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Leftfield and Databeam announce new System i tools

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Leftfield Makes SQL Tuning Easier with HomeRun 7.0 by Alex Woodie

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Summer issue

• HomeRun 7.0
• CTO Memo
• New Training Videos
• HomeRun Special offer

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DB2 and SQL News for i Professionals

• .Net and iSeries Application Architecture
• Enhancing SQL Triggers
• The Unconstrained Primary Key
• Finding Differences Between Two Libraries

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Leftfield's Stimulus Package a HomeRun for IBM System i Customers

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NEWSLETTER SPECIAL ISSUE:

• The Keys to the Kingdom by Daniel Cruikshank
  Best practices for unique database indexes. These best practices improve data security, performance, and application design.
• SQL Stored Procedures by Elvis Budimlic
  Tips for better performance.
• Choosing Between Hardware and Software Encryption:
  An interview with Protegrity Corporation CTO Ulf Mattson

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NEWSLETTER: IBM i tips such as:

• Connecting DB2 for i and .NET
• Sequential Thinking about Random I/O
• Budget Efficiency through Database Efficiency
• Optimistic Locking and DB2 for i 6.1

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NEWSLETTER: SQL indexology and DB2 performancing tips such as:

• Clustered data for improved performance
• Performance tuning QSQSRVR jobs
• Getting rid of unused indexes and keyed LFs
• Top 10 reasons you should create your own SQL indexes for JD Edwards

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DB2, POWER performance and SQL tips such as:

• Application Modernization via Data Modernization
• Server Mode Mysteries
• Controlling Temporary Storage Consumption

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NEWSLETTER: Hot Topics and Cool Insights for i Professionals:

• V6R1 Index Enhancements
• Run SQL Scripts-the oft overlooked solution
• DB2 Web Query: Defining Metadata
• Visual Explain: the history and the practice

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Leftfield announces two new services and free tool
Rochester, MN – March 4, 2008. Today, Leftfield announced the availability of two new services and a free tool for customers interested in DB2 Web Query for System i. The two new services expand on Leftfield’s Install, Configure, and Verify (ICV) offering announced in February.

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Leftfield Adds More Smarts to Database Performance Suite by Alex Woodie

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British Consultancy to Resell Leftfield Database Tools by Alex Woodie

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With Perseverance and Luck, You Can Conquer the DB2 Web Query Install by Chris Smith

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Leftfield Debuts Installation Service for DB2 Web Query by Alex Woodie

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NEWSLETTER: Database, performance and SQL tips for IBM System i:

• SQL JOINS Primer
• Data types in V6R1
• Flirting with DB2 Web Query     
  for System i

And a special article by Birgitta Hauser: Date Formats-Pitfalls in External User Defined Functions

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NEWSLETTER: SQL tips for power users      

• MTI vs IDX
• What Was That Name?
• System i Database Modernization to SQL Now Automated

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NEWSLETTER: Great reading! Useful tips and information - such as:

• SQLUDFs
• SQE vs CQE Part II
• Chaos in IT
• PICNIC

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Leftfield Aims to Ease iSeries SQL Management with AutoDBA

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NEWSLETTER: Great summertime reading!! Useful tips and information - such as:

• Good SQL in Bad Programs
• Delete Duplicate Rows
• Case for the Autonomic DBA
• Create TABLE like
• Successful Business Intelligence

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First Autonomic DB2 Optimization Tool For IBM System i