David t's Blog Posts Tagged 'Netezza' (1)

I regularly see people ask how to access data on UNIX or Windows from apps on IBM's z/OS (mainframe) operating system.  However, I haven't been able to find anything that discusses the options.  Therefore, I'm using this post to provide the basics about one solution - using IBM's InfoSphere Federation Server as an interface.

This solution is for people running DB2 on z/OS.  It's probably best discussed with a simple example and a picture.  So, my example is - let's say you…