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IMS at 40: Stronger than Ever
Kim Moutsos

The world's first database management system celebrates a milestone anniversary with a decidedly modern new release.
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Integrated Data Management: Data Parenting in the Digital Age
Paul C. Zikopoulos

Managing data's care and feeding from before its birth through its planned destruction crosses departments and roles. IBM's vision for an integrated suite of technologies to handle each life-cycle stage promises to simplify the undertaking for everyone involved.
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XML: Powering Next-Generation Business Applications
Ken North

Students and professionals are honing their XML skills to tackle the requirements of enterprise 2.0 and Web 3.0. With a new contest underway around the world, they can now win prizes and recognition along the way.
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FEATURE STORY
Instant Information: Stream Computing
Nelson King

Talk about low latency. IBM's new InfoSphere Streams technology lets companies analyze data in motion, bringing results in milliseconds.
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Scott Hayes A Self-Tuning Memory Manager Case Study
DB2 for Linux, Unix, and Windows performance expert Scott Hayes finds that STMM works as promised, but proper database design is still required.
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2. SOA-related skills
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    12%
4. Information systems design
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5. New programming languages and techniques
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6. Catching up with new features in DB2 and Informix
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