Reflection on IBM Impact

by Gregg Willhoit on July 1, 2009

in Mainframe

This podcast runs for 6:10. You can listen to the podcast by clicking on the following link: http://blogs.datadirect.com/media/GreggWilhoit_May26_IBMImpact.mp3
Gregg Willhoit:
I went to the IBM Impact in Las Vegas a few weeks ago. I went to learn, to interact with customers – both old and hopefully new – and to interact with IBM. It was really nice [...]

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Why Tuning the Database is Vital

by Rob Steward on June 30, 2009

in Handbook

Though not its primary focus, The Data Access Handbook does talk some about tuning the database. In this podcast Rob Steward explains why tuning the database in relation to middleware will greatly improve database application performance? The podcast runs for 5:36
Click on the following link to listen to the podcast: http://dataaccesshandbook.com/media/RobSteward_Jun3_Tuning.mp3
Rob Steward:
The tuning that [...]

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Effective EF with Oracle (Stored Procedures with REF CURSORs)

June 26, 2009

Working with Oracle REF CURSORs and Stored Procedures is an often used mechanism when working with Oracle data sources. REF CURSORS, as a PL/SQL data type offers a pointer-like address that is an effect a memory location of a query address space. The address space is much like a standard result set (or DataSet in [...]

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Finally, XQJ 1.0

June 25, 2009

The XQuery API for Java (XQJ) is finally released. A single package including specification, javadoc and api jar file can be downloaded here.
If you want to know more about XQJ, check out our tutorial on datadirect.com.Or want to try it out? DataDirect XQuery supports XQJ 1.0.

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Effective EF with Oracle

June 25, 2009

In conversations with many .NET developers and architects, I consistently hear a preference to build their initial implementations with SQL Server. In many cases, it’s perfectly logical to do this. If you want to spin your application quickly, it offers the least path of resistance to get things up & running. Once developers turn their [...]

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Gregg Willhoit DataConnections Introduction

June 25, 2009

A welcoming to DataConnections from Gregg Willhoit, Chief Architect at DataDirect Technologies. This podcasts runs for 3:27.

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zIIP Benchmark: A Challenge to the Mainframe Middleware Integration Market

June 17, 2009

Gregg Willhoit asks for an independently moderated consortium to set the record straight on zIIP offload percentage capabilities by middleware vendors.
The podcast lasts for 3:07
To listen to the podcast, click the following link: http://blogs.datadirect.com/media/GreggWilhoit_May26_Challenge.mp3
Transcription:
Currently in the market there are quickly becoming claims of the ability to offload various amounts of processing to the zIIP or [...]

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Benchmarks Are Extremely Important for Application Performance: Part 2 – Tips and Tricks

June 16, 2009

In this two-part podcast Rob Steward explains the impact writing quality benchmarks has on application performance, and he offers some tips on what to look for when developing them.
Part 2, which runs 5:04, explains why benchmarks should actually retrieve the data, and why the length of time a benchmark runs is important.
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Splitsville for Oracle & .NET?

June 15, 2009

Microsoft today made official that the System.Data.OracleClient is being deprecated. In software terms this is code for “it’s not you, it’s me”. Breakups are never easy, but to ease the pain lets look as some of the facts:
It is easy to appreciate that deprecating an established component out of a platform as large as the .NET [...]

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ADO.NET Entity Framework for Oracle – Beta Refresh

June 15, 2009

Today has unquestionably been an interesting day for .NET developers who work with Oracle data sources, so it’s timely that we announce our beta refresh for our ADO.NET Entity Framework support for Oracle. As you’re probably aware, we announced our beta a few weeks back and we are delighted to announce today the immediate availability [...]

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