CA White Papers

Data Professionals are now being asked to perform higher-level tasks and interact with businesses as “data stewards”. In this survey, you will learn the challenges as outlined by over 850 data professionals. The closer link between corporate performance and database performance is increasing pressure on data professionals to provide higher-level services to enterprise business customers.

For example:

- 44% of respondents are spending more time than ever on business consulting activities
- Nine of ten respondents asserted that database operations have a direct impact on corporate performance
- Management of explosive data growth is far and away the top concern among data professionals

Get this CA-sponsored survey of the International DB2 Users Group (IDUG) conducted by Unisphere Research.

CA has collaborated with industry expert Sheryl Larsen to produce this interactive technical resource on access paths, which details all 16 access paths the DB2 9 for z/OS optimizer can choose.

Access paths are shown in animated detail, including the newly enhanced Nested Loop Join and Direct Row Access, as well as a brand new join called Pair-wise Star Join. This resource can be used as a learning tool covering all available access paths, or leveraged as a quick reference tool for specific access path details and considerations.