Analyst reports
ITG Report: Database Economics: Comparing Value Propositions for DB2 10 and Oracle Database Systems
This report compares the costs of employing Oracle Database 11g and IBM DB2 10 for Linux, UNIX and Windows in large organizations. Comparisons are for database installations in telecommunications, financial services, health care and retail companies.
Last updated: 03 Apr 2013
Cost/Benefit Case for IBM DB2 10 Advanced Enterprise and InfoSphere Optim Operational DBA Tools
Comparing Costs and Capabilities with Oracle Database 11g
Last updated: 27 Feb 2013
The New IBM DB2 10: Analyzing Its User Value in Performance, Costs, Ease of Extension, and Risk Management
In this paper, Infostructure Associates analyzes the ways in which the new IBM DB2 10 for Linux, UNIX and Windows database management system software delivers added value to customers,
Last updated: 02 Apr 2012
ITG Report: Value Proposition for IBM DB2 - Cost/Benefit Case for SAP Enterprise Migrations
DB2 optimized for SAP, retains its edge in cost-effectiveness. In examples presented in this report, users deploying new SAP systems are able to reduce 3 year database infrastructure costs by an average of 37% by using DB2 9.7 rather than Oracle Database 11g. For users migrating to DB2 9.7, 3 year costs average 27% less.
Last updated: 13 Dec 2011
Solitaire Interglobal Study: IBM® DB2® versus Oracle® Database and Microsoft SQL Server®
In an April 2011 release of an ongoing study by the Solitaire Interglobal Ltd. (SIL) research team, the production behaviors of Oracle Database and DB2 on the IBM Power Systems and similar behaviors of Oracle Database, SQL Server and DB2 on the IBM System x platforms were analyzed and compared.
Last updated: 05 May 2011
Announcement letters
DB2 BLU Acceleration
DB2 with BLU Acceleration is the multi-workload database software for the era of big data, improves performance while helping to reduce storage costs
Last updated: 23 Apr 2013
Books
Big data, big potential
Read this ebook and learn how IBM DB2® and IBM Informix® software provides a foundation to capitalize on the big potential of big data.
Last updated: 03 Apr 2013
IBM DB2 + BLU: Three must-have capabilities for today's warehouse environment
Read the IBM DB2 + BLU: Three must-have capabilities for today's warehouse environment ebook and learn how you can gain meaningful insights from your data.
Last updated: 03 Apr 2013
Running at the Speed of Business: Meet real-world challenges with performance, availability
IBM DB2 helps meet big data challenges with speed, flexibility, and business-grade reliability.Discover how in this new ebook
Last updated: 03 Apr 2013
Take the easy path to improve performance and lower database costs
In this e-book, we’ll examine the ways that your enterprise database can help or hinder the bottom line.
Last updated: 20 Jun 2012
Six reasons to move from Oracle to IBM
Boost performance, cut costs and manage growth
Last updated: 11 Nov 2011
The top 5 IT budget killers
Many of the largest IT budget problems can be traced back to five big money drains: Storage expansion, system complexity, hardware sprawl, reliability and scalability, compliance .
Last updated: 30 Sep 2011
DB2 pureXML Cookbook: Master the Power of the IBM Hybrid Data Server
Organized by task, this book is packed with more than 700 easy-to-adapt “recipe-style” examples covering the entire application lifecycle–from planning and design through coding, optimization, and troubleshooting.
Last updated: 02 Feb 2010
Brochures
Keep your business up and running with IBM DB2 - Meet big data online transaction processing demands with DB2 10.5
IBM DB2 10.5 for Linux, UNIX and Windows is a cloud-ready, multi-workload data management solution built for the era of big data.
Last updated: 30 Apr 2013
Is your database ready for the era of big data?
To make the most of big data, you need a robust, efficient database. It has to handle a massive volume of data while delivering the performance to support the real-time analytics you need to take action and plan your next business move.
Last updated: 03 Apr 2013
IBM Database Patterns for cloud computing
Streamline deployment and management of database environments in the private cloud
Last updated: 12 Dec 2012
Build a strong foundation for a dynamic, data-intensive infrastructure
Learn how IBM DB2 helps technical professionals get more out of their database
Last updated: 28 Apr 2012
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated (CCBCC) saves more than USD1 million with IBM DB2
CCBCC has realized significant savings with its move to IBM DB2 savings that helps consumers continue to enjoy their favorite beverages without having to pay more.
Last updated: 27 Apr 2012
IBM DB2: Deliver cost-effective business continuity with extreme capacity
IBM DB2 provides application cluster transparency technology that equips organizations running OLTP applications with the ability to deliver high availability and continuous uptime for transactional data, plus the flexibility and capacity they need to remain competitive.
Last updated: 05 Apr 2012
Database administration and development solutions for IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows
Simplify database administration, accelerate application development and improve cross-team collaboration
Last updated: 01 Apr 2012
DB2 pureScale: Extreme capacity with continuous availability
IBM® DB2® pureScale® offers clustering technology that helps deliver high availability and exceptional scalability, transparent to applications.
Last updated: 29 Mar 2012
Case studies
Rugby Football Union uses predictive analytics to drive fan engagement ... Inspiring a new generation with a smarter solution from IBM Global Business Services
RFU worked with IBM to create TryTracker, a predictive analytics solution that visually represents player influence, keys to the game and the momentum of matches in real time.
Last updated: 14 Jun 2013
Traxpay creates financial transactions service for global corporates ... Reinventing payments for the B2B market with high-speed financial transactions service
Traxpay worked with IBM® Business Partner EFiS EDI Finance Service to build and deploy an innovative transaction platform, based fully on cloud services that scale up and out at the touch of a button.
Last updated: 11 Jun 2013
niu Solutions takes cloud services to new heights with IBM ... Delivers high service levels and reliability to customers while maximizing profitability
Managed IT services provider niu Solutions deployed IBM XIV Storage System, increasing storage performance by a factor of up to four, and enabling higher availability for its customers. The company runs ten XIV systems with less than half of one FTE, keeping its operational costs low.
Last updated: 14 May 2013
Sicoob avoids USD 1.5 million in annual costs with IBM ... Supporting rapid business growth with robust, secure and efficient mainframe technology
Brazilian credit union system Sicoob virtualized its Intel processor-based servers to a virtualized Linux landscape on two IBM System z® 196 servers, and deployed IBM DB2®, IBM InfoSphere® DataStage® and IBM Cognos® software, avoiding USD 1.5 million in annual electricity costs.
Last updated: 13 May 2013
UNIMINUTO makes its educational dreams come true with an agile, integrated IBM and SAP solution
UNMINUTO sought to move towards a more modern computing infrastructure, and chose to introduce integrated SAP ERP solutions. As part of the program to enable the growth and development of new teaching programs and facilitate financial operations, UNIMINUTO migrated the data supporting its SAP ERP solutions to...
Last updated: 08 May 2013
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated speeds decision making and insight with DB2 with BLU Acceleration
Learn how Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated was able to compress data 90-95% with DB2 with BLU Acceleration
Last updated: 05 May 2013
DB2 clients discuss the power of IBM DB2 with BLU Acceleration
DB2 clients discuss the power of IBM DB2 with BLU Acceleration and the value it brings to their businesses
Last updated: 05 May 2013
Marist College makes the enterprise computing grade ... Supporting learning and research with leading IBM technology
To provide students and researchers with the latest in computing Marist upgraded to the IBM zEnterprise 114, configured with the zEnterprise BladeCenter Extension. The hybrid platform delivers all the power and flexibility the college needs to support diverse research and hands-on learning.
Last updated: 25 Apr 2013
Amrit Feeds solves complex sales order forecasting with SAP ERP and IBM Global Business Services
Amrit Feeds chose to remodel its business processes, based on integrated SAP ERP software with assistance from IBM Global Business Services.
Last updated: 17 Apr 2013
A large railway company lays the track for new business opportunities
The company set out to standardize its information systems, removing layers of complexity, cutting administration and maintenance costs, and creating a centralized data store that can be interrogated and analyzed.
Last updated: 12 Apr 2013
Uttarakhand Power Corporation Ltd. powers up a smarter network ... Cutting costs and improving network health with an IBM solution built on Smarter Computing principles
Uttarakhand Power Corporation Ltd. transformed its operations, cut costs and reduced power outages after modernizing its network with a system that monitors consumption levels, detects network weaknesses and predicts where fraud is most likely to occur.
Last updated: 08 Apr 2013
WIdO AOK gains a deeper understanding of healthcare trends ... Helping to deliver high-quality, cost-effective healthcare
WIdO implemented an IBM Smart Analytics System 2050 solution, a comprehensive, integrated and optimised platform for high-performance analytics that can be adapted and expanded at any time to accommodate changing analysis requirements.
Last updated: 19 Mar 2013
Guarantee Fund dramatically reduces insurance fraud ... Gaining a comprehensive, accurate view of automobile insurance policies across Bulgaria
Guarantee Fund transformed the motor insurance industry in Bulgaria by deploying a solution based on IBM technology to connect insurance companies, the Guarantee Fund, Financial Supervision Commission and Bulgarian Traffic Police to a centralized National Central Insurance Register.
Last updated: 01 Mar 2013
Kingland Systems ... Slashes application deployment times from weeks to hours with the IBM PureApplication System
Kingland Systems slashes application deployment times from weeks to hours when it deploys its 360 Data Enterprise Hub Master Data Management solution on the IBM PureApplication System platform.
Last updated: 28 Feb 2013
China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company surges into new markets with IBM and SAP
COSCO Net (Beijing) Co., Ltd. implemented SAP ERP applications for finance at its datacenters in China, Europe, America and Japan – consolidating COSCO’s business operations to the company headquarters.
Last updated: 14 Feb 2013
TRUMPF reduces costs by 50 percent and increases user productivity
Working with its outsourcing partner ORGA and with IBM, TRUMPF chose to migrate from Oracle to IBM DB2 for its SAP applications. By implementing IBM DB2 data compression features, TRUMPF has saved around 5 TB of disk space, achieved significant maintenance and license fee savings, and improved system performa...
Last updated: 08 Feb 2013
IBM Mass Lab invents and grows with IBM XIV as storage backbone
IBM’s largest software development center in North America relies on dozens of IBM XIV Storage Systems to deliver the highest levels of storage performance to demanding end-users. With XIV enabling easy scalability and administration, just two individuals are needed to manage nearly 5 PB of data.
Last updated: 31 Jan 2013
BG RCI merger enables greater operational efficiency and lower costs ... Consolidating 270 million data records with IBM
BG RCI engaged IBM® Global Business Services® to implement a data integration platform based on IBM DB2®, IBM InfoSphere® DataStage® and IBM InfoSphere Information Server, and migrate 270 million records onto the new platform.
Last updated: 22 Jan 2013
City of Dubuque ... Smarter Planet Leadership Series Case Study: Investing in sustainability for economic development now and in the future
Roy Buol’s 2005 mayoral campaign was in many ways the genesis of Dubuque’s emergence as one of America’s most sustainable cities. But it was his commitment to get everyone on board that has made it a truly selfsustaining effort.
Last updated: 18 Jan 2013
City of Dubuque ... Smarter Planet Leadership Series Video: Investing in sustainability for economic development now and in the future
Roy Buol’s 2005 mayoral campaign was in many ways the genesis of Dubuque’s emergence as one of America’s most sustainable cities. But it was his commitment to get everyone on board that has made it a truly selfsustaining effort.
Last updated: 18 Jan 2013
HagaZiekenhuis supports digitized healthcare with IBM technology ... Dramatically reducing costs by applying Smarter Computing principles
Dutch healthcare provider Haga replaced an aging IT infrastructure with a fully virtualized, mirrored solution based on IBM Power Systems and System x server technology, supported by System Storage devices and Tivoli software. The solution cuts floorspace requirements and maintenance costs.
Last updated: 04 Jan 2013
Pneuhage improves control and visibility of stock levels ... Real-time insights help increase sales
Working with IBM, Pneuhage implemented an integrated SAP Business All-in-One solution on IBM® BladeCenter® Power® blades with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and IBM PowerVM® virtualization technology.
Last updated: 04 Jan 2013
Dave Beulke and Associates ... Reduces reporting times by 99 percent with IBM DB2 for z/OS database software
A healthcare organization reduces report run time from 37 hours down to minutes and, in some cases, seconds when it works with Dave Beulke and Associates to implement a new data warehouse on IBM DB2 for z/OS software.
Last updated: 20 Dec 2012
Temenos Group AG
A Swiss software company is helping global banks to more effectively monitor transaction data in order to meet regulatory compliance requirements and reduce risk in near-real time.
Last updated: 19 Dec 2012
Temenos Group AG ... Helping banks meet Know Your Customer needs by identifying suspect transactions
Global financial and banking institutions are challenged to identify watch-listed customers and suspicious persons in the transaction chain. Using advanced analytic detection tools from IBM, financial organizations can increase screening accuracy across millions of transactions per day.
Last updated: 29 Nov 2012
University of Florida ... Helping students stay on track with a mobile app based on IBM CICS Transaction Server
University of Florida develops a mobile web application with access to the Integrated Student Information System based on IBM® CICS® Transaction Server running on an IBM System zEnterprise® 114 server, resulting in significant system performance improvements.
Last updated: 24 Oct 2012
Naza Kia fast-tracks savings with SAP Business All-in-One for Automotive and IBM DB2
Naza Kia migrated SAP Business All-in-One for Automotive to a new hardware platform, and implemented IBM DB2 database software. During the migration, Naza Kia implemented IBM DB2 Deep Compression to help reduce its data storage needs, and enabled IBM DB2 Self-Tuning Memory Management to provide automatic tuni...
Last updated: 08 Oct 2012
Sabah Credit Corporation satisfies investors
SCC chose to replace its legacy systems and deploy integrated SAP ERP applications, supported by IBM DB2® database software running on the IBM BladeCenter® platform.
Last updated: 27 Sep 2012
Mahesh Sahakari Bank Ltd., Pune ... Gains nearly 100 percent data availability with IBM DB2 for 24×7 banking
One of the top 100 urban cooperative banks in India gains 24×7 availability of core banking data with IBM DB2
Last updated: 21 Sep 2012
GEWOFAG enhances customer service flexibility, cuts costs ... Server and storage virtualization optimizes SAP application performance
Working with IBM and IBM® Business Partner FRITZ & MACZIOL, GEWOFAG implemented SAP Customer Relationship Management software and consolidated 12 physical servers to just two IBM Power® 770 servers. The new solution runs in a fully virtualized environment, taking advantage of IBM PowerVM® server virtualizatio...
Last updated: 20 Sep 2012
WebSphere Commerce Success Stories
See how other companies are using WebSphere Commerce to grow revenue and customer loyalty across channels and business models, whether B2C, B2B or B2E.
Last updated: 27 Aug 2012
Valogix LLC taps a new supply of customers with IBM ... Using IBM server hardware and middleware to support new cloud-based inventory management services
After years of planning, IBM Business Partner Valogix LLC wanted to launch new cloud-based versions of its inventory management offerings. The organization teamed with IBM to bundle its solutions with IBM servers and applications under a Software as a Service operating model.
Last updated: 24 Aug 2012
Foodstuffs South Island cuts costs and boosts business performance
Foodstuffs South Island implemented a comprehensive solution at its datacenter in Christchurch, centred around the IBM® XIV® Storage System and IBM DB2® Near-Line Storage for SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse. IBM DB2 was selected as a database platform.
Last updated: 09 Aug 2012
Janata Sahakari Bank Ltd., Pune ... Realizes a 20 - 40 percent increase in database performance with DB2 upgrade
JSBL, Pune improves database performance, DBA productivity and data availability when it upgrades to take advantage of new DB2 features.
Last updated: 26 Jul 2012
City of Plzen reduces future database license costs by 53 percent with IBM and SAP
The City discovered that the new features of SAP ERP with EHP3 would enable it to run its SAP systems more efficiently. To prepare for the installation of EHP3, the City implemented a full hardware refresh, and engaged IBM to migrate its Oracle database to IBM DB2®.
Last updated: 16 Jul 2012
Group of companies EFES in Russia manages massive business expansion with SAP and IBM
Selected two IBM Power 750 and four IBM Power 550 servers to host virtualized database and application servers for SAP systems including SAP ERP, SAP Customer Relationship Management, SAP Supply Chain Management, SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse and SAP NetWeaver Portal.
Last updated: 11 Jul 2012
DNB ASA ... Centralizes reference data management for more effective governance and reduced business risk
DNB ASA reduces the time and cost to support new Norwegian Industry Sector Classification requirements by working with IBM and Capgemini to centralize reference data.
Last updated: 02 Jul 2012
LV 1871 cuts complexity and boosts performance ... With advanced storage and server virtualization from IBM
To support the rapid development of new services, German insurer LV 1871 virtualized its data storage infrastructure using IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller and deployed IBM System Storage disk arrays. This flexible solution increased capacity without increasing energy consumption.
Last updated: 28 Jun 2012
NuStar Energy cuts database licensing costs in half with SAP and IBM
NuStar Energy discovered that implementing IBM DB2 could save more than 50 percent in license fees alone. NuStar Energy implemented IBM DB2 version 9.7, and with both row and index compression saw data volume savings of up to 62 percent.
Last updated: 22 Jun 2012
Premier ... Helping healthcare providers deliver the best possible care to their patients
Serving over 2,600 U.S. hospitals and 84,000 other healthcare sites, the Premier healthcare alliance is undertaking a groundbreaking initiative to help providers identify which treatments benefit patients the most so they can be assured the best care.
Last updated: 11 Jun 2012
Anna Aluminium gains the capacity to grow ... Processing customer orders 94 percent faster with IBM and SAP
Anna Aluminium implemented SAP® ERP with SAP DBA Cockpit software and IBM DB2®, running on IBM System x® 3650 class servers with intelligent Intel® Xeon® processors, connected to an IBM Storwize® V7000 Unified Disk System.
Last updated: 07 Jun 2012
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated Video ... Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated chooses DB2 and saves $1 million
IBM DB2 can save you millions. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated chose to move to DB2 four years ago, and they have saved more than $1 million since. Because of the savings, ease of use, performance and reliability of the software, they are now in the process of upgrading to DB2 10.
Last updated: 30 May 2012
Fiserv ... Saving USD8 million in five years and helping banks improve business outcomes using IBM technology
Working with IBM, Fiserv is transforming billions of raw transactions into highly usable, actionable insights for its clients, helping small and midsize banks gain advantages previously available only to the largest financial institutions.
Last updated: 14 May 2012
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated migrates to IBM DB2, saves more than $1 million
CCBCC took advantage of an SAP licensing agreement with The Coca-Cola Company to replace its existing Oracle database with IBM DB2. CCBCC has subsequently upgraded to IBM DB2 9.7, and is currently beta testing IBM DB2 10.
Last updated: 11 May 2012
Votorantim Group builds an integrated enterprise and cuts costs with IBM and SAP
Votorantim centralized and standardized its IT infrastructure with an SAP ERP solution running on the IBM Power Systems platform, supported by the IBM DB2 database and IBM AIX operating system.
Last updated: 11 May 2012
IBM cuts time required to create price quotes for clients by 75 percent ... Cross-brand solutions team creates scalable web-based BPM solution with IBM WebSphere software
The IBM cross-brand solutions team creates a scalable, web-based business process management (BPM) solution using IBM WebSphere software. The solution is flexible, scalable and improves visibility into KPIs.
Last updated: 26 Apr 2012
City of Dresden cuts costs for SAP applications by 30 percent ... By migrating to IBM DB2 database software
Working with IBM, City of Dresden IT and Organization Services migrated its SAP databases from Oracle to IBM DB2, running on IBM AIX on IBM Power servers, and migrated to Unicode. To improve performance and cut data volumes, the organization enabled IBM DB2 row and index compression features.
Last updated: 25 Apr 2012
IKB saves costs by migrating SAP databases ... Row and index compression reduces storage requirements and boosts performance
Working with IBM®, IKB Deutsche Industriebank chose to migrate its SAP databases from Oracle to IBM DB2® for Linux, UNIX and Windows. After a successful proof of concept with the bank’s advanced SAP Bank Analyzer environment, all SAP systems at IKB Deutsche Industriebank were successfully migrated to IBM DB2.
Last updated: 09 Apr 2012
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated (CCBCC) ... Saves more than USD1 million with IBM DB2
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. saves more than USD1 million and improves database performance by 30-60 percent when it migrates from Oracle Database to IBM DB2.
Last updated: 02 Apr 2012
Television Broadcasts Limited ... A Hong Kong television broadcaster is using sophisticated analytics to analyze its station's viewers and greatly increase the effectiveness of its advertising promotions.
A Hong Kong television broadcaster is using sophisticated analytics to analyze its station's viewers and greatly increase the effectiveness of its advertising promotions.
Last updated: 31 Mar 2012
Subex Limited ... Reducing total cost of ownership of applications with IBM DB2
The amount of data that Subex must manage and analyze for telcos has grown from tens of millions of records to billions of records daily. To meet its requirements for scalability, performance and price, Subex is migrating from Oracle Database on Sun systems to IBM DB2 9.7 on Power Systems.
Last updated: 27 Mar 2012
Nim See Seng Leasing facilitates growth with new IT landscape
NSS’s web ERP application now runs on an IBM® Power® 710 Express server virtualized with IBM PowerVM® software. Backup and disaster recovery is handled by an IBM Power 520 Express server, which replicates data in real-time.
Last updated: 21 Mar 2012
Zhejiang Tobacco delivers high performance and efficient business processes ... With IBM Global Business Services
The company selected SAP ERP applications for business integration, and SAP ERP Human Capital Management for personnel management. Zhejiang deployed IBM Power Systems servers and IBM DB2 technology to support its new SAP software.
Last updated: 21 Mar 2012
Apple Vacations takes a holiday from complexity with IBM XIV and SAP ERP
Deployed a virtualized multiworkload storage environment based on IBM XIV Storage System for all applications, including SAP ERP, running on IBM Power Systems™ and IBM System x servers.
Last updated: 12 Mar 2012
SPCC provides an end-to-end design and build service ... With SAP on IBM hardware
By implementing SAP® Business All-in-One for Engineering, Construction & Operations on IBM® System x®, IBM DB2® for Linux, UNIX and Windows, and IBM System Storage® technology, SPCC has created a solution that combines decentralized end-to-end project management with central performance management reporting.
Last updated: 06 Mar 2012
TCCT of Thailand relies on IBM XIV Storage
By selecting IBM XIV Storage System as its strategic platform for data storage for SAP ERP, TCCT improved performance by 20 percent while reducing capital and operational costs. The solution also reduces complexity, improves scalability and enables rapid disaster recovery.
Last updated: 26 Feb 2012
A Chinese municipal government delivers service in the cloud ... IBM WebSphere CloudBurst and IBM Rational help reduce data center overhead
A city government in China creates a private cloud environment to support its software outsourcing business and petroleum-related service providers when it works with IBM Global Technology Services - Integrated Technology Services to implement an IBM CloudBurst solution, with IBM Rational, IBM Tivoli and IBM ...
Last updated: 28 Dec 2011
A government agency in Brazil furthers public education and scientific research ... A social collaboration portal based on IBM technologies creates valuable learning opportunities for scientists, educators and students
A government agency in Brazil expects to better educate the country about the Amazon rain forest while generating valuable learning opportunities for scientists, educators and students when it works with volunteers from IBM to create a Citizen Science portal using IBM DB2, IBM Lotus, IBM Tivoli and IBM WebSph...
Last updated: 28 Dec 2011
A large healthcare institute lowers costs and improves care with a single web portal ... Doctors, patients and staff gain role-based access to electronic health records with an IBM Lotus solution
World-leading institution for cardiac, circulatory and metabolic diseases implements a comprehensive integrated telemedicine solution with an IBM Business Partner that runs on IBM hardware and leverages middleware and storage software to effectively provide interconnected data support of a variety of data typ...
Last updated: 28 Dec 2011
Li Ning Sports Goods ... A sporting goods retailer in China transforms its website into a tool for capturing personal and shopping data, using this unprecedented visitor demographic and behavioral intelligence to launch precision-guided marketing initiatives
A sporting goods retailer in China transforms its website into a tool for capturing personal and shopping data with a next-generation IBM WebSphere Commerce-based solution. The solution allows the company to use sophisticated visitor demographic and behavioral intelligence to launch precision-guided marketing...
Last updated: 28 Dec 2011
Clark County Department of Family Services boosts its ROI to $10M ... Using IBM Business Analytics to improve services, streamline processes and support funding claims
Clark County Family Services used IBM Business Analytics technologies to improve services, streamline processes and support funding claims
Last updated: 22 Dec 2011
SAP deploys IBM DB2, saves costs and boosts performance
This paper outlines the database migration, Unicode conversion, and subsequent introduction of data-compression technologies undertaken by SAP in 2007-2009.
Last updated: 21 Dec 2011
Holiday Extras ... Speeds transactions 100 percent and grows its business with DB2
Holiday Extras gains 100 percent improvement in query response time when it upgrades to DB2 9.7 and implements data compression and storage optimization.
Last updated: 20 Dec 2011
Esri maps out large-scale growth ... With SAP and IBM
The company migrated its SAP solutions to IBM Power 750 servers, maintained its data on the existing IBM DB2 software, and consolidated its data storage to IBM XIV Storage Systems.
Last updated: 19 Dec 2011
Balluff transforms SAP application landscape with IBM Power Systems and IBM XIV Storage Systems
This paper describes the transformation of a traditional three-tier SAP software landscape with standard SAN storage to a fully virtualized environment based on IBM Power Systems with IBM PowerVM and IBM XIV Storage Systems. Along the way, the customer has reduced complexity, increased resilience and improved...
Last updated: 12 Dec 2011
Dombivli Nagari Sahakari Bank Ltd. ... Recovering from disasters and system failures in 10 seconds with no data loss
To minimize downtimes due to server or database outages, IBM implemented a two-node Tivoli Systems Automation cluster to automate redirection of users and a DB2 High Availability Disaster Recovery server in continuous replication with the primary node, reducing downtimes to seconds.
Last updated: 22 Nov 2011
An Italian transportation company finds a green route to business growth
This transportation company replaced its Sun and Oracle systems with two IBM Power Systems 770 servers for its core SAP applications, and migrated its data to IBM DB2. The company also replaced its Hitachi Data Systems storage array with an IBM System Storage DS8300.
Last updated: 18 Nov 2011
DRV KBS improves service levels with flexible IT structure ... Digital archiving and computer-assisted working methods based on SOA and IBM Content Manager
Introduction of a standard enterprise content management system throughout the whole of DRV KBS with a common interface based on a service-oriented architecture with IBM Content Management.
Last updated: 17 Nov 2011
Fratelli Carli: Innovation through bringing heritage forward - Video ... Integrating legacy applications on System z with VSE
Fratelli Carli integrated legacy applications through their VSE systems with a Linux environment on the IBM System z. This enabled Fratelli Carli to integrate its VSE systems with its new payment system plans & to offer their clients' more flexible service.
Last updated: 15 Nov 2011
Scotiabank ... Satisfies client demand for real-time reporting capabilities
Scotiabank satisfies customer demand for real-time reporting capabilities in a major online banking application when it implements IBM InfoSphere Change Data Capture software.
Last updated: 14 Nov 2011
Major fashion retailer knows what’s hot and what’s not with SAP and IBM
In an ongoing program of moving to SAP software, the retailer implemented IBM Systems solution for SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse. The company has standardized its corporate business systems to IBM Power Systems, supported by IBM System Storage and IBM DB2 for information management.
Last updated: 03 Nov 2011
Latin American Insurance Company ... Improving speed to market and customer interaction with IBM WebSphere ILOG JRules
A Latin American insurance company depended on business rules throughout its operations, but these were embedded in code. The company implemented a web-based platform with decisioning capabilities using IBM WebSphere ILOG resulting in cost savings and growth in new business.
Last updated: 31 Oct 2011
Staples ... IBM WebSphere Commerce software and IBM POWER7 servers improve performance
Staples wanted to improve the customer’s online experience relative to performance, reduce TCO and increase the flexibility of the infrastructure for more nimble future releases. Staples turned to IBM and IBM Global Services for a new release of Staples.com on IBM WebSphere Commerce.
Last updated: 31 Oct 2011
City of Dubuque - Client Reference Video
A US city experiences a significant reduction in water consumption when it engages IBM Research, IBM Business Partner Esri in a Smarter Cities Sustainability project and numerous IBM software products to create a first-of-a-kind cloud-based, meter-driven solution that directly involves citizens in controlling...
Last updated: 27 Oct 2011
Cameron switches to IBM DB2 for SAP applications, saves $1 million
Migrated 24 Oracle databases supporting SAP applications to IBM DB2, implemented DB2 Deep Compression technology. Added to the company’s IBM Power estate by purchasing an IBM Power 770 server, featuring IBM POWER7 processor technology, divided into 24 logical partitions (LPARs) using IBM PowerVM.
Last updated: 24 Oct 2011
Guangdong Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
A hospital in China breaks new ground with a First-of-a-Kind solution that helps clinicians derive new insights from large volumes of patient data to study the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine, Western medicine or combinations of the two approaches
Last updated: 24 Oct 2011
Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital
A large Taiwanese hospital is using powerful analytics to make resource utilization data actionable and help patients get better faster while remaining flexible during a time of stringent quality rules tied to funding under the new national health insurance plan
Last updated: 24 Oct 2011
Apple Vacations creates the perfect package solution with SAP and IBM
Consolidated core SAP® applications to two IBM® Power® 770 servers running IBM AIX® and IBM DB2®, and implemented IBM WebSphere® eXtreme Scale to provide super-fast web performance. IBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM WebSphere Virtual Enterprise components help Apple Vacations to provide an integrated w...
Last updated: 20 Oct 2011
City of Dubuque, Iowa ... A US city alerts citizens to water waste, increases water leak detection and encourages water conservation by providing deep insight into water consumption trends through a solution that combines the power of cloud computing and analytics
A US city experiences a significant reduction in water consumption when it engages IBM Research, IBM Business Partner Esri in a Smarter Cities Sustainability project and numerous IBM software products to create a first-of-a-kind cloud-based, meter-driven solution that directly involves citizens in controlling...
Last updated: 18 Oct 2011
EllisDon constructs a mission-critical cloud ... With the IBM XIV Storage System at the heart of a virtualized VMware infrastructure
Worked with IBM to deploy a private cloud solution comprising IBM System x® servers running VMware vSphere virtualization technology, with virtualized data storage on IBM XIV® Storage System.
Last updated: 10 Oct 2011
EllisDon - IBM Client Reference Video
EllisDon worked with IBM to deploy a private cloud solution comprising IBM System x® servers running VMware vSphere virtualization technology, with virtualized data storage on IBM XIV® Storage System.
Last updated: 10 Oct 2011
New York State Tax ... Leadership Series Video
IBM Smarter Planet Leadership Series Customer Reference: New York State Department of Taxation and Finance Interviewee: Jim Lieb, Director of Architecture and Web Solutions
Last updated: 29 Sep 2011
Reliance Life ... Smarter Planet Leadership Series: Transforming distribution to bring security within reach
Reliance launched a comprehensive self-service portal solution called Lifeline which has lowered operational costs by 30% while making the customer experience more streamlined and transparent.
Last updated: 26 Aug 2011
SEB ... Crossing a threshold to more agility and smarter payments
Enabling value-added services in the wake of SEPA, SEB resolved to replace its payments infrastructure, capable of consolidating all of its payments traffic onto a single hub, offering faster payments with transparency, monitoring and alerts.
Last updated: 20 Aug 2011
Lands' End empowers marketing staff and develops more targeted campaigns with IBM Unica Campaign
Lands' End empowers marketing staff and develops more targeted campaigns with IBM Campaign.
Last updated: 19 Aug 2011
Mindray supports exponential growth with SAP and DB2
Mindray’s exponential growth supported by SAP applications with DB2 on IBM infrastructure built for scalability, power and performance
Last updated: 15 Aug 2011
Air Canada ... Smarter Planet Leadership Series Case Study: On a never-ending push to make life simpler for the customer
Air Canada has come a long way in its self-service journey, and Patrice Ouellette has been there from the beginning. Under his leadership, Air Canada’s “Innovation Team” has sparked a number of firsts in the industry, including the placement of “offsite” kiosks outside the airport.
Last updated: 10 Aug 2011
Leading card processing company ... IBM CICS Transaction Server improves time-to-market for new solutions and services
A card processing company lacked responsiveness and agility in selling solutions because of the inflexibility of its legacy processing system but IBM CICS Transaction Processor enabled the company to develop new solutions and enhanced services with faster time-to-market.
Last updated: 31 Jul 2011
Iowa State University ... Transforming decision-making and service delivery through content management
Iowa State University reduces paper output by 67 percent and saves $40,000 a year by eliminating voucher outsourcing fees with an enterprise content management solution from IBM.
Last updated: 22 Jul 2011
Voith boosts productivity, cuts costs with IBM Power Systems and DB2
Voith chose to extend its existing Power Systems server landscape with POWER6 and POWER7 processor-based servers as the platform of choice, and migrate its SAP database to IBM DB2 for Linux, Unix and Windows version 9.5.
Last updated: 12 Jul 2011
Farmacéuticos Maypo gains real-time, accurate business information with SAP and IBM
Farmacéuticos Maypo selected SAP ERP, SAP ERP HCM, SAP SRM, SAP NetWeaver MDM, SAP NetWeaver BPM, SAP NetWeaver PI. The SAP applications run on leased IBM systems, including two IBM Power 570 servers and IBM BladeCenter JS43 Express, running IBM AIX and IBM DB2 database.
Last updated: 08 Jul 2011
New York State Tax ... Leadership Series: How predictive modeling improves tax revenues and citizen equity.
By integrating predictive analytics directly into its processing stream, NYS Tax is preemptively identifying questionable tax returns and optimizing its approach to collecting delinquent taxes.
Last updated: 08 Jul 2011
Banco de Crédito del Peru ... Cutting data management costs in half with IBM DB2
Banco de Crédito del Peru cuts its data management costs in half and improves the performance and reliability of its business applications when it migrates from Oracle Database to IBM DB2.
Last updated: 30 Jun 2011
Koyou Lease Co., Ltd. ... This equipment leasing company implements an RFID tracking solution that enables it to configure new rental options and services demanded by its customers while improving revenue, reducing loss from theft and lowering safety-stock requirements
This Japanese equipment leasing company implements an RFID tracking solution that enables it to configure new rental options and services demanded by its customers while improving revenue, reducing loss from theft and lowering safety-stock requirements
Last updated: 30 Jun 2011
Institute For Applied Telemedicine (IFAT) ... Smarter Planet Video
Interview with Heinrich Koertke, Director, Institute For Applied Telemedicine (IFAT) Heart & Diabetes Centre NRW
Last updated: 31 May 2011
JSC Rietumu Banka ... Achieves faster database performance moving from Oracle and Sun to IBM DB2 on Power Systems
With its migration to IBM DB2 on IBM Power Systems, JSC Rietumu Banka reduced the total cost of ownership for its online banking infrastructure and dramatically improved query performance and data availability.
Last updated: 31 May 2011
Versicherungskammer Bayern ... Builds smarter policy cancellation process
Improves speed to market and agility with IBM WebSphere BPM Suite and Business Rule Management System
Last updated: 31 May 2011
PLANSEE boosts efficiency and compresses database costs with SAP on IBM DB2
Migrated a suite of SAP software to two IBM Power 780 systems with 12 POWER7 processors each. IBM System Storage DS8100 and TS1130 tape drives provide storage, managed by IBM Tivoli Storage Manager. Working with IBM Software Services, PLANSEE replaced its existing Oracle database with IBM DB2 and activated de...
Last updated: 20 May 2011
Visa Europe ... Processing payments with unprecedented agility and reliability
Visa Europe teamed with IBM to develop a high-performance clearing and settlement platform serving 4000 member institutions. To handle a wide variety of local conditions, the platform enables Visa business users to rapidly assess and adjust thousands of business rules governing operations.
Last updated: 06 Apr 2011
Parazelsus leverages DB2 High Availability Disaster Recovery (HADR) for its SAP environment
Parazelsus decided to migrate its SAP ERP enterprise software from Oracle database to IBM DB2 database software and selected IBM Power 550 and Power 520 servers with POWER6 processors. The migration took two weeks, from planning to completion.
Last updated: 29 Mar 2011
Transforming demand generation, boosting responses up to sixfold ... IBM Unica empowers customers, accelerates key marketing processes, improves marketing performance
IBM needed to fundamentally transform the way it generates demand and manages customer responses and leads, accelerating its marketing processes, improving visibility and increasing response rates. To meet its goals, IBM implemented a new marketing platform based on integrated Unica and IBM technologies.
Last updated: 29 Mar 2011
RI-Solution boosts performance, cuts license fees and reduces storage costs with DB2 for SAP application
RI-Solution, responsible for server and applications hosting and management for the BayWa group, migrated from Oracle to IBM DB2 for Linux, Unix and Windows for all its SAP applications, and implemented DB2 9.5 Deep Compression for data.
Last updated: 04 Mar 2011
Knorr-Bremse puts the brake on costs using IBM DB2 for SAP Business Suite
Knorr-Bremse migrated 52 databases to IBM DB2 over a nine-month period. This allowed the company to avoid purchasing additional storage at an estimated cost of more than €200,000 in the first year. It reduced operational and maintenance costs by approximately 30 percent and cut database license fees by 15 per...
Last updated: 24 Jan 2011
Banco de Crédito del Peru vaults over the competition with help from IBM and SAP
Banco de Crédito del Peru implemented SAP ERP, SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse, SAP NetWeaver Portal, SAP Solution Manager and SAP BusinessObjects GRC.These applications are running on IBM BladeCenter JS43, IBM Power 595 and IBM Power 570 servers, all running the IBM AIX operating system landscape.
Last updated: 20 Jan 2011
Fratelli Carli S.p.a. IBM System z Video
A leading producer of premium olive oil and other consumer products, Fratelli Carli choose the IBM System z10 because of its ability to integrate modern Linux systems with fast VSE 'Legacy' applications in an extremely reliable and highly secure environment.
Last updated: 12 Jan 2011
McCormick tastes success with SAP applications with IBM DB2 on IBM Power
McCormick is upgrading its production SAP environment to IBM DB2 9.7 and replacing older servers with new IBM POWER7 processor-based machines. The company is using advanced features of DB2 such as compression, self-tuning memory management (STMM) and online reorgs to minimize downtime, reduce costs and boost ...
Last updated: 12 Jan 2011
Egyptian Ministry of Interior halves cost of apps with EGL
As antiterrorism laws tightened, the Ministry of Interior of Egypt had to improve the information collection process and enhance responsiveness. By using Enterprise Generation Language (EGL), IBM Informix and other IBM middleware products, the team converted its legacy system to a Java and web-based solution ...
Last updated: 27 Dec 2010
Major insurer grows 90 percent annually with IBM Industry Frameworks solutions
A major insurer leveraged an IBM Insurance Industry Framework approach and implemented the key components within the framework solutions—including IBM® WebSphere® Portal, IBM InfoSphere™, Master Data Management Server and FileNet®—to attain a unified, 360-degree view of its customers
Last updated: 27 Dec 2010
CIBER creates next-generation IT infrastructure solution for SAP hosting services
CIBER Managed Services GmbH built a dynamic Cloud Infrastructure for SAP landscapes, based on a combination of IBM server, storage, database, and system management software. The new storage infrastructure consists of the IBM XIV Storage System and IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC).
Last updated: 22 Dec 2010
ConvaTec beats business deadlines with help from SAP and IBM Global Business Services
ConvaTec engaged IBM Global Business Services to implement the IBM Life Sciences Express solution, a qualified SAP Business All-in-One solution, featuring core SAP ERP components that enable rapid deployment using templates and pre-configuration to accelerate time-to-value.
Last updated: 22 Dec 2010
United States Senate ... Reduces application response time from 30 seconds to less than two seconds with database query tuning
US Senate database administrators and software specialists reduce query response time from 20 to 30 seconds to less than two seconds when they implement IBM InfoSphere Optim Query Workload Tuner for database tuning.
Last updated: 22 Dec 2010
Voith increases performance and saves license and maintenance costs by introducing IBM DB2 for SAP applications
This technical paper explores how Voith IT Solutions has cut costs and improved system performance by migrating its SAP applications to IBM DB2 on the IBM Power platform. With support from SAP, IBM and IBM Premier Business Partner SVA, Voith has cut total data storage volumes through the use of IBM DB2 Deep C...
Last updated: 22 Dec 2010
Netcare keeps its finger on the pulse with rapid reporting from IBM and SAP
Netcare worked with T-Systems to migrate its SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse environment to IBM DB2 in just eight days, as a few weeks of meticulous planning were done in preparation. During the data migration, T-Systems introduced IBM DB2 Deep Row Compression to help reduce database sizes and increase perfo...
Last updated: 02 Dec 2010
MCS (Mortgage Contracting Services)
Support all e-business functions demanded by customers by integrating data into large database that could provide better performance, reliability and scalability than the Microsoft SQL Server database previously in use. The company chose IBM Informix over Oracle because of its ease of use and the scalability.
Last updated: 30 Nov 2010
Taikang Life Insurance Co Ltd. (Taikang)
Taikang needed to improve employee productivity and enhance customer service and business development opportunities by viewing all its customer and corporate information together regardless of what department it came from. The company used IBM InfoSphere Federation Server to enable a single central view of in...
Last updated: 30 Nov 2010
Taikang Life Insurance Co Ltd. (Taikang)
Taikang needed to improve employee productivity and enhance customer service and business development opportunities by viewing all its customer and corporate information together regardless of what department it came from. The company used IBM InfoSphere Federation Server to enable a single central view of in...
Last updated: 30 Nov 2010
UPMC pairs IBM ProtecTIER and IBM XIV solutions ... Winning the backup battle
This case study shows how UPMC, a leading integrated global health enterprise, combined IBM System Storage ProtecTIER deduplication and IBM XIV solutions to create a more robust storage and backup environment that saves space and boosts performance while remaining cost-effective.
Last updated: 30 Nov 2010
Group Mannheimer Versicherungen reduces operational costs by 30 percent with SAP and IBM
Migrated from HP servers running SAP applications and Oracle databases in the Microsoft Windows Server environment to IBM infrastructure. SAP ERP applications, DB2 and other in-house and business intelligence applications run in multiple virtual servers on IBM Power 570 servers running AIX and the Unicode sta...
Last updated: 15 Nov 2010
SKH Metals Limited ... Facilitating two-hour just-in-time manufacturing
SKH Metals selected SAP ERP applications, including financials, controlling, materials management, sales and distribution, production planning, warehouse management, quality management and materials requirements planning, supported by IBM DB2® information management software.
Last updated: 12 Oct 2010
University of California – Office of the President ... Reducing risk and lowering costs with integrated data management
The University of California needed a proper framework for its enterprise risk management. UC engaged IBM to implement an Enterprise Risk Management Information System (ERMIS).
Last updated: 07 Oct 2010
Sharp Corporation creates information agility with SAP and IBM
Sharp deployed IBM Power Systems p595 servers running IBM AIX®, IBM DB2®, IBM WebSphere® Application Server, IBM WebSphere MQ, IBM WebSphere Message Broker, IBM Tivoli® OMEGAMON®, IBM Global Integrated View (GIView) Planner, IBM Global Integrated View (GIView) Enterprise MES.
Last updated: 06 Oct 2010
mypoint.com increases flexibility for adding services with IBM DB2
In upgrading its point royalty service website, mypoint.com found that its existing database platform from Oracle didn’t provide the flexibility needed to add new attributes and functions.
Last updated: 29 Sep 2010
Fukuoka District Waterworks Agency ... Keeps the water running with automated asset management
Fukuoka District Water works Agency needed to develop water supply asset management system in a short term, and IBM Maximo which can improve facility/asset management and maintenance management was adopted to build this system
Last updated: 27 Sep 2010
Delivering a customized technical support experience ... IBM creates an online portal for comprehensive support
IBM delivers a customized technical support experience with a unified, customizable global support portal for all IBM systems, software and services based on IBM WebSphere Portal and IBM Rational software
Last updated: 16 Sep 2010
IBM Informix reliability supports leading auto dealerships in Brazil
Dia System delivers reliable ERP and CRM systems for leading automotive dealerships in Brazil using IBM Informix and development tools from IBM Business Partner GeneXus.
Last updated: 31 Aug 2010
Grandi Navi Veloci ... Real-time pricing updates create a smarter passenger pricing system
A large Italian ferry company maximizes passenger revenue and optimizes garage space allocation of its ferry runs using a real-time forecasting and pricing application implemented by IBM Global Business Services
Last updated: 30 Aug 2010
Precedence Health Care ... Developing a care management system to effectively manage treatment of patients with chronic disease
Precedence Health Care worked with IBM to develop the Chronic Disease Management Network (CDM-Net), which allows all caregivers to track and share information, helping ensure the effective delivery of a collaborative treatment plan and, more importantly, a better quality of life for patients.
Last updated: 03 Aug 2010
SKH Metals switches to two-hour just-in-time manufacturing with SAP ERP applications and IBM DB2
SKH Metals selected SAP ERP applications, including financials, controlling, materials management, sales and distribution, production planning, warehouse management, quality management, materials requirements planning, based on IBM DB2 information management.
Last updated: 25 Jun 2010
Famous Smoke Shop increases online presence and enhances security with IBM Informix
An IBM Informix user since 1994, Famous Smoke Shop upgraded to Informix 11.5 to gain the scalability and security necessary to support its 10 percent year-over-year growth in online sales since 2000 and to help staff protect customers’ credit card information.
Last updated: 30 Apr 2010
Hildebrand solves a key problem in smart metering research ... With IBM Informix technologies for time-series data management
Working with the software laboratory at IBM Hursley, Hildebrand ran several proofs-of-concept and created a solution based on IBM Informix technologies that has the potential to collect, store and analyse detailed energy usage information from millions of homes in real time.
Last updated: 29 Apr 2010
International construction company MEVA builds a super-efficient business with SAP and IBM
MEVA worked with IBM Global Business Services to create a single, centralized solution based on SAP ERP applications. The software runs on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on IBM System x servers, supported by an IBM DB2 database. VMware ESX allows MEVA to run multiple virtual servers on each physical machine.
Last updated: 26 Apr 2010
Sabó drives database costs down by migrating SAP applications to IBM DB2
Sabó achieved a successful migration of its SAP database to IBM DB2 in only three months. Using IBM DB2 Deep Compression technology, Sabó were able to decrease database size by more than 50 percent from 1.4TB to 560GB.
Last updated: 29 Mar 2010
New York State saves $889 million by optimizing audit case selection
The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance implemented a tax audit and compliance system that automatically rejects refund requests that are clearly ineligible. As a result, the department has increased its ability to recover funds from erroneous returns from US$56 million to over US$200 million an...
Last updated: 26 Mar 2010
Lextron feeds rapid, acquisitive growth with SAP and IBM
Working with iTelligence, an SAP Gold Partner and Global Services Partner, Lextron implemented SAP ERP solutions as a single, centralized instance for all its divisions, with an IBM DB2 database. Lextron is taking advantage of DB2 Deep Compression technology, saving a total of some 175GB across the whole syst...
Last updated: 11 Mar 2010
Rasselstein: migration to IBM DB2 helps to cut costs and improve performance for business-critical SAP applications
Implemented IBM DB2 9.5 for Linux, Unix and Windows Enterprise Server Edition with Storage Optimization feature, managed by IBM Information Management Software Services; completed the database and Unicode conversion processes in a single step.
Last updated: 11 Mar 2010
FOX Broadcasting: Making room for HD with an IBM digital archive solution
FOX teamed with IBM to create a first-of-its-kind, direct-to-digital storage solution for HD video that eliminates the need for costly videotape recorders and media.
Last updated: 28 Feb 2010
SuperPharm transforms the pharmacy business in Trinidad with help from an ERP/POS solution from VAI and IBM
VAI and IBM solution helped SuperPharm transform the pharmacy business in Trinidad, providing customers with the first ‘superstore’ shopping environment and SuperPharm with one of the first secure, centralized, continuously available retail management systems on the island.
Last updated: 28 Jan 2010
NetworkIP supports expansion with IBM Informix and System x
IBM Informix Dynamic Server 10 and 11.5 upgrade and migration to IBM System x hardware enabled increased efficiency, security, safety and cost savings
Last updated: 23 Dec 2009
IDS Scheer shows how virtualization dramatically simplifies a complex IT infrastructure
This paper describes how IDS Scheer has successfully deployed both server and storage virtualization technologies, achieving remarkable results in terms of increased performance and reduced total cost of ownership.
Last updated: 21 Dec 2009
CLS: Revolutionising the way the world settles foreign exchange trades
CLS Group created a groundbreaking process for FX settlement, then partnered with IBM to design, develop and manage the global IT infrastructure needed to support it.
Last updated: 17 Dec 2009
University of Berlin boosts performance with IBM Informix
The Technical University of Berlin boosts system performance and availability with IBM Informix 11.5
Last updated: 10 Dec 2009
Uratex drives profitability with SAP Business All-in-One on IBM technology
Worked with SAP Value Added Reseller BayanTrade to implement an SAP Business All-in-One solution, initially at two sites and ultimately across the group, based on an IBM System x server, IBM System Storage and IBM DB2.
Last updated: 03 Dec 2009
REHAU: Future IT strategy developed based on SAP software and DB2
Consolidation of all business processes using SAP and DB2, based on the SAP Adaptive Computing FlexFrame™ for SAP® solution from Fujitsu Siemens Computers with Linux®
Last updated: 26 Oct 2009
Mayo Clinic helps radiologists pinpoint potential problems
Mayo Clinic worked with IBM to create new analytic algorithms and integrate them seamlessly into its radiology workflow.
Last updated: 14 Oct 2009
Online HR specialist theHRfiles upgrades database, enhances user experience, expands client base
With IBM DB2, theHRfiles gained the scalability, security, high performance and rapid ROI it need to support a growing client base.
Last updated: 30 Sep 2009
Kyocera Mita Europe performs a successful SAP upgrade with IBM Global Business Services
IBM Global Business Services helped Kyocera Mita Europe plan and execute an upgrade to SAP ERP 6.0 and IBM DB2 9.1, using the Combined Upgrade and Unicode Conversion (CU&UC) methodology. To avoid business disruption, IBM helped the company run both the new and the old environments in parallel.
Last updated: 10 Sep 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
eterna Mode enjoys lower administrative costs with Informix Dynamic Server 11
eterna Mode GmbH wanted to optimize both its internal and external processes--from design to production to delivery. eterna Mode decided on the ERP system AVM CLIENT-ORGA from IBM Business Partner AVM GmbH & Co. Softbase KG. The system is based on the IBM Informix Dynamic Server V11.10 (IDS) database softwar...
Last updated: 30 Jun 2009
Data sheets
IBM DB2 10.5 with BLU Acceleration - multi-workload database software for the big data era
DB2 is designed to help ensure that your data systems are fast, always available, scalable and flexible—while also supporting a wide variety of new mobile, social and analytical applications.
Last updated: 29 Apr 2013
DB2 Advanced Enterprise Server Edition
Streamlined packaging delivers enhanced value without adding complexity
Last updated: 18 Oct 2012
IBM® DB2® 10 Express® Edition
IBM® DB2® 10 Express® Edition is a comprehensive, high-performance, scalable database management system designed to meet the needs of small and medium businesses, academic institutions and IBM Business Partners.
Last updated: 10 Apr 2012
Demos
DB2 Storage Optimization: Do more with less
Learn more from this short flash video!
Last updated: 02 Apr 2013
Discover DB2!
Now there is a way to meet the challenge of managing massive data with reduced expense and complexity. IBM DB2 can help you free your business from database constraints and reach new heights of business efficiency, while keeping costs to a minimum.
Last updated: 21 Dec 2012
DB2 pureScale demo
IBM DB2 pureScale can help your business break free from database constraints and reach new heights.
Last updated: 17 Oct 2012
Database Management Solutions for IBM DB2
Learn how to manage data growth, deploy applications quickly and reduce the total cost of ownership.
Last updated: 09 Oct 2012
Simplify the move to DB2
IBM DB2 SQL compatibility feature enables customers to migrate more easily from Oracle. DB2 has slashed the time and effort needed to move applications from one database to another.
Last updated: 14 Sep 2012
Which edition of DB2 is right for you?
Take this online, interactive demo to gauge the best edition of DB2 for your business needs. It will help you determine the right edition of DB2.
Last updated: 23 Apr 2012
IBM Cloud Assessment Tool
Do you have projects that require a database but lack the capacity to support them? Take our Cloud assessment to see which cloud solution best fits your needs.
Last updated: 25 Nov 2011
Benefits of DB2 pureXML
Learn how DB2 pureXML seamlessly integrates XML and relational data. The adoption of XML data is increasing rapidly. If you are working with XML data, take a couple of minutes to view this brief demo on DB2 pureXML.
Last updated: 17 May 2009
Information centers
IBM DB2 10 Information Center for Linux, UNIX and Windows
Here you can find information describing how to use the DB2 10 family of products and features.
Last updated: 14 Dec 2012
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: 13 Dec 2012
IBM DB2 9.5 Information Center for Linux, UNIX and Windows
Here you can find information describing how to use the DB2 9.5 family of products and features.
Last updated: 12 Dec 2012
Podcasts
DB2 Time Travel Query
Temporal data management with IBM DB2 Time Travel Query.
Last updated: 05 Apr 2012
Product documentation
DB2 features and functions by edition
The table indicates which functionality is included in a DB2 product edition. If the functionality is not included but it is available in a DB2 feature, the name of the feature is specified. You must obtain a license for that DB2 feature as well as for the DB2 database product edition.
Last updated: 20 Aug 2012
DB2 Product Documentation
Version 10.1 Version 9.8 Version 9.7 Version 9.5 or earlier
Last updated: 17 Aug 2012
Solution sheets
DB2 Advanced Recovery Solutions for Linux, UNIX and Windows
Protect data and help accelerate recovery while minimizing the cost of downtime
Last updated: 12 Nov 2012
Performance management and optimization solutions for IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows
Manage and optimize your database environment before poor performance affects your business
Last updated: 01 Sep 2012
InfoSphere Optim Query Tuner
Proactive query tuning for application developers
Last updated: 19 Jan 2011
Videos
Analytics capabilities of IBM DB2 with BLU Acceleration
Learn more from this short flash video!
Last updated: 03 Apr 2013
BLU Acceleration in DB2: Creating true competitive differentiation
Learn more from this short flash video!
Last updated: 03 Apr 2013
Keep Your Business Up and Running with IBM DB2
Learn more from this short flash video!
Last updated: 12 Mar 2013
IBM DB2: Free your business from database constraints
Learn more from this short flash video!
Last updated: 04 Mar 2013
Webcasts
DB2 Tech Talk: Deep Dive on BLU Acceleration in DB2 10.5
Learn about technical features of DB2 10.5 BLU Acceleration, such as Dynamic in-memory analytics, Parallel vector processing, Enhanced columnar storage techniques, Actionable compression and more.
Last updated: 30 May 2013
DB2 Tech Talk: Real-World Warehousing for Technical Pros: What's Current and Where is it Going?
Data warehousing is a rapidly growing and exciting area of technology because warehouse applications provide insightful information. While keeping OLTP systems in top condition is often a focus, warehousing has become a must-have skill. This technical webcast quickly expands your data warehousing skills.
Last updated: 28 Mar 2013
DB2 Tech Talk DB2 in a Big Data World with XML & RDF Graph Store
Big Data is a hot topic because it is now possible to analyze all available data - structured relational and unstructuctured (sensors, Internet etc). While commonly associated with relational data, DB2 handles non-relational types too. Learn about features that make DB2 suitable for certain Big Data applications.
Last updated: 31 Jan 2013
DB2 Tech Talk: What's Hot from Information on Demand for DB2 and Data Management
Hot news from the Information on Demand conference about DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows and other IBM Data Management products! Don't miss this Tech Talk! Serge Rielau is your host and presenter. Serge will be including guest speakers for some key topic areas. Immediately available for replay at same link.
Last updated: 24 Oct 2012
DB2 for LUW Tech Talk: Compression Comparison DB2 v. Oracle Database and The Rest
Join Chris Eaton and host Serge Rielau for a discussion of DB2 Compression capabilities. He will compare DB2 to Oracle Database and other industry databases, explaining the features and advantages that help to maximize valuable storage resources.
Last updated: 27 Sep 2012
Unleash the power of database patterns on the cloud
Database as a Service (DBaaS) capabilities can dramatically simplify database deployment and management. The IBM solution gives you the additional capability of using patterns. Patterns provide a way to capture and re-use industry best practices as well as your own in-house best practices in a repeatable, deployable form.
Last updated: 21 Sep 2012
DB2 for LUW Tech Talk: Making RealTime Operational Warehouses a Reality
Learn about query performance enhancements as well as the Continuoys Data Ingest Feature for data warehousing. These enhancements are available in both DB2 10 for Linux, UNIX and Windows as well as InfoSphere Warehouse 10.
Last updated: 11 Sep 2012
IT Budget Killers: Data on the cloud: Simplify provisioning and dramatically lower costs
Join this webcast to understand which workloads are best suited for the cloud and how cloud computing can help simplify provisioning and mitigate issues associated with over- and under-provisioning.
Last updated: 31 Aug 2012
IT Budget Killers: The need for high availability
This webcast focuses on DB2 pureScale to provide a highly available and scalable environment. It employs a holistic view, inclusive of archiving and general data integration policies, so your most important data and systems are available, and can grow with minimal effort.
Last updated: 31 Aug 2012
DB2 Tech Talk: Best practices for Database Application Performance Management
We will examine the best practices deigned to ensure strong performance of business-critical database applications running on the DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows product when InfoSphere Optim series of tools are used.
Last updated: 30 Aug 2012
DB2 Tech Talk: Part Two Certification Prep for DB2 10 for LUW Fundamentals 610 Certification
This two part Tech Talk is designed to help you prepare for the all new DB2 10 for LUW Fundamentals Exam 610.
Last updated: 02 Aug 2012
DB2 Tech Talk: Part One Certification Prep for DB2 10 for LUW Fundamentals Exam
This two part Tech Talk is designed to help you prepare for the all new DB2 10 for LUW Fundamentals Exam 610.
Last updated: 26 Jul 2012
New releases from Intel and IBM offer breakthrough database performance
Join us to hear about the performance enhancements, exciting NoSQL capabilities, and productivity enhancement features that make DB2 the must-have database software for your environment.
Last updated: 02 Jul 2012
White papers
The fast lane to insight: Accelerating analytics from the department to the enterprise
IBM DB2 delivers data warehousing capabilities that help organizations extract insight from all types of data, delivering the information on time and in context so that business leaders can
Last updated: 03 Apr 2013
Gathering momentum for data in the cloud: Once a trend, now a revolution with real business benefits
This white paper explores approaches to cloud computing and the steps required to make the cloud a viable, vital part of your IT organization.
Last updated: 23 Apr 2012
Transparent Application Scaling with IBM DB2
IBM® DB2® pureScale® is designed to address your current and future business needs for continuous availability with a system that combines high availability with truly transparent application scaling.
Last updated: 10 Apr 2012
Improving data quality for exceptional business accuracy and compliance
Temporal data management with IBM DB2 Time Travel Query.
Last updated: 05 Apr 2012