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DB2 Express-C v10: An even better database, still free of charge

Leon Katsnelson — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:49:30 +0000

Today is a really great day for those who like IBM DB2 and especially those who like to get it free of charge. Earlier today we released DB2 Express-C, the free version of the IBM DB2 DBMS, to the world. We made it available for immediate download and we also made it available on the cloud in the RightScale MultiCloud Marketplace. Don’t get scared by the word “Marketplace”. DB2 Express-C is still free of charge and just as before it can be used to run production applications and even be embedded in to your own solutions.

Why get DB2 Express-C v10? [...]

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DB2, Big Data and Cloud Computing Webinar

Leon Katsnelson — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:21:28 +0000

Cool stuff

Update: Replay of the webinar is at http://channelbigdata.com/video/clouds-for-small-and-big-data

The coolest part of my job is the opportunity to work with hottest technologies. I’ve been lucky over the years to be able to pick an emerging technology that I thought was going to make an impact on IT and immerse myself in it. Right now I find myself torn between two areas that I am convinced are the game changers. When I can’t decide what to pick I do both.

Cloud computing is redefining the way IT resources are provisioned. It is a fundamental change in the way [...]

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Webinar: Easily deploy Databases in to Private Clouds

Leon Katsnelson — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:58:40 +0000

There is probably no hotter are in IT right now than Cloud Computing. The allure of lower costs and higher agility is simply too hard to ignore. However, one can nto have a conversation about Cloud Computing without encountering concerns about security and loss of control by the IT management. It is these concerns that are driving a great deal of interest in private clouds. Unlike public clouds like Amazon Web Services and IBM SmartCloud Enterprise which are sharing resources between all of the customers, private clouds allow IT organizations to create shared resource pools comfortably located behind corporate firewalls [...]

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WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance – A Vending Machine for IT

Leon Katsnelson — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 05:17:48 +0000

Raising the bar for enterprise IT

There is no doubt that cloud computing has put a lot of pressure on IT organizations to find a way to reduce costs and, more important, bring agility to business processes. Line of business users are increasingly bringing expectations from their consumer experiences to the front door of IT. The thinking is that if it takes a few minutes to get a Gmail account and it is free, why does it take weeks to get an Exchange account on a corporate email system? In an organization of any size, it takes weeks if not [...]

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Next version of DB2 soars in the cloud in Japan

Leon Katsnelson — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 13:24:53 +0000

Last week I blogged about the early experience program for the next version of DB2 that lets people experience the next version of IBM DB2 database without having to find a server, install and patch operating system or even install DB2. This is possible through the magic of Cloud Computing. In this post I talked about how we greatly improved the overall experience of the program for participants in Europe and Asia. One of the great advantages of running things in the cloud is that you get to decide where you want to place your server. For example, you can decide that [...]

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Alpha 4 of the next version of DB2 quietly slips out in to the wild

Leon Katsnelson — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:06:46 +0000

A couple of weeks ago we released Alpha 4 of the next version of DB2 without much fanfare, pump or ceremony. Why so quietly? Is there no interesting new functionality that IBM would want to know about? is the quality not there yet? Not at all. The upcoming version of DB2 is bristling with some really cool functions and despite the "Alpha" designation the code seems to be very stable. [...]

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See you at IDUG EMEA in Vienna

Leon Katsnelson — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 14:19:38 +0000

I am about to get on an airplane to go to Vienna Austria where I will participate in the anual International DB2 User Group (IDUG) EMEA Conference. Vienna is a great city (too bad the forecast calls for rain) and the IDUG conference is in a perfect spot in Vienna. There will be copious consumption of beer Wiener Schnitzel and apple strudel chased by excellent coffee. Coffee was actually introduced to Europe via Vienna but I digress. As great as Vienna is, I am not going to travel half way around the world and suffer from jetlag just to get [...]

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Move over Oprah, DB2NightShow.com is moving up in ratings

Leon Katsnelson — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 03:04:20 +0000

Late night television has been almost a competitive and turbulent as database market of late. We have the whole Jay Leno vs. Conan O’Brien – The Tonight Show dilemma. Then there is Oprah Winfrey announcing end of her show. And then there is Charlie Sheen talking about quitting Two and a Half Men; now this one will hurt.

But I digress. Scott Hayes of Database-Brothers Inc. has decided to combine his love for databases and passion for good entertainment to start a DB2NightShow.com. The format is more like Tonight Show but there is no band. The jokes are good, in [...]

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Let DB2 tell you where to go and what to do there

Leon Katsnelson — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:28:56 +0000

Last week I blogged about the rise in importance of location-based data. The timing was not a coincidence. I am a bit of a gadget freak and last week was a pretty important event in the world of gadgets and technology in general. For the first time ever Apple, a company specializing in mobile devices, became the largest technology company in the world, edging out Microsoft, a traditional computing company. Because pretty much every mobile device today comes with ability to capture location data, I am convinced that we are entering a stage where location data will become ubiquitous.

Another reason [...]

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Top 3 things for data: location, location, location

Leon Katsnelson — Tue, 25 May 2010 22:50:59 +0000

Just like in real estate, location plays a huge role in making data relevant. When it comes to computing, we are no longer chained to our office desks and a large Windows machine. The computing device of choice today is an iPhone, or an a new Android based device, not an old and clunky desktop PC. The new generation and the new population uses phones to compute. In India alone, 15 million mobile telephone subscribers were added every months in 2008. That is like getting the entire population of Canada – every man, woman and child – as a subscriber [...]

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