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Spreading the word about DB2 on the Cloud

2009-10-26T12:04:30-07:00

Every year around this time of the year great masses of IT people come to the Mandalay Bay Hotel And Conference center to attend IBM’s Information On Demand (IOD) Conference. It is a good place to learn the latest and greatest and to network. This year is the first year we have a significant Cloud Computing content on the agenda at the conference. If you are at the conference you really need to check it out. If your interest is in DB2 on the Cloud, I will be doing these sessions (in chronological order):

Monday 6:00 – 8:00 Meet the Experts – [...]

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For databases size does matter: introducing DB2 pureScale.

2009-10-10T06:27:55-07:00

On Monday October 5, Sal Vella, IBM VP of DB2 development, introduced DB2 pureScale to the attendees of the IDUG Europe conference in Rome. Matt Huras, IBM Distinguished Engineer and the architect of DB2 pureScale, provided an in-depth technical description of DB2 pureScale in his conference session. Today, IBM followed up with a press release highlighting this new and exciting technology. Since press releases in general don’t provide much in a way of detail I decided to post some information on this blog based on what Sal Vella and Matt Huras talked about at IDUG Europe. This is not going [...]

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How Cloud Computing will Save DBA’s job

2009-10-04T01:53:45-07:00

Removing CAPEX (capital expense) as an impediment to ITs ability to proceed with new projects will, in my opinion, will allow IT organizations to be more responsive to the needs of the business. It is for that reason, I think every DBA should become the champions of Cloud Computing in their organizations and help their companies focus their IT resources on their core competencies like running and maintaining robust, scalable and high performing database infrastructure) instead of focusing on acquiring data center capacity.

Register for a free Amazon and IBM webinar on Cloud Computing and get $35

2009-09-29T16:20:58-07:00

On this blog I devote a lot of ink to things that are free. With this whole day virtual event (click here to register), not only do you get a day full of education for free, you also get $35 in Amazon Web Services credits to practice everything you learned. You attend free classes and get paid; it is a great deal. October 1 is going to be a great day for anyone who is looking to jump start their skills to build Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings. Hear why selecting a combination of industry-leading IBM software running on Amazon [...]

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DB2 Express-C helps Russian ISV improve performance 5-10 times

2009-09-23T15:14:32-07:00

If you spend any time in the fast growing Russian IT market there is one name you will no doubt be familiar with. I am not talking about Microsoft, Oracle, HP or even IBM. A company with a very short name “1C” is an icon of the Russian IT economy. Founded in 1991, 1C helped the newly formed Russian companies to get proper accounting and other financial management footing to be able to compete on the local markets and to enter and, in many cases, lead in the global economy. 1C is a major software distributor and an award winning game developer. If you like combat [...]

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Ellison: Oracle does not compete with MySQL … MySQL disagrees

2009-09-22T11:20:50-07:00

Larry Ellison is always a master of spin. Right now he is applying his considerable skill to hasten the completion of the acquisition of SUN. SUN, according to Larry, is bleeding US$100 million a month. If European Commission continues for probe his intentions around MySQL he stands to loose whatever is left of SUN. So, Larry Ellison does what Larry Ellison does best i.e. make outrageous statements in the press. His latest is “Oracle does not compete with MySQL”. I think Larry Ellison and European Union really need to see what MySQL website says:

MySQL Enterprise Unlimited directly competes with [...]

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Oracle attempts to calm SUN customers makes them more nervous

2009-09-16T11:53:51-07:00

What happens when a large software company like Oracle acquires a struggling hardware company that has passed its prime like SUN? SUN customers who were already very concerned about the viability of their supplier get even more nervous. They put hardware acquisitions on hold and start talking to competitors. The sales of the struggling hardware maker take a plunge as in 30.6% drop of revenue in the latest quarter. What does Oracle do? Tries to reassure SUN hardware customers with advertisements like this:

Oracle ad for SUN customers

Looks like a great tactic; Oracle marketing has always been a well oiled [...]

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Cloud Computing at full speed for the US Government

2009-09-14T09:20:31-07:00

You would thing that US Government would be very last organization in the world to embrace Cloud Computing. After all, we are talking about government here; a large bureaucracy and the but of all jokes when it comes to speed of change or desire to provide good service. Besides, US Government IT systems handle some of the most sensitive and private data that requires the utmost vigilance when it comes to security. This is the very private data on the US citizens, all the data collected by the spooks (I mean it in the most positive way :-) ), the financial and regulatory data on the corporations that are the engine of the US economy. Yet, Federal Government CIO Vivek Kundra has given the green light for the GSA and other government agencies to aggressively pursue cloud computing initiatives.

EU thinks Oracle is out to kill MySQL

2009-09-10T14:04:24-07:00

When I opined that Oracle can not be trusted to keep MySQL going there were some in the MySQL and Oracle community who accused me of spreading FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt). I agree that there is indeed a lot of Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt around MySQL these days. However, I don’t think that this humble blog is the reason. Bottom line is that since the acquisition was first announced Oracle has said nothing about its plans for MySQL. Oracle certainly said plenty about its plans for SUN hardware, its plans for Java, even its plans for Solaris. Larry Ellison [...]

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Take a FREE virtual class on DB2

2009-09-09T22:30:05-07:00

I know, every post on this blog seems to have word FREE in it. I talk about free DB2 Express-C, free book on DB2 Express-C, free Data Studio and a free webinar to go with it. Well, what did you expect from a blog that has “FREE” in its name.

The subject of this short post is the virtual class on DB2. And you guessed it, it is free. So click on this link and get a bit more detail on Susan Visser’s blog.