In this post, we'll show you how to use a stored procedure to call a standard DB2 for z/OS utility, RUNSTATS, from within a mobile app. You can apply the steps in this post to call other DB2 for z/OS utilities as well.

Before you begin, make sure that you've completed part 1 and…

Before you begin, make sure that you've set up your IBM MobileFirst Platform environment by completing the steps in part 1 of this tutorial.

In this post, we'll retrieve a string from SYSIBM.SYSXMLSTRINGS. SYSIBM.SYSXMLSTRINGS is a catalog table that contains mappings between the…

Because of its quality of service, high availability, security, and performance, many organizations rely on DB2 for z/OS to store their critical transactional data. We've entered a new era in which we increasingly use our phones and tablets for all types of transactions -- everything from shopping and banking to social interaction and research -- mobile access to DB2 for z/OS transactional data is more critical than ever.

IBM MobileFirst Platform is an ideal platform for…

You don't need to be a PhD to do predictive analytics on data stored in DB2 for z/OS. The complimentary whitepaper below illustrates

how to use the SPSS Modeler workbench to create predictive models with in-database mining, SQL push-back, and UDF scoring. The whitepaper walk through the steps for integrating in-database real-time scoring for DB2 for z/OS into an OLTP application.…

On 8-9 October 2015 took place the VII Conference of the Polish DB2 Users Group. The place of the meeting was the IBM Poland Software Lab in Cracow. Thank all the guests for their participation in the conference - speakers for technical presentations and our sponsors IBM & CA for your support. Cracow attracted more than 100 participants.…

We are seeing a trend of DB2 data being accessed by modern distributed applications written in new APIs and frameworks. JavaScript has become extremely popular for Web application development. JavaScript adoption was revolutionized by Node.js which makes it possible to run JavaScript on the server-side. There is an increasing interest amongst developers to write analytics applications in Node.js that need…

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IBM will make DB2 12 for z/OS available to a select group of clients in a closed Early

Support Program (ESP) on March 4, 2016.

The demands of the mobile economy combined with the explosive growth of data present unique opportunities and challenges for companies wanting to take advantage of their mission-critical…