories and notes of things that were announced.… Read the rest
Continue reading »
Once again this year, I’ll be speaking at the DB2 Symposium in Einhoven on 16 May! I’ll be giving a day-long intensive on DB2 Security, Performance, and a Touch of Cloud. I’ve been working hard on creating and polishing the presentation, and am quite excited to be including Jupyter Notebook topics in this presentation, in addition to the topics mentioned in the title.… Read the rest
Continue reading »