ABIS Infor - 2016-11
This newsletter (2016-11) contains the following topics:
- News from ABIS
- Peter Vanroose has recently given a presentation at the "International DB2 User Group" (IDUG) on 'New SQL PL data types - with use cases you probably did not think of'. On the picture you can see Peter in action (on the left)
- The course programme for the first half of 2017 is available. Among the new courses we mention 2 Tableau courses we offer in collaboration with our partner Datatonic: Tableau basic training and Tableau advanced training.
- Our Python course is from the start a popular training in our Data Science offering.
- Python is by the way on the third position on the list of 'The Most In-Demand Skills for Data Scientists in 2016'. But also for other skills on this list, we can help you (SQL, Hadoop, Java, R, SAS, Oracle, Perl, MySQL, HTML, ...).
- Courses already guaranteed to run in December 2016:
- DB2 for z/OS database administration - 05.12.2016 - Leuven
- Ethical hacking Foundation - 06.12.2016 - Woerden
- DB2 for z/OS SQL performance - 14.12.2016 - Leuven
- Perl programming: fundamentals course - 19.12.2016 - Woerden
- SQL workshop - 19.12.2016 - Leuven
- Big Data and Analytics - ABC (part 2) - Arnout Veugelen (ABIS)
Lately, Big Data and Analytics have been particularly fashionable words in IT. New fashion comes with new terminology, and before you know it, you are at a loss for words. From now on, this will no longer be the case. Thanks to our Big Data alphabet, you will impress your boss and colleagues during meetings and coffee breaks.
In our previous edition we presented part 1 (A–K), this time we add part 2 (L-Z). Read the article.
- Where has the DB2 Connect Gateway gone? - Koen De Backer (ABIS)
What is the current state of the connection landscape for applications that have a DB2 backend as a target? What are the options, if any?
The path taken by application requests to reach the DB2 data store on z/OS for many years pivoted around the, "classic" DB2 client and the DB2 Connect gateway. These pieces of software, for DB2, bridged the gap between the "distributed" (DB2 for LUW) environment and the host (DB2 for z/OS, IBM i). The type of application ("legacy" client, web, mobile or cloud) will for sure be a criterion to decide on the connection topology. Read the article.
