A Glimpse Into IBM Professional Certification

  By Laura Calley and Kate Dawson —

• DB2 9 Advanced DBA for LUW. The IBM Certified Advanced Database Administrator for DB2 9 for LUW requires three exams: DB2 9 Family Fundamentals (730); DB2 9 DBA for Linux UNIX and Windows (731)l DB2 9 Advanced Database Administrator for Linux UNIX and Windows (734). The advanced DBA is the lead for the DB2 products on one or more of the following platforms: Linux, Unix (including AIX, HP-UX and Sun Solaris) and Windows. This individual has extensive experience as a DBA and extensive knowledge of DB2 9.
• DB2 9 Application Developer. There also are different options on the application developer career path. IBM Certified Application Developer – DB2 9 is an intermediate- or advanced-level application developer specializing in creating applications that run on any of the DB2 platforms: Linux, Unix (including AIX, HP-UX and Sun Solaris) and Windows, z/OS, s/390 and iSeries. This application developer should be skilled in the areas of data manipulation, XML manipulation, advanced programming, database objects and programming methods and others.

The IBM Certified Solutions Developer - DB2 9.5 SQL Procedure Developer is new to the DB2 9 portfolio. The certification requires exam 735 and is designed to measure the important knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to design, build, test and deploy SQL Procedures, triggers and functions. The certification exam covers areas such as SQL procedural language, DB2 SQL procedures, functions, triggers, advanced SQL features and more.

The IBM Certified Solutions Developer - DB2 9.5 SQL Procedure Developer is new to the DB2 9 portfolio.

To learn more about IBM’s new client-centric solutions approach, visit www.ibm.com/businesssolutions.

Laura Calley has seven years experience in the field of IT certification. She is currently the program manager for IBM Power Systems Certification. Kate Dawson is a marketing product planner for IBM Information Management. Her areas of responsibilities include education and certification. They can be reached at editor@certmag.com.