Recorded February 13, 2014 • 44 minutes Fred and Ian talk about the latest DB2 News, application-generated SQL, how they deal with DB2 fixpacks and more. Make sure you check our new newsletter if you’d like to receive an email when new episodes are rel...

Recorded January 23, 2014 • 34 minutes Fred and Ian talk about IBM selling its xSeries server line to Lenovo, the upcoming IDUG events in London and Phoenix, Transparent Archiving in DB2 11 for z/OS, and more.

Recorded January 3, 2014 • 31 minutes Fred and Ian have returned after a very busy December. They review the latest DB2 news, discuss some new offerings from IBM and look at their New Years DBA Resolutions.

November 13, 2013 • 40 minutes Fred and Ian are back after attending the IDUG European Conference in Barcelona and IBM Information on Demand in Las Vegas. They discuss what was fun, what they learned, the differences between the conferences,

October 4, 2013 • 37 minutes Fred, Ian and special guest Crysta Anderson from IBM discuss what’s coming in the Information on Demand conference and provide tips and tricks for how to get the most out of the conference.

September 21, 2013 • 28 minutes Fred and Ian review the latest DB2 news, discuss whether attending live webinars is worthwhile and talk about buying performance versus developing it. Show Notes & Links BLU Early Experiences DB2Night Show episode with J...

September 4, 2013 • 31 minutes Fred and Ian review the latest DB2 News, including the release of DB2 10.5 Fixpack 1, Serge Rielau’s return to DB2 blogging, the lack of criticism in non-IBM blogs covering DB2 BLU,

August 16, 2013 • 29 minutes We interview Paul Zikopoulos, IBM’s newly-promoted Vice President of Technical Sales and Sales Enablement. We discuss Paul’s job, traveling, writing books, and Paul offers insights into IBM’s position towards leading edge t...

August 3, 2013 • 33 minutes Fred and Ian discuss asking questions in public forums, the DB2 blogging community, IBM’s new certification member site, BLU, and version control for databases. Show Notes & Links IBM Certification Members’ Site IBM Certific...

July 24, 2013 • 35 minutes Fred and Ian discuss IBM’s DB2 BLU Marketing, Slideshare and some hints for finding DB2 performance issues. Show Notes & Links SAP HANA Still Bagging on DB2 BLU Chris Eaton’s comment in response DB2 10.