No matter where I have lived or where I am at the time, Fall
has always been my favorite season of the year. The days are shorter but
beautiful as the temperatures have cooled down from the dog days of summer, and
the leaves on the trees turn amazing colors of orange, red and brown! That’s
happening right now for those of us north of the equator!
Fall also signals a transition back into work mode. The kids
are back in school, vacation pictures put away, and we have a renewed energy
that says it’s time to get to work.
And that’s what the DB2 Web Query team is doing this
September! I’m excited to announce that we are working hard on an update to the
very popular IBM DB2 Web Query Redbook. You may know that IBM Redbooks are
traditionally point in time publications with a lot of “how to” information.
But that also means they are not necessarily updated. In the case of the DB2
Web Query Redbook, we’ve performed an update once already – in 2012. We are now
at it again! The timing is perfect, as so much has been enhanced in the past
few years.
We’ve gathered our strong team of DB2 Web Query experts
together in Rochester, Minnesota for 3 weeks of heads down work to update,
create, and organize content; content that represents the latest product
features, functions, and benefits. Our esteemed group of DB2 Web Query expert
contributors:
Simona Pacchiarini in IBM Systems Lab Services flew all the
way in from Milan, Italy
Jim Bainbridge and Rob Bestgen are also part of IBM Systems Lab
Services based in Rochester, Minnesota. Rob is also the product development
manager for DB2 Web Query.
Kevin Trisko, from the IBM Support team, works with DB2 Web
Query customers day in and day out.
Kathy Steinbrink is our lead developer for DB2 Web Query and
we’re happy to steal her for this project.
Mike Cain is providing guidance and contribution across the
board, and we’d be lost without our project manager, Hernando Bedoya – Mr.
Redbook!
I can’t leave out our team from IBM China. Zhi Yu Zhe, Su Lin
Lin, and Wang Yu Yu are working diligently on refreshing the fourteen
chapters of tutorials from their home base in Beijing.
In the coming weeks I’ll be posting updates and more information
about some of the deliverables and new functions such as:
- New auditing reports
- New sample reports for IBM i work management
- Delivery of Query/400 discovery and analysis tools and reports
- The IBM PowerSC security compliance and monitoring solution
- Leveraging DB2 for i 7.3 OLAP and Statistical capabilities
And much more!
So stay tuned and reach out to me at mackd AT us.ibm.com or on twitter @mckdrmoly
if you have questions or need assistance!
