WHITE PAPER:
New IBM DB2 features make compatibility easy. In this guide, you’ll learn about native support for PL/SQL, new data types, scalar functions, improved concurrency, built-in packages, OCI, SQL*Plus, data movement tools, best practices and more—all designed to improve your ability to run applications on both DB2 and Oracle platforms
WHITE PAPER:
This article overviews the new PL/SQL compatibility features in IBM DB2 software version 9.7, making it easier to adopt and allowing you to take advantage of its autonomic and high-performance characteristics.
EZINE:
In this week's Computer Weekly, we visit the first hackathon at Abbey Road Studios, once home to The Beatles, to find out how tech startups hope to revolutionise music creation. Our latest buyer's guide looks at perimeterless network security. And we look ahead to the key CIO skills and jobs trends for 2019. Read the issue now.
EGUIDE:
Application programming interfaces (APIs) are moving beyond the domain of software development. They offer a way for organisations to work closely with an extended ecosystem of business partners, who are able to build value-added software-powered products and services.
EZINE:
In this week's Computer Weekly, we look at how artificial intelligence is being used to automate existing jobs, such as IT administrators and customer service agents. Capital One's European CIO talks about how to create an agile business. And we offer tips on how to deal with an Oracle software audit. Read the issue now.
EZINE:
In this week's Computer Weekly, we hear from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella about how the firm wants to use cloud, machine learning and innovative datacentre technologies to open up access to information. Our new buyer's guide looks at network function virtualisation. And we examine the role of blockchain in cloud data security. Read the issue now.
EZINE:
An app aimed at helping dementia patients and their families has been developed by the Alzheimer Society in the Netherlands and has been welcomed with enthusiasm.
EGUIDE:
The buzz and hype surrounding container technologies has reached fever pitch in recent years, prompting CIOs and IT decision makers to mull over what role, if any, they should and could play in their digital transformation plans.
EGUIDE:
In this e-guide: Software for marketing, from content marketing through customer experience management to marketing automation, and the rest, has not been as central to the vision of CIOs as ERP and the full panoply of IT infrastructure: storage, security, networking, data centres, and all of the above delivered by way of the cloud.
ANALYST REPORT:
According to Gartner, vendors must demonstrate both "completeness of vision" and an "ability to execute" to be evaluated as a leader. Gartner's 2011 Magic Quadrant for Integrated Software Quality Suites evaluates IBM as a leader. Read the report to learn more.