Extract, Transform, and Load with SQL Server Integration Services, now available from MC Press, shows you how to build a handy, reusable cross-platform data access solution using familiar software tools—SSIS, Visual Studio, and others—to access data on SQL Server, IBM Db2, Oracle, or any platform that supports OLE DB or ODBC.
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Technology advances like cloud, mobile, and Internet of Things have made identity and access management more important than ever, and also more complex. How can business leaders get a handle on their evolving identity needs? By making identity management a core part of business strategy, says Graham Williamson in his latest book,
Identity Management: A Business Perspective.
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Businesses can use data on their customers to improve those customers' experience. In
Customer Experience Analytics, Dr. Arvind Sathi gives precise, coherent advice that can help your organization create and optimize customer experience analytics.
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Preview the next version of IBM DB2 for z/OS--DB2 12! Written by technical experts on IBM's DB2 for z/OS team,
DB2 12 for z/OS--The #1 Enterprise Database provides a high-level tour of DB2's new capabilities, especially in enterprise analytics, mobile, and cloud, and performance.
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Today, it's all about input and output. Getting data into the IBM i from non-traditional sources and then displaying it back out again in varied formats.
Flexible Input, Dazzling Output with IBM i gives programmers all they need to know to master this critical skill.
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Bluemix is IBM’s enterprise-grade cloud development and deployment platform--in other words, Platform as a Service (PaaS). Bluemix offers an integrated development experience in the cloud. It helps both born-on-the-cloud and enterprise developers build applications with their choice of tools and languages. Bluemix features cloud integration services that enable a secure connection between an organization’s public apps and its private assets. In this tip, adapted from
IBM Cloud Platform Primer, you'll learn how to get started using Bluemix for your own cloud applications.
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Evolve Your RPG Coding: Move from OPM to ILE ... and Beyond provides an amazingly comprehensive introduction to ILE RPG programming concepts while at the same time delivering enough technical detail to make you productive very quickly.
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If you have time for just one book to begin your journey into SQL on the IBM i,
Database Design and SQL for DB2 is that book. It provides everything an IBM i programmer needs in order to become productive with SQL, particularly in an ILE RPG environment.
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The newest title in MC Press' DB2 Certification series is a concise, budget-friendly option for DB2 professionals who are preparing for IBM DB2 certification exam 311. The book--
DB2 10.5 DBA for LUW Upgrade from DB2 10.1--Certification Study Notes (Exam 311)--is by DB2 expert Roger E. Sanders, who has helped develop 23 DB2 certification exams. In the book, you'll find a thorough review of all the key areas covered on the exam: DB2 10.5 overview, DB2 server management, physical design, and more.
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If you have only one book for security administration and compliance on the IBM i, this is the one you should have.
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The fifth edition of
Programming in ILE RPG by Bryan Meyers and Jim Buck provides an excellent progression of subject matter for the next generation of RPG developers. There is a strong emphasis on free-format coding with plenty of references to fixed-format code. This perspective on RPG will make it easy for students to learn RPG and aid experienced developers in making a transition to more modern coding techniques.
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New from MC Press: The latest DB2 Certification Study Guide, by Roger E. Sanders. For DB2 for LUW DBAs who want to pass exam 615 in IBM's certification program, this book is the most complete exam preparation resource available.
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