Analyst reports
ITG Report: IBM DB2 9.7: Cost Savings Potential Compared to Oracle Database 11g
IT organizations must contain costs, yet business demands must still be met. The mandate is to "do more with less." Even if businesses are not growing, databases continue to expand, and costs for database software, storage systems and servers to support them continue to increase.
Last updated: 11 Aug 2009
Solitaire Interglobal Report: DB2 Performance on IBM System p® and System x®
This paper analyzes and compares production behaviors of Oracle and DB2 on the IBM® System p® and similar behaviors of Oracle, SQL Server and DB2 on the IBM® System x® platforms.
Last updated: 17 Sep 2008
Happy Birthday DB2! Happy Birthday Business Intelligence!
Dan Vesset from IDC talks about DB2's 25th Anniversary and 50th Anniversary of Business Inteligence
Last updated: 10 Jun 2008
ITG Report: Value Proposition for IBM DB2 - Cost/Benefit Case for SAP Enterprise Migrations
For many organizations, the immediate focus is on cost cutting. But business needs must still be met. Trends toward greater volatility of markets, erosion of traditional forms of competitive differentiation, industry concentration, and the effects of globalization have not diminished.
Last updated: 01 Oct 2007
Triton Consulting: DB2 for z/OS – Data On Demand
This paper provides a high-level overview of the major features of IBM DB2 for z/OS from an IT Executive's perspective, with the emphasis on the underlying business value that the new release can deliver.
Last updated: 27 Aug 2007
Hurwitz & Associates: Leveraging Information for Innovation and Competitive Advantage
Information resides in many different repositories including custom applications, e-mails, digital images and reports. You need to make sure you are leveraging all your relevant information no matter where it originated, its format, or where it resides to help your organization innovate, compete, provide service and grow.
Last updated: 27 Jul 2007
The Business Benefits of DB2 9 - Bloor Research Whitepaper
This paper, authored by analyst Philip Howard of Bloor Research, examines the major new features of DB2 - XML, compression, SAP optimisation, range partitioning, security, and tuning - and explores how they provide significant business benefits.
Last updated: 01 Aug 2006
Announcement letters
IBM Solution Compliance in a Regulated Environment V6.1.1 adds multilingual support
IBM United States Software Announcement 209-206.
Last updated: 23 Jun 2009
IBM SCORE (Solution for Compliance in a Regulated Environment) V6.1
V6.1 addresses compliance and regulated document management requirements across multiple industries and applications. Read IBM United States Software Announcement 209-073.
Last updated: 24 Mar 2009
Books
Understanding DB2: Learning Visually with Examples, 2nd Edition
Thoroughly updated for DB2 9.5, it covers new innovations ranging from manageability to performance and XML support to API integration. Each concept is presented with easy-to-understand screenshots, diagrams, charts, and tables.
Last updated: 02 Feb 2010
DB2 pureXML for Dummies
This eBook uses the fun and easy-to-understand "Dummies" format to explain native XML databases and DB2 pureXML.
Last updated: 08 May 2009
DB2 9 for z/OS Stored Procedures: Through the CALL and Beyond
This IBM Redbooks publication helps you design, install, manage, and tune stored procedures with DB29 for z/OS . Stored procedures can provide major benefits in the areas of application performance, code re-use, security, and integrity. DB2 has offered ever-improving support for developing and operating stored procedures.
Last updated: 02 May 2008
Redbook: Best Practices for SAP BI using DB2 9 for z/OS
Clients want to know how to exploit new features of both DB2 9 and SAP in their SAP BI environments. This IBM Redbook describes the benefits of DB2 9 for SAP Business Information Warehouse. It covers best practices and provides performance and tuning recommendations on a zSeries platform.
Last updated: 02 May 2008
IBM Redbooks related to DB2 for z/OS
IBM Redbooks provide positioning and value guidance, installation and implementation experiences, typical solution scenarios, and step-by-step "how-to" guidelines for DB2 for z/OS and other IBM products. They often include sample code and other support materials.
Last updated: 16 Feb 2008
IBM Data Servers Books
Great deals on books specific to IBM Data Servers products. Learn from the best developers IBM has to offer.
Last updated: 15 Feb 2008
Briefs
How Univar USA uses DB2 for z/OS to build a Smarter Planet
Univar USA faced a turning-point decision when faced with increased growth and a computing environment that could not meet growing information technology demands.
Last updated: 05 Nov 2009
Information On Demand - Part 1 - Unlocking the Business Value of Information
IBM's Information On Demand solutions are key enablers to help turn information into a competitive differentiator. This transformation supports a faster response to changing business requirements, faster time to the marketplace and improved return on investment for business optimization investments.
Last updated: 14 Oct 2008
Information On Demand - Part 2 - Developing Your Information Agenda
An Information Agenda offers organizations a proven approach for unlocking the business value of information, one that integrates strategy, information governance and an enterprise information infrastructure with a comprehensive implementation roadmap.
Last updated: 23 Jul 2008
Brochures
Migrating an SAP environment to IBM DB2
This paper describes the advantages a customers may achieve migrating his SAP solution to DB2 and what IBM offerings exist for customers deciding for DB2
Last updated: 28 Aug 2008
Reduce the cost of data to increase the value of information
IBM DB2 helps businesses capitalize on investments in business information
Last updated: 28 May 2008
IBM DB2 pureXML data server for financial marketplaces
DB2 supports XML documents in their natural, hierarchical XML format.
Last updated: 26 Nov 2007
Get off to a fast start with the Information On Demand roadmap
This brochure discusses the challenges of managing information throughout an organization and describes how the IBM Information On Demand offering portfolio can help you take back control of your information assets.
Last updated: 07 Feb 2007
Case studies
COFCO China Foods Ltd enters a new era in data management and business intelligence
In a partnership with IBM Global Business Services, COFCO China Foods Ltd overhauled its IT systems and implemented a range of centralized SAP ERP components, supported by IBM DB2. Headquarters and branch offices access shared applications, with analysis handled by SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse.
Last updated: 14 Jan 2010
Anderson University increases campus safety with better emergency communications
A private Christian university in the United States gains an affordable, scalable, pre-packaged and easy-to-customize emergency communication system when it works with IBM Business Partner Amatra Technologies, Inc. to implement an E-Connect solution built using IBM DB2, IBM WebSphere software, and IBM Tivoli ...
Last updated: 13 Jan 2010
BCBS Minnesota achieves a significant TCO reduction by virtualizing SAP applications on IBM System z
Working with IBM and SAP, BCBSM consolidated 40 HP Intel-architecture servers to a single IBM System z server with IBM Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL) engines. The SAP ERP applications run in a virtualized SUSE Linux environment. The IBM DB2 database supporting the SAP applications runs under z/OS on the ...
Last updated: 11 Jan 2010
SOA in practice: IBM uses an integrated approach ... By putting into practice what it recommends to clients, IBM is reaping the transformative benefits of SOA: Case Study DeepView
To satisfy market demands in today’s marketplace, the IT infrastructure must be able to handle rapid, constant change. This case study shows how IBM has used service oriented architecture (SOA) to transform its business and stay competitive.
Last updated: 04 Jan 2010
BCBS Minnesota achieves a significant TCO reduction with virtualized Linux on IBM System z
IBM helped BCBSM consolidate 140 Intel servers to one IBM System z with six Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL) engines. Key applications now run in virtualized Linux servers, and IBM DB2 databases run under z/OS on the same machine.
Last updated: 28 Dec 2009
SDV delivers innovative banking solutions with a Web solution built on IBM WebSphere Portal software.
SDV had been successfully running its Internet Home Banking (IHB) application, for several years. Moving forward, the company wanted to capitalize on the most recent version of the underlying software to help deliver innovative capabilities and support an expected transaction growth rate of several percent an...
Last updated: 24 Dec 2009
Wuxi builds engine for economic growth with cloud computing solution from IBM ... Minimizing cost and maximizing speed with cloud computing
IBM helped Wuxi to deploy the Wuxi Cloud Center, based on IBM Blue Cloud technology and featuring both x86 and IBM Power Architecture servers. The cloud hosts the full IBM Rational Suite of software development and testing tools, and will later provide other IBM software on a pay-as-you-use model.
Last updated: 09 Dec 2009
Retail performance with assurance ... Retail trilogy: a joint IBM and SAP project, fusing function and infrastructure
Together, IBM and SAP initiated a rigorous 12-month multi-million dollar proof of technology project for the retail industry. Our overall aim was to demonstrate the fusion of application with infrastructure in a combined solution for retail-specific applications.
Last updated: 01 Dec 2009
USTA-Client Video
Ezra Kucharz of the USTA speaks about how IBM helps his organization scale its Web site to support 50 times greater capacity during the US Open.
Last updated: 18 Nov 2009
First of its kind prison banking system from IBM and Huber & Associates allows for better inmate control
IBM and Business Partner Huber & Associates developed and implemented a customized e-business solution for the Missouri Department of Corrections to improve inmate control while minimizing resource demand.
Last updated: 13 Nov 2009
Shinhan Card secures Korea’s mobile credit cards with IBM software ... An IBM QuickView
Using IBM Core Smart Card Management System, Shinhan Card deployed Korea’s first mobile credit card solution—enabling consumers and businesses to securely use their cell phones as credit cards.
Last updated: 27 Oct 2009
Austrian Railways goes full steam ahead with new high-performance solutions from IBM
This case study shows how Austrian Railways, the national railway of Austria, along with IBM and IBM Premier Business Partner ILS Consult, implemented IBM Power™ 595 servers and IBM AIX®, virtualized with PowerVM™, and deployed IBM PowerHA™ for AIX and Linux® for disaster recovery.
Last updated: 26 Oct 2009
World Data Center digitizes and stores invaluable climate data with IBM solutions
This case study shows how World Data Center, a climate data archive, implemented an IBM System z9® server, IBM z/VM®, IBM DB2®, Tivoli® Storage Manager, IBM Content Manager OnDemand, and IBM System Storage™ components to collect, process, store and share data digitally.
Last updated: 02 Oct 2009
Lawson enterprise application and IBM technology enhance regional grocers’ on demand supply chain
Unified Western Grocers make it much easier and more efficient for retailers to reach their consumers with Lawson enterprise application and IBM technology platform.
Last updated: 30 Sep 2009
IBM software testing division ensures comprehensive testing of product integrations with IBM Rational tools and IBM WebSphere Application Server
A software testing division within IBM Rational ensures the comprehensive testing of product integrations with increased efficiency, enhanced collaboration and improved resource utilization when it develops a custom web-based solution.
Last updated: 17 Sep 2009
University of North Carolina: Enabling health informatics
What makes it Smarter -- the ability to quickly and easily leverage health informatics to analyze and interrelate data in new ways improves patient outcomes, disease management, regulatory compliance and research.
Last updated: 17 Sep 2009
Singapore Land Transport Authority maximizes ridership to minimize traffic congestion
Gaining insights into rider travel patterns enables optimization of fare and schedule structures to promote maximum transport utilization.
Last updated: 16 Sep 2009
Harry-Brot
A positive experience with IBM Cognos products was the reason behind Harry-Brot's decision to use IBM Cognos 8 BI as the basis for further standardization of the analysis and reporting environment and the replacement of additional legacy applications and proprietary solutions.
Last updated: 31 Aug 2009
SBI Sumishin Net Bank: A full-banking service, Internet-only bank
SBI Sumishin Net Bank asked IBM Japan to develop a totally new Internet banking platform—not to construct one based on existing assets.
Last updated: 31 Aug 2009
Collaborative development based on IBM Rational software helps Global Value Solutions reduce configuration management efforts by 50 percent and increase productivity by 15 percent
A prominent IT services provider in Brazil reduces configuration management efforts by 50 percent and increases development productivity by 15 percent when it leverages a new collaborative development environment comprising IBM Rational software, IBM Information Management software and IBM System x hardware
Last updated: 21 Aug 2009
University of Arkansas creates new learning with SAP and IBM
The University of Arkansas, supported by local businesses and by SAP and IBM, has implemented a complete SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse application landscape on an IBM System z900 server running Linux.
Last updated: 07 Aug 2009
National Geographic, as part of its Genographic Project, tracks human migration across the millennia via DNA analysis.
National Geographic and the IBM Computational Biology Center, with support from the Waitt Family Foundation, created a DNA analysis repository that lets researchers and scientists analyze gathered genetic data and identify patterns among the samples.
Last updated: 28 Jul 2009
Ball State University to cut costs and improve organizational efficiency with IBM ECM
By eliminating paper-based processes and moving from a "glorified electronic file cabinet" to IBM ECM solutions in a service oriented architecture, Ball State University is providing faculty and staff with fast access to information for improved productivity and lower costs.
Last updated: 07 Jul 2009
Research Now works with IBM to secure a productive, energy efficient and resilient future for its growing business
Research Now's existing platform is being replaced with two System p servers running DB2 9.5 on an AIX platform. IBM consultants worked with Research Now to redesign the database and query application and then migrate to DB2 9.5. The solution has already delivered dramatically improved performance and product...
Last updated: 30 Jun 2009
SMC tracks and ships inventory swiftly, accurately and at low cost with a solution from IBM and Initechs
Initechs, an IBM business partner, works with businesses to automate warehousing and transportation management. Its offering, WAVE, combined with IBM DB2 and WebSphere, helped SMC, a leading pneumatics supplier, to implement a system that helped track thousands of valves and sensors and handle millions of sh...
Last updated: 03 Jun 2009
Klinikum Chemnitz cuts SAP infrastructure investment costs by 20 percent
Working closely with Klinikum Mittleres Erzgebirge GmbH, Klinikum Chemnitz chose to consolidate to a shared infrastructure for SAP applications, using virtualization to reduce from eight HP servers to two IBM Power Systems servers.
Last updated: 09 Apr 2009
IBM Business Partner Wipro modernizes a financial services system using EGL
A leading financial services company needed Wipro to rewrite its 4GL mission-critical application with an enhanced browser-based UI and separate presentation, business and data layers to enable the reuse of components in an SOA. Wipro and its customer chose IBM Rational Business Developer and EGL technology.
Last updated: 08 Apr 2009
IBM and VirtualAgility revamp Missouri disaster response system to improve coordination among emergency responders across 68,000 square miles
Trying to coordinate people and activties within an organization of significant size can be daunting when the coordination must span across organizations scattered across thousands of miles. That was the challenge facing the State of Missouri Office of Homeland Security.
Last updated: 30 Mar 2009
Veer Narmad South Gujarat University and IBM work together to turn today's students into tomorrow's IT leaders
The IBM Academic Initiative team collaborates with educational institutions worldwide to promote the use of IBM and open source technologies among the next generation of IT professionals and equip them to lead the future of the technology industry.
Last updated: 26 Mar 2009
Software Research Associates Tohoku chooses IBM DB2 9 with pureXML for UniVision+EV system
Software Research Associates Tohoku chooses IBM DB2 9 with pureXML for UniVision+EV system which is used by educational institutions to store and manage diverse information about their operations, achievements, equipment and facilities.
Last updated: 25 Mar 2009
UCLA Health System cuts information processing times from weeks to hours using IBM DB2 9 with pureXML ... an IBM QuickView
Using IBM DB2 9.5 with pureXML capabilities within a service oriented architecture (SOA), UCLA Health System has optimized data integration and migration processes for greater efficiency and insight
Last updated: 24 Feb 2009
Spanish IBM Business Partner Innova Estudi Soft improves products and expands sales opportunities with guidance and support from IBM
Innova Estudi Soft, an advanced IBM Business Partner, provides software and services for a mix of customers in energy and utilities, manufacturing and telecommunications sectors. Innova has always offered its solutions on an IBM platform. The IBM brand has helped give Estudi credibility in the marketplace.
Last updated: 13 Feb 2009
Norkis Group prepares for expansion with IBM and SAP
Norkis Group replaced its diverse, decentralized systems with SAP ERP and SAP Customer Relationship Management applications, supported by IBM DB2. The applications run on an IBM Power Systems server, using IBM PowerVM virtualization technologies to provide a flexible, adaptable information infrastructure.
Last updated: 12 Feb 2009
IBM technical and marketing resources provide Amatra Technologies with critical support and new opportunities for a crucial solution
Amatra Technologies develops practical and powerful software solutions that are relevant to the complex problems faced in our world today.
Last updated: 09 Feb 2009
Wine Warehouse uncorks business success with SAP and IBM
Wine Warehouse selected the IBM Express Food & Beverage Solution, a qualified SAP Business All-in-One partner solution. The solution includes industry best practices specifically configured to support Wine Warehouse's business requirements.
Last updated: 26 Jan 2009
Belarusian Railways transforms operations and reporting with SAP and IBM
Working with IBM Business Partner International Business Alliance (IBA), Belarusian Railways selected the SAP ERP application, implementing the database tier on IBM System z and the application servers on IBM Power Systems servers, in some cases with the latest IBM POWER6 processors.
Last updated: 07 Jan 2009
Harnessing the power of IBM System z and SAP for Retail at dm-drogerie markt
Working with IBM Global Technology Services, dm-drogerie markt's in-house team performed a seamless migration of the DB2 databases supporting its SAP for Retail environment to two IBM System z9 Enterprise Class mainframes – mirrored between two data centers for high availability and disaster recovery.
Last updated: 07 Jan 2009
Borçelik reduces total costs of ownership for SAP application environment by migrating to IBM DB2
Working with Compro, an IBM Business Partner, Borçelik migrated its SAP application environment to IBM DB2, running under IBM AIX on IBM Power servers. The migration was completed successfully during the company's standard maintenance window.
Last updated: 06 Jan 2009
Partnering for success - UK edition - Winter 2008
This compilation of case studies showcases IBM Business Partners and their customers in the UK speaking about their success with IBM software.
Last updated: 05 Jan 2009
District health bureau uses SOA integration to forge a unified healthcare information system ... Case Study DeepView
This DeepView case study describes how a large metropolitan District Health Bureau in China employed Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) to deliver a unified healthcare management system that integrates information and resources across all local medical institutions.
Last updated: 31 Dec 2008
Relationship with IBM generates nearly USD$5 million in revenue from four new deals for Serbian IBM Business Partner Arius
Arius a.d. an advanced IBM Business Partner specializes in developing software that focuses on system integration and electronic funds transfer technology. With the help of IBM marketing benefits and technical resources, Arius has generated sales and closed thousands of dollars in new business.
Last updated: 15 Dec 2008
Beijing Xicheng District Health Bureau chooses IBM DB2 9 with pureXML to provide EMR healthcare information exchange ... an IBM QuickView
Wanting to establish a service oriented architecture (SOA) platform for its health management system, XDHB chose IBM DB2 pureXML technology to achieve a flexible infrastructure for its EMR.
Last updated: 25 Nov 2008
EnterpriseFlow chooses IBM DB2 9 with pureXML for BPM/ERP application suite ... an IBM QuickView
EnterpriseFlow ported its application suite from Tomcat/Derby to license-free IBM WebSphere Application Server Community Edition and IBM DB2 Express-C 9 database.
Last updated: 25 Nov 2008
finEye chooses IBM DB2 9 with pureXML for financial analytic decision support system ... an IBM QuickView
finEye chose IBM DB2 9 pureXML to create a flexible, extensible and scalable information platform for its equity research decision support system.
Last updated: 25 Nov 2008
German Sport University Cologne accelerates research through improved data control with DB2 pureXML ... an IBM QuickView
Das Deutsche Forschungszentrum für Leistungssport (the German Research Center for Competitive Sports) is a research facility attached to the Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln (the German Sport University Cologne)—the only sports medicine university in Germany.
Last updated: 25 Nov 2008
Nippon Chemi-Con Corporation chooses IBM DB2 9 with pureXML for manufacturing and inventory management ... an IBM QuickView
Nippon Chemi-Con has built a solution based on DB2 9 pureXML for manufacturing and inventory management systems in its worldwide factories.
Last updated: 25 Nov 2008
State of Missouri Office of Homeland Security: Boosting disaster preparedness across the state
IBM Global Technology Services worked with the state to design and implement the Missouri Emergency Resource & Information System (MERIS), a solution that makes diverse incident management systems, information systems, resources and databases accessible to first responders through an integrated, secure Web po...
Last updated: 13 Nov 2008
Synergix Technologies grows its business and expands into new geographies using IBM technical and marketing resources
Competing for business in the global marketplace, Synergix Technologies has the backing of IBM in its development, marketing and sales efforts. Access to a rich variety of resources and support gives the Business Partner full coverage ro ensure compatibility with the IBM platform.
Last updated: 12 Nov 2008
Rumbo Sistemas gains confidence and customers with support from IBM Business Partner technical and marketing resources
For nearly a decade, Rumbo Sistemas, an IBM Business Partner, has offered customer solutions with customized software. Working with IBM and leveraging its benefits and SOA platform, the BP has won new business worth $100,000.
Last updated: 20 Oct 2008
C-Lock Technology streamlines greenhouse gas emission monitoring processes to help save the planet using an SOA solution from IBM and EIM
C-Lock Technology, a wholly owned subsidiary of Evergreen Energy, was founded to help monitor carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas emissions. GreenCert, a solution developed by EIM, an IBM Business Partner, fulfilled C-Lock's plan to provide tools to quantify and document the impact of greenhouses gases on the ...
Last updated: 08 Oct 2008
Montreal Informática transforms core business systems using Enterprise Generation Language.
Headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Montreal Informática LTDA is among the largest IT service providers in Brazil.
Last updated: 07 Oct 2008
UniCredit modernizes mainframe development and testing with IBM Rational Developer for System z software.
With more than 170,000 employees, 40 million customers and 9,000 branches, UniCredit Group is one of the largest financial services organizations in Europe
Last updated: 07 Oct 2008
Partnering for success - European edition - Autumn 2008
This compilation of case studies showcases IBM Business Partners and their customers in Europe speaking about their success with IBM software.
Last updated: 22 Sep 2008
Australian Open takes tennis to millions of online viewers worldwide with IBM
As the Official Technology Partner of Australian Open, IBM helps Tennis Australia support more than 100 times typical volume during Australian Open and scale down when the tournament is over - without the need to make a large and costly permanent infrastructure investment.
Last updated: 19 Sep 2008
Misys and IBM join forces to deliver service-oriented banking solutions
A new OEM agreement with IBM is enabling Misys to sell IBM middleware as part of its own solutions. A version of Misys Message Manager with built-in DB2 and WebSphere components is already on sale; in the coming months, Misys Trade Innovation Plus and Misys BankFusion will also be available in pre-integrated ...
Last updated: 15 Sep 2008
Beijing PingTech excels in a specialized marketplace using SOA technology.
PingTech implemented an advanced service-oriented architecture (SOA) solution leveraging IBM DB2®, IBM Tivoli® and IBM WebSphere® products, which enabled it to create a new, reusable OA offering that can be repurposed across infrastructures, customers and industries.
Last updated: 13 Sep 2008
Improving patient care with a Master Patient Index
Large hospital improves patient care, lowers costs and improves operational efficiency when IBM Global Business Services implements an Identity Resolution and Matching Solution (IRMS) to help integrate numerous, separate hospital records into a single record for each patient.
Last updated: 28 Aug 2008
High-Volume Service Parts Management success with IBM and SAP
Competitive pressures demand ever greater efficiencies from every part of the extended enterprise. For companies with complex Service Parts Management (SPM) requirements, the use of SAP applications can offer significant cost savings and a high degree of integration with manufacturing, inventory and logistics...
Last updated: 03 Jul 2008
Large Eastern European energy company taps business opportunities with latest versions of IBM software on IBM System z
A large Eastern European energy company plans to expand into new markets in southeastern Europe as a major player in service stations and to strengthen its position as a general energy and utilities company. For that to happen, the company is turning to its state-of-the-art IT infrastructure.
Last updated: 23 Jun 2008
CSI helps Cattles take first steps towards SOA with IBM WebSphere
Cattles worked with CSI (www.csiltd.co.uk), an IBM Premier Business Partner, to deploy IBM WebSphere MQ, IBM WebSphere Message Broker and IBM WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus – designed to provide a single messaging bus that links IT services across the business.
Last updated: 20 Jun 2008
Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, Gruppo BNP Paribas virtualizes its SAP application landscape on IBM Power Systems servers
BNL implemented two IBM Power 595 servers, taking advantage of advanced virtualization capabilities to consolidate workload from both SAP and other applications. The servers are linked using IBM PowerHA to provide a high-resilience service, and an IBM System Storage DS8300 is used to store associated SAP appl...
Last updated: 19 Jun 2008
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son use IT project reporting to ensure initiatives stay on track
A major international bank uses IBM Rational Portfolio Manager software to better manage its IT improvement initiatives. The solution, deployed with the help of IBM Global Business Services, provides improved project tracking, and helps the bank better identify and allocate appropriate resources to priority p...
Last updated: 03 Jun 2008
IBM Upgrades Vantage Travel to First Class
Vantage’s customers had no choice but to book their tours by calling Vantage’s 50-person call center staffed with travel agents. But wait times were often long and booking the tours was a lengthy process. IBM provided an online order taking application based on IBM WebSphere Commerce.
Last updated: 31 May 2008
Quintana Capital Group invests in Web presence with solution from IBM and Ixion
To give energy companies a useful tool to about the Quintana Capital Group for a newly formed fund, the Group turned to IBM and IBM Business Partner, Ixion, L.L.C. Quintana formed Quintana Energy Partners in 2006 - a new fund to make investments across the oil, gas and coal power industries.
Last updated: 21 May 2008
Mxtran Inc. secures a new revenue stream and minimizes management costs when it deploys a new “wallet phone” payment service.
Teaming with IBM Global Technology Services, Mxtran implemented IBM Lotus® Expeditor, Version 6.1 software to act as an integration framework for the wallet phone system.
Last updated: 16 May 2008
Business Innovation
This compilation of case studies showcases solutions implemented by IBM Business Partners for their customers in Europe.
Last updated: 13 May 2008
AfriSam boosts performance, cuts costs and simplifies processes with SAP ERP on IBM System p
AfriSam upgraded to the SAP ERP 6.0 application and migrated from its existing HP hardware to IBM System p 570 servers. The SAP applications will soon be migrated from Oracle to IBM DB2, and integrated with IBM Lotus Notes. The company also implemented IBM System Storage DS4800 systems and IBM Tivoli Storage ...
Last updated: 12 May 2008
HostBridge and IBM products provide foundation for development of a new Web-based call center application at Navy Federal Credit Union
Large banks and credit unions deal with significant volumes of high-transactions daily. The Navy Federal Credit Union was faced with the challenge in the development of a new Web-based call center application that would help service its customers and extend its reach to new customers.
Last updated: 07 May 2008
Redecard goes to market with IBM and SAP
IBM Global Business Services helped Redecard design a new IT environment based on SAP ERP 5.0 running under Microsoft Windows 2003 on IBM System x and AIX on IBM System p servers. Day-to-day management and support is outsourced to IBM Global Technology Services and IBM Application Management services.
Last updated: 07 May 2008
Waterbury Companies reduces costs, speeds delivery of e-mails and faxes with solution from IBM and Quadrant Software
Waterbury Companies faced a challenge with dealing with too many faxes and e-mails required for invoices and purchase orders. An e-mail solutions from IBM and Quadrant Software allows Waterbury to send documents directly and automatically from enterprise resource and other business applications.
Last updated: 06 May 2008
IBM helps the University of Cincinnati move to a modern infrastructure with SAP ERP on System p and DB2
IBM Global Business Services and Sirius, an IBM Business Partner, helped the University design and deploy a new environment based on SAP ERP Financials and SAP ERP Human Capital Management solutions. The SAP software and IBM DB2 database run on virtualized IBM System p servers, maximizing price-performance.
Last updated: 25 Mar 2008
Solution from IBM and Edge Information Group generates new and improved IT operations for National Grid utility
National Grid, the largest power producer in New York state, faced issues with different programming languages as a result of several mergers. The utility needed a solution to provide better collaboration and offer customers better service.
Last updated: 10 Mar 2008
Iskra Mehanizmi moves into automotive sector with SAP and IBM
Working with IBM, Iskra Mehanizmi implemented ERP software from SAP on the IBM System p platform, using an IBM DB2 database and deploying a SAN using IBM System Storage DS4300 hardware and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager. The SAP applications are also integrated with the company’s IBM Lotus Domino document managem...
Last updated: 04 Mar 2008
Solution from IBM, Synergix Technologies helps Portek International to solve business needs in global port industry
With the help of IBM and Business Partner, Synergix Technologies, Portek International, of Singapore, has the ability to be aware of the profitability of every job, with all processes managed and inventory monitored.
Last updated: 04 Mar 2008
US Army targets saving billions of dollars in processing costs with new forms automation solution from IBM ... IBM Business Partner Enterprise Information Management provides program, technical analysis and develops ROI plan
The Army chose to reengineer its processes with IBM Workplace forms and other IBM products, plus the program and technical analysis provided by Enterprise Information Management
Last updated: 11 Feb 2008
With IBM and Timpanagos Technologies, teachers have more time to help students and know which students need help ... IBM, Timpanagos help school district
IBM and Timpanagos Technologies are providing software solutions to the Olathe School District in Olathe, Kansas, to help teachers spend more time teaching and assessing learning to meet the students' goals.
Last updated: 17 Jan 2008
Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation keeps up with growth and keeps markets on firm ground.
DTCC teamed with IBM to re-architect its core processing infrastructure to enable it to push its already world-leading transaction capabilities even further to accommodate DTCC's global growth vision.
Last updated: 18 Dec 2007
Advantages of IBM POWER5 technology for mission-critical environments
This technical brief describes a migration project to move more than 40 SAP database systems to a new platform running DB2 9 on IBM System p. The brief provides an overview of the architecture, planning and deployment, with a focus on high availability, DB2 9 HADR and backup/recovery in a virtualized environm...
Last updated: 17 Dec 2007
New Generation Software and IBM help clients make sound business decisions based on data distributed across the network
NGS-IQ from New Generation Software, running with IBM DB2 with System i5, helps enable senior executives to view data from an IBM System i working with a Web browser.
Last updated: 07 Dec 2007
Ciba implements SAP software using IBM virtualization and database technologies
This technical solution brief describes the landscape for CIBA’s SAP ERP 6.0 based solution. It will show how IBM virtualization technologies, complemented by the IBM DB2 High Availability Disaster Recovery (HADR) feature, combine to form a highly available and efficient infrastructure for Ciba’s SAP applicat...
Last updated: 04 Dec 2007
Yansha department store embraces supplier collaboration to streamline processes
Yansha deployed a first-of-its-kind supply chain management (SCM) platform that leverages a service-oriented architecture (SOA) to integrate enterprise resource planning (ERP) and SCM applications.
Last updated: 29 Nov 2007
IBM and 3Com integrate IP telephony with core business process applications to reduce costs at Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising
Solution from IBM and 3Com helped the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising to reduce phone costs and implement a voice-over Internet protocol and unified messaging solution.
Last updated: 12 Nov 2007
XING Inc. leverages wireless technology to create a cutting-edge karaoke experience.
Established in 1992, XING Inc. develops new services and solutions to help karaoke bars and restaurants improve business and customer satisfaction.
Last updated: 09 Nov 2007
The National Geographic Society traces human history through genetic sampling.
Analyzing massive amounts of data from around the world to trace the migration of humanity across the planet required technology as daunting as the idea behind the study.
Last updated: 08 Nov 2007
Agrium finds the formula for growth with IBM System p and DB2
Working with IBM Global Technology Services and REALTECH, an IBM Business Partner, Agrium migrated its SAP software environment from a number of ageing Alpha servers to just five IBM System p5 570s. The company also migrated from Oracle to IBM DB2.
Last updated: 05 Nov 2007
Comtec uses IBM platform to run its comprehensive insurance management solution
Comtec Global Ltd, an IBM business partner based in Israel, offers an insurance software solutions uses DB2, WebSphere and FileNet for its Total Insurance System, a complete insurance application package.
Last updated: 17 Oct 2007
Lethoff and IBM provide MBS Systems, a large mid-market retailer, with access to high-speed electronic payment systems ... MBS Systems gains high-speed electronic payment for customers
MBS Systems and IBM Business Partner, Lethoff, Inc., jointly market an electronic payment system for its retail customers -- all powered by IBM WebSphere Application Server. The system, called Lethoff Gateway, allows retailers to offer transaction processing at the POS terminal at at about two seconds per t...
Last updated: 15 Oct 2007
Integrated enterprise information transforms banking operations at NLB
IBM introduced the NLB integration team to IBM Information FrameWork, a portfolio of data, process and service models designed to help retail and wholesale banks transform their business through the use of enterprise blueprints.
Last updated: 22 Aug 2007
Solution from IBM and Belmin Group delivers UK healthcare provider with 100 percent invoice efficiency at reduced costs
Software solution from IBM and Belmin Group helps UK healthcare consortium improve its electronic procurement system and facilitate its invoice paying processes.
Last updated: 17 Aug 2007
Supply chain management solution from IBM and e-jing Technologies centralizes business of Hong Kong clothing manufacturer
A software solution from IBM and Business Partner, e-Jing Technologies helped YCL Manufacturing, of Hong Kong, to centralize and automate its supply chain management processes.
Last updated: 16 Aug 2007
IZB Informatik-Zentrum delivers a flexible, highly secure application infrastructure on IBM System z
An integrated application infrastructure powered by IBM System z systems with IBM WebSphere software helped IZB Informatik-Zentrum reduce its development cycle costs and improve its time to market for applications while delivering enhanced systems security.
Last updated: 01 Aug 2007
ETHALON GmbH and IBM provide state of the art point-of-sale solution for leading German shoe retailer
Software solution from IBM and ETHALON GmbH has helped to provide a flexible, open platform for a leading shoe retailer in Germany, Ludwig Gortz GmbH. The new point-of-sale and store system provides Ludwig Goertz GmbH with a solution that can be easily integrated with future business plans.
Last updated: 27 Jul 2007
Augsburger Aktienbank AG ... Web update puts modern face forward; increases online business
A small German bank refreshes its Web image to increase business and reduce processing costs, with a modern interactive Web site and a comprehensive Web content management system (WCMS) designed and implemented by IBM Global Business Services and IBM Application Management Services.
Last updated: 26 Jul 2007
TradeStone Software and IBM help retailers increase margins through high-velocity global commerce
Tradestone Software and IBM help Deutsche Woolworth to unify purchasing and product planning processes in Asia and Germany.
Last updated: 03 Jul 2007
Montefarmaco OTC finds the right medicine with IBM and Gruppo G.R. Informatica
Montefarmaco OTC implemented InteGRa.Documenti, a solution from IBM Premier Business Partner Gruppo G. R. Informatica (www.grinfor.it). The company’s existing IBM DB2 Workgroup database supports the new solution, which runs on IBM WebSphere Application Server.
Last updated: 27 Jun 2007
ING Insurance Hungary ... A new insurance CRM system to improve customer service, sales effectiveness
A subsidiary of a leading financial institution in Hungary improves customer satisfaction and retention when it engages IBM Global Business Services to use the IBM Industry Models for Insurance solution and its IBM Insurance Information Warehouse architecture to build a data warehouse on an IBM DB2 for AIX V8...
Last updated: 20 Jun 2007
Pick ’n Pay buys into a dynamic future with IBM and SAP
Working with IBM Business Partner UCS Solutions, Pick ’n Pay chose integrated SAP ERP and SAP for Retail solutions running on IBM System p5 servers. Using advanced IBM virtualization technologies and IBM On/Off Capacity on Demand, Pick ’n Pay has built a flexible, scalable and easy-to-manage IT foundation.
Last updated: 12 Jun 2007
Jebsen & Jessen SEA doubles performance and cuts 20 percent from TCO with SAP ERP 2005 software on IBM DB2 on IBM System p5
Jebsen & Jessen SEA engaged IBM to migrate its SAP R/3 4.6C software from Informix to IBM DB2. The company also replaced 7 HP-UX servers with 3 IBM System p5 servers, clustered using IBM HACMP. The SAP software was then upgraded to SAP ERP 2005, which runs in multiple LPARs across two p5-550Qs.
Last updated: 30 May 2007
Beiersdorf cuts costs and boosts resilience with IBM System z and DB2 for SAP software
Beiersdorf implemented two IBM System z9 Enterprise Class servers and System Storage DS8100 storage servers at separate data centers, running IBM DB2 databases to support its SAP software environment. Capacity Backup and IBM Metro Mirror ensure high availability in case one data center fails.
Last updated: 10 May 2007
Solution from IBM and CRM.COM improves customer relationship management at Pay TV station ... CRM solution brings Lumiere TV in Cyprus improved customer service
CRM solution from IBM and CRM.COM, an IBM Business Partner, helps improve customer service processes at a pay TV operator in Cyprus.
Last updated: 06 May 2007
Pilz ensures data safety for SAP software environment with IBM DB2 and Tivoli
Pilz turned to IBM to provide a fully-redundant landscape for the SAP environment. The solution not only protects data by introducing new mirroring techniques, but also actively monitors and manages all the SAP applications and infrastructure to provide enhanced reliability.
Last updated: 27 Apr 2007
Teleflex boosts availability of SAP software environment with IBM DB2
Teleflex created a central resource for all business information managed by SAP ERP applications on the IBM System p5 570 platform. By using the High Availability and Disaster Recovery (HADR) features of DB2 to mirror systems to secondary and tertiary servers, Teleflex has implemented a highly resilient solut...
Last updated: 23 Apr 2007
Web Development Company and IBM bring high availability solution to India's leading scrap metals importer
Web Development Company (WDC) created a customized solution for a scrap metals firm that builds on IBM products.
Last updated: 09 Apr 2007
Univar USA gets great results from early tests of DB2 9 for z/OS.
To improve the capabilities and performance of its core applications, Univar USA migrated applications that had been running on Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM) to IBM DB2® for z/OS®, Version 8, with IBM DB2 tools for enhanced performance, running on a System z™ mainframe.
Last updated: 27 Mar 2007
INTER Versicherungen protects SAP software and IBM hardware investments with DB2
INTER upgraded its SAP DB2 environment to IBM DB2 9 on its existing IBM System p 650 platform. The company has exploited new features of DB2 9 like self-tuning memory management (STMM) and data compression technologies, which are fully supported by the SAP software.
Last updated: 06 Mar 2007
evu zählwerk makes light work of billing with IBM and SAP
evu zählwerk has implemented a high-speed solution from IBM, used for both the SAP Industry Solution for Utilities (IS-U) and SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence (BI), to enable the fast and cost-efficient generation of a variety of reports.
Last updated: 02 Mar 2007
Stockholm gets moving with a Selected Business Solution from IBM and SAP
The Swedish Road Administration chose the Selected Business Solution for Road Congestion Charging from IBM – an end-to-end solution designed, implemented, managed and supported by IBM using best-of-breed technologies including SAP software, running on the IBM System p platform.
Last updated: 16 Jan 2007
Bundeswehr accelerates business intelligence performance with IBM and SAP
The Bundeswehr implemented IBM DB2 on the System p5 platform, using unique, advanced features like Multi-Dimensional Clustering to boost performance. Also deployed the IBM Systems Solution for SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator, providing a cost-effective analytical engine for processing complex data sets at high s...
Last updated: 11 Jan 2007
SingHealth integrates its systems with SAP and IBM
SingHealth consulted IBM Global Business Services, which designed a solution based on a single outsourced data-centre running one instance of SAP ERP software for the entire group. IBM Global Technology Services implemented the solution on five IBM System p servers, with storage provided by several IBM storag...
Last updated: 13 Dec 2006
Sto paints a global information picture with Unicode solution from SAP and IBM
Sto upgraded to SAP ERP 2005 with SAP Customer Relationship Management and SAP NetWeaver BI, running on IBM AIX 5L version 5.3 with IBM DB2 optimized for SAP databases. The system now has full Unicode support, enabling each local division to use the same applications in its own language.
Last updated: 29 Nov 2006
Britannia gets cooking with mySAP ERP and IBM
Britannia implemented mySAP ERP applications on high-performance, highly scalable IBM technologies. The mySAP ERP software enables full access to company production planning, stock, sales order systems and more, accessed through a simple Web browser and SAP client.
Last updated: 15 Nov 2006
Ergon extends oil business to the Web with SAP and IBM
Ergon introduced SAP Business Workflow to support purchasing processes and to automate the approval of requisitions. Ergon also implemented a new IBM TotalStorage DS6800 storage system and migrated its databases from Oracle to IBM DB2 in readiness for a planned upgrade to SAP ECC 6.0 in February 2007.
Last updated: 15 Nov 2006
Whirlpool deploys virtualization, cuts server footprint with IBM and SAP
Whirlpool replaced 30 servers with just five partitioned IBM System p5 570 machines, using Advanced POWER Virtualization to handle changing workload dynamically.
Last updated: 15 Nov 2006
Initiate Systems and IBM help hospitals improve patient and provider satisfaction ... Initiate Systems provides software for creating complete, real-time views of data about people and organizations
Sutter Health, a network of hospitals in northern California, needed a sophisticated patient information network to serve its growing customer base.
Last updated: 03 Nov 2006
gkd-el boosts accountability and efficiency with SAP on IBM System z
gkd-el, the IT services provider for the Gelsenkirchen city government, worked with IBM, SVA and COMPAREX to implement IBM enabling technologies for SAP R/3 Enterprise software on the IBM System z platform. The SAP application servers run as virtualized Linux instances under z/VM on a z990 server, alongside D...
Last updated: 13 Sep 2006
Big Bang introduction of SAP R/3 at Wakodo through IBM mySAP All-in-One template
Wakodo engaged with SAP and IBM Global Business Services to design an IT infrastructure that would support a completely new ERP system. The new solution allows for more precise management of inventory and accounts payable and receivable.
Last updated: 30 May 2006
Reiff Gruppe steers a new course to customer service with SAP and IBM
Reiff elected to implement SAP software including mySAP Customer Relationship Management (mySAP CRM) and mySAP Supply Chain Management (mySAP SCM). This would take Reiff out of the software development business and allow the team to focus on manufacturing efficiencies and customer service.
Last updated: 30 May 2006
Comcul cuts administration workload with SAP Business One and IBM DB2 Universal Database Express Edition
Comcul needed to replace inflexible human resource and financial applications. It implemented SAP Business One to gain unified control of accounting, sales and business development, and IBM DB2 Universal Database Express Edition to achieve reductions in administration efforts and costs.
Last updated: 10 Jan 2006
Stargazer portal empowers groups to make the world a better place.
Secure portal platform allowing rapid development, easier management and flexible customization: From purchase to first major site deliverable within 90 days, beating expectations; a team of only four people is able to serve a growing community of registered users and agencies with a wide array of services.
Last updated: 05 Oct 2005
Maddocks Systems Inc. shifts trucking ERP business into high gear with IBM Information Management solution.
Standardize on IBM DB2 Universal Database Express Edition for supporting trucking industry ERP applications and functionalities
Last updated: 26 May 2005
Demos
Deep Compression with DB2 - Optimizing Database Storage Costs
DB2 marks the new era in database evolution. Innovative features in DB2 can give you an edge for managing exploding data volumes. The revolutionary Deep Compression technology in DB2 can dramatically slash your disk requirements and reduce spiraling storage costs, while enabling you to access your data faster.
Last updated: 05 Jun 2009
IBM DB2 Compression ROI Tool
The IBM DB2 ROI tool has been designed for developers, database administrators and senior IT management personnel alike, to help them perform a clinical analysis of the cost savings gained from the Storage Optimization feature of DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows.
Last updated: 05 Jun 2009
Using DB2 Workload Management to Meet the Priorities of your Business
DB2 Workload management feature helps you ensure that the needs of the business align with the priority of work running in your database.
Last updated: 05 Jun 2009
Benefits of DB2 pureXML
See the benefits you realize when using DB2 pureXML for your native XML storage needs. Projects will require less development and less maintenance, while providing unmatched application performance.
Last updated: 15 Jul 2008
IBM DB2 and SAP: Together in the Fast Lane
This demo discusses the key technology values that IBM DB2 offers to SAP customers that are running SAP applications.
Last updated: 09 Jun 2008
DB2 for z/OS pureXML
In this demonstration, you are shown how to apply DB2 for z/OS pureXML technology in a service-oriented architecture (SOA) environment using a real-world scenario: Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization (MISMO) XML standards.
Last updated: 01 Jun 2008
DB2 Everyplace Demo
In today’s business environment, mobile devices and connectivity have become universal tools that extend the mobility of the workforce. Devices are more powerful and portable than ever. Enterprises of all sizes can provide more information and business applications to employees whenever and wherever they need it.
Last updated: 13 Jul 2006
Information centers
Information Management Solutions for z/OS Information Center
All the information that you need to install, configure, maintain, and use IBM products to manage your information on z/OS
Last updated: 11 Jan 2010
IBM DB2 9.7 Information Center for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
Here you can find information describing how to use the DB2 9.7 family of products and features.
Last updated: 20 Jun 2009
IBM DB2 9 Information Center for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
Here you can find information describing how to use the DB2 9 family of products and features.
Last updated: 20 Jun 2005
Magazines
IBM Data Management Magazine
We're committed to delivering great technical content, practical advice, and hands-on commentary. Plus, we've added coverage on how information and data are shaping the way the world does business, and how organizations can use their data and information as engines to drive business success.
Last updated: 20 Jun 2009
DB2 9.7: It All Adds Up
Automation, compression, and management improvements in the new version of DB2 save valuable time-and money.
Last updated: 29 May 2009
Newsletters
Performance Perspectives Newsletter
Your source for news, trends and opinions on Information On Demand and the Information Agenda, bringing original, insightful content and exclusive interviews to decision-makers in IT, Finance and a wide spectrum of industries.
Last updated: 20 Jun 2009
Product documentation
DB2 for z/OS Documentation FAQ
Finding the most current DB2 documentation and answers to other documentation questions
Last updated: 11 Jan 2010
DB2 for z/OS Information Roadmap
Links to information resources that are available for installation, administration, and programming for DB2 for z/OS
Last updated: 11 Jan 2010
DB2 for z/OS product documentation and technical resources
Download technical manuals for DB2 for z/OS Versions 7, 8, and 9
Last updated: 11 Jan 2010
Information Management Solutions for z/OS Information Center
All the information that you need to install, configure, maintain, and use IBM products to manage your information on z/OS
Last updated: 11 Jan 2010
DB2 database product documentation
Documentation for versions 9.7, 9.5, 9 and 8. The documentation in the DB2 Information Center is updated more frequently than either the PDF manuals or the hard-copy books. Install the latest version available of the DB2 Information Center, or refer to the DB2 Information Center available online.
Last updated: 20 Jun 2009
DB2 Server for VSE & VM Program Directories
DB2 Server for VSE & VM Program Directories, versions 7.1 through 7.5
Last updated: 01 Sep 2007
Tutorials
Build a pureXML application in DB2 for z/OS
Part 1 Data Storage and Manipulation through COBOL stored procedures
Last updated: 29 Jul 2009
Build a pureXML application in DB2 for z/OS
Part 2: Web enablement through Universal Services
Last updated: 29 Jul 2009
Build a pureXML application in DB2 for z/OS
Part 3: Develop stored procedures with Rational Developer for System
Last updated: 29 Jul 2009
Webcast
DB2 9 for z/OS Utilities – Best Practices
Join us – and our special guest from Rocket Software – for this complimentary teleconference and get an overview of utility-related best practices that are recommended from the lab.
Last updated: 09 Dec 2009
White papers
How DB2 for z/OS Contributes to a Smarter Planet
One of the key products that contribute to IBM’s Smarter Planet initiative is DB2® for z/OS®, which is sometimes referred to in this paper as “DB2.”
Last updated: 05 Nov 2009
Intel and IBM Collaborate to Boost Performance and Lower Power Consumption
For more than a decade, IBM and Intel have collaborated to optimize enterprise solutions.
Last updated: 17 Jul 2009
Proven strategies for uncovering cost savings with IBM DB2 e-book
Learn how your organization can take advantage of recent breakthroughs to lower the cost of data management.
Last updated: 08 May 2009
The Top 5 IT Budget Killers (and how you can fight back)
Ask yourself: How efficient is the storage that you're using to support your exponentially expanding databases? How much overtime is your database administrator (DBA) staff putting into managing servers and storage? If any of this sounds familiar, you're not alone.
Last updated: 12 Aug 2008
Manage your business, not your data server
Transforming data into actionable business information with DB2. IBM is leading the way to an innovative new era in information management.
Last updated: 08 Jun 2008
Building Highly Available Application Servers: The Network Infrastructure
Use Solid products to create a robust and reliable data management platform that enables developers to create and deploy scalable carrier-grade applications, that is built on the blade-based architecture employed extensively in the network infrastructure that provides continuous service availability.
Last updated: 22 May 2008
Building Next Generation Network Services: The Data Management Infrastructure
In a world comprised of a complex redundant hierarchy of nodes, Solid delivers the same class of reliable data management that is taken for granted in the enterprise. Solid reliably stores, indexes and retrieves data fast and shares data reliably between applications.
Last updated: 22 May 2008
Data Management for Highly Available Embedded Systems
This article is an introduction to the field of highly available databases (HADBs), especially in the context of embedded systems. The ground work done at the Service Availability Forum is also presented.
Last updated: 22 May 2008
Meeting the Evolving Imperatives of SDPs with the Right Data Management Framework
This whitepaper will consider some of the issues that demand a new generation of data management solutions, and will detail the core capabilities of the solutions.
Last updated: 22 May 2008
Performance Measurement and Tuning of Hot-Standby Databases
In telecommunication, databases are expected to meet demanding availability levels while preserving the required throughput. In this paper, the operation of a fully replicated, hot-standby database system is presented, together with some performance tuning possibilities.
Last updated: 22 May 2008
DB2 for z/OS pureXML: The Database for Business Information
To stay competitive in a fast-paced enterprise environment organizations need innovative ways to reduce costs and improve customer service levels.
Last updated: 23 Apr 2008
Automated Cluster Controlled HADR (High Availability Disaster Recovery) Configuration Setup using the DB2 High Availability Instance Configuration Utility (db2haicu)
We describe the use of the integrated HA functionality in DB2 v9.5 to automate HADR failovers. Configuration via XML (batch) setup and non-XML (interactive) setup is described. Common failures and the automated cluster response to them is detailed.
Last updated: 15 Jan 2008
IBM DB2 pureXML Data Server: DB2 pureXML helps insurers deliver information on demand
Innovation in the way information is handled within the enterprise is a key differentiator for insurers.
Last updated: 26 Nov 2007
IBM DB2 Memory Protection using System p Storage Protection Keys
This paper explains how DB2 utilizes the System p hardware feature – storage protection keys – to prevent memory corruption.
Last updated: 12 Nov 2007
IBM DB2 deep compression brings operational savings to SAP customers
This paper describes the advantages of the new DB2 Deep Compression feature for SAP customers and SAP customers planning to migrate their SAP solution to DB2.
Last updated: 28 Aug 2007
Controlling the cost of storage management
DB2 and Tivoli offer leading edge technology that enables you to address the continued strains on your available storage resources through powerful data compression features.
Last updated: 14 Aug 2007
IBM pureXML for SOA: Unlocking the business value of information
This white paper outlines how IBM can help guide businesses through the process of getting started with SOA and XML.
Last updated: 08 Aug 2007
Take control of your XML data with IBM® DB2® pureXML™ and Altova tools
To enhance productivity when working with XML, XML Schema, XQuery, and other XML-related technologies supported by DB2 9, Altova has built specialized capabilities that deliver deep integration with the DB2 9 pureXML data server into XML and data management products.
Last updated: 27 Jul 2007
IBM Spatial Solutions
IBM Spatial Solutions provide the database capabilities to help organizations manage and deliver spatial data on demand. Organizations realize greater benefits by being able to manage information identified by geographic locations.
Last updated: 09 Jul 2007
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