October 14, 2011 | Volume 8 Issue 41

ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS

TOP STORY: TechTip: Secure Your Reports in a New Way with DB2 Web Query DBA
FEATURED ARTICLE: Give Management Their Own View of System Performance
NEWS HIGHLIGHT: UNIT4 CODA Announces Coda Financials – Destination: Control
IBM WHITE PAPER: Power Systems: Comparing Costs of IBM PowerVM and x86 VMware for Enterprise Server Virtualization.
FORUM: Using Wildcard with readdir()
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Feature Article - TechTip
 
TechTip: Secure Your Reports in a New Way with DB2 Web Query DBA

Learn how a recent enhancement to DB2 Web Query provides a way to customize a granular yet secure reporting environment.

gene_cobbWritten by Gene Cobb

V1R1M2 of IBM DB2 Web Query for i was a significant version, one that offered new features such as the InfoAssist development tool as well as the Oracle JD Edwards Application Adapter. One feature that has flown a bit under the radar is a security enhancement named DBA (short for Database Administrator). This new feature is found in the synonym editor in DB2 Web Query Developer Workbench. It provides a way to configure a secure reporting environment that is both granular and flexible.


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Feature Article - System Administration
 
Give Management Their Own View of System Performance

If you're getting too many annoying phone calls inquiring about system performance, consider installing MPG's Performance Navigator with its new EXPO feature.

chris_smithWritten by Chris Smith

How many system administrators have faced the dreaded phenomenon where the disk is growing out of control and nearing capacity? Besides panicking, what do you do? First, you might ask, why is the disk growing—and why right now? And you can't help but wonder—how long has this been building up? If you have the right performance management tools, a surge in disk growth doesn't have to be a scary event.


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Power Systems: Comparing Costs of IBM PowerVM and x86 VMware for Enterprise Server Virtualization.

 

Virtualization has moved to the forefront of many organizations’ IT agendas, because it reduces both the number of physical servers required and the associated costs. This independent study by the International Technology group found IBM PowerVM more cost-competitive over time, compared to VMware, in terms of IT costs and the costs of downtime.

 

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