Analyst reports
The Market for SAP Optimization Options: Test Data Management
As SAP customers choose their go-forward application strategy and consider test data management solutions for application lifecycle projects, Constellation Research discusses recommended criteria and the key benefits of test data management and impact analysis solutions.
Last updated: 14 Dec 2011
Gartner: InfoSphere Optim leads database archiving market
Enterprise application data continues to grow exponentially. To that end, today's organizations should consider database archiving solutions available through third-party vendors to control storage and operational costs
Last updated: 16 Sep 2011
Solid Vendor Solutions Bolster Database Archiving Market
Enterprise application data continues to grow exponentially. To that end, today's organizations should consider database archiving solutions available through third-party vendors to control storage and operational costs.
Last updated: 25 Aug 2011
Building an Enterprise-wide Data Archiving Strategy
Join Forrester Research analyst, Noel Yuhanna, as he discusses the best practices for controlling this expanding data growth through effective data archiving strategy
Last updated: 17 Aug 2011
IDC Best Practices in Database Archiving and Information Lifecycle
Archiving, sub setting, masking and test data generation are proven best practices that have helped IT organizations worldwide improve performance, control costs and automate data retention for enterprise applications.
Last updated: 25 May 2011
Gartner - Selection criteria for database archiving products
Gartner analyst, Sheila Childs, describes the selection criteria recommended for organizations to consider when purchasing a database archiving product.
Last updated: 11 Apr 2011
Forrester Analyst Report: Your Enterprise Data Archiving Strategy
This recent Forrester report shows that archiving solutions are essential for an enterprise-wide, with IBM providing the most comprehensive data archiving solution in the market.
Last updated: 23 Feb 2011
Forrester Consulting - Total Economic Impact of IBM Optim Solutions
Forrester Consulting examines the total economic impact (TEI) & potential ROI that enterprises may realize by deploying Optim. In conducting in-depth interviews with four existing customers, Forrester found that these companies achieved tangible improvements in operational and capital cost efficiency.
Last updated: 30 Apr 2010
Freeform Dynamics Report: Application Retirement: What about the Data?
Increasing the chances of migration success. A data-centric view on rationalisation and retirement.
Last updated: 15 Jan 2010
Bloor Research: Data Discovery
by Philip Howard, Bloor Research In this paper we will discuss what data discovery is, why it is important, what sort of functionality you should be looking for in a data discovery product and the different approaches to data discovery that are currently available.
Last updated: 27 Oct 2009
IDC Report: Driving the Real Value from a CRM Solution in a High-Volume Contact Center
The combination of Amdocs CRM and IBM's DB2 and Optim products provides a compelling solution to contact center management designed to deliver a scalable solution that can accommodate the growing data requirements of the contact center while ensuring ongoing customer satisfaction.
Last updated: 20 Sep 2009
Data Governance in the Software Lifecycle. Assuring the security of sensitive information
Business Community Reasearch Report by Freeform Dynamics highlights the dangers of data breach from within your organisation
Last updated: 07 Aug 2009
Test Data Management and the Software Development Lifecycle Webcast
In today’s application development landscape, the focus is on increasing organizational efficiency to be more agile. Being agile does not mean sacrificing process, as some may think; but rather using smaller and more focused iterations to see quicker results.
Last updated: 26 Jun 2009
Managing Data Growth on System Z
We believe that users of z Series (amongst others) should seriously consider the implementation of a solution such as IBM Optim for addressing the issues discussed in this paper.
Last updated: 14 Nov 2008
Announcement letters
IBM InfoSphere Optim solutions V8.1
IBM InfoSphere Optim solutions V8.1 include new features supporting Test Data Management, Data Masking, Data Growth, and Application Retirement
Last updated: 27 Nov 2011
InfoSphere Optim Data Find
InfoSphere Optim Data Find brings additional depth, insight, and agility to the Optim Data Growth Solutions by facilitating faster searches of Optim archives.
Last updated: 02 Dec 2010
IBM Optim Query Workload Tuner for DB2 for z/OS , V2.2.1 can help cut cost and improve performance
Write more efficient database queries and improve database design. And you will benefit from lower total cost of ownership of hardware and software by optimizing the performance of your databases and the queries they run against them.
Last updated: 19 Oct 2010
IBM InfoSphere Data Architect V7.5.3
Announcement Letter IBM InfoSphere Data Architect V7.5.3 manages top-down and bottom-up modeling and design for enterprise data warehouse
Last updated: 05 Oct 2010
IBM InfoSphere Optim System Analyzer for SAP Applications
Announcement Letter IBM InfoSphere Optim System Analyzer for SAP Applications analyzes the impact of changes on SAP systems and provides diagnostics in real time
Last updated: 05 Oct 2010
IBM Optim High Performance Unload for DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows V4.2
Announcement Letter IBM Optim High Performance Unload for DB2 for Linux , UNIX , and Windows V4.2 is a solution for unloading, extracting, and repartitioning data with higher speed and less demand on system resources, supports DB2 pureScale
Last updated: 05 Oct 2010
Unleash your information with DB2 9.7 Advanced Enterprise Server Edition
Announcement Letter IBM® DB2® V9.7 Advanced Enterprise Server Edition for Linux®, UNIX®, and Windows® (LUW) brings together the key functionality leading companies need to effectively manage their data.
Last updated: 05 Oct 2010
InfoSphere Optim Data Growth Solution for DB2 for z/OS
Announcement Letter The InfoSphere Optim Data Growth Solution for DB2 for z/OS is a data archiving solution that creates a permanent, unchangeable archive copy of related production data across multiple data sources.
Last updated: 06 Apr 2010
New and Improved offers from Optim distributed products Version 7.3
Announcement Letter A follow-on to IBM Optim distributed products Version 7.3 offer new database and operating system support, extract and archive performance improvements, and deeper Optim Designer support.
Last updated: 06 Apr 2010
Optim Performance Manager Extended Edition for DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows
Announcement Letter A follow-on to DB2 Performance Expert, Optim Performance Manager Extended Edition for DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows provides a comprehensive, proactive performance management approach.
Last updated: 06 Apr 2010
Books
IBM® Tools for DB2® for Linux, UNIX and Windows
Extending your capabilities to manage DB2 database and transaction processing workloads
Last updated: 25 Oct 2011
Data Governance Unified Process
Driving business value with IBM software and best practices
Last updated: 19 Nov 2010
Empowering DBAs with Tools to Manage Data Throughout Its Lifecycle eBook
Learn how Optim helps deliver increasing value across the data lifecycle, empowering DBAs. IBM has a single, integrated data management environment, so you can design, develop, deploy and manage database applications throughout the data lifecycle.
Last updated: 06 Jun 2009
Briefs
A smarter approach to archiving.
Struggling with your organization’s information explosion? Unable to manage complex information infrastructures and runaway storage costs? Can’t unlock knowledge residing within your information especially when challenged? Learn how the IBM Smart Archive strategy can save you time and money and put you on a path to success.
Last updated: 11 Jan 2011
Brochures
Performance management and optimization solutions for IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows
Manage and optimize performance of your database environment before it impacts your business.
Last updated: 28 Nov 2011
IBM Optim™ Solutions for Managing Performance
IBM Optim™ Solutions for Managing Performance
Last updated: 01 Mar 2010
IBM Optim™ Database Management Professional Edition
IBM Optim™ Database Management Professional Edition
Last updated: 01 Aug 2009
Case studies
Aviva UK Health strengthens PCI and data privacy compliance
Aviva UK Health leverages IBM InfoSphere Guardium Data Redaction to support compliance with PCI-DSS and DPA requirements that threatened its ability to maintain payment card options for its customers, safeguard credit card sales, and protect brand integrity.
Last updated: 25 Mar 2011
A European National Railway Company ... Lowers cost and improves compliance with Smart Archive Strategy
Using an IBM Smart Archive Strategy solution, the company can manage and govern information over its life cycle while reducing costs. Structured and unstructured data and content related to ticket sales can be captured from any source and viewed through a single, easy-to-use interface.
Last updated: 29 Dec 2010
HM Land Registry cuts batch processing time by 99% with IBM DB2 9 for z/OS
Government agency’s popular E-conveyancing system while streamlining functions resulting in higher availability and lower costs. offers secure online land ownership transactions while lowering total cost of ownership. Solution: IBM DB2 9 for z/OS, IBM WebSphere, and IBM System z enable the
Last updated: 16 Nov 2010
UGF Assicurazioni: Slashes costs and improves performance with database query tuning
UGF Assicurazioni significantly reduces the time and cost associated with fine tuning database queries to deliver high-performance reliable applications using IBM Optim Query Workload Tuner.
Last updated: 29 Oct 2010
Large healthcare insurer improves application testing and protects privacy with IBM Optim
IBM® Optim™ Data Privacy Solution provides comprehensive data masking capabilities to protect privacy across nonproduction environments, while IBM Optim Test Data Management Solution provides automated subset-and-compare capabilities to improve testing efficiencies
Last updated: 11 Jan 2010
Thiess expedites JD Edwards EnterpriseOne upgrade and improves application service levels by managing data growth.
IBM® Optim™ provides comprehensive archive capabilities that help minimize costly downtime during an upgrade, allowing companies to speed the deployment of new application functionality.
Last updated: 24 Jul 2008
British Telecom takes control of Amdocs CRM data growth to maintain service level agreements.
IBM® Optim™ provides capabilities that are fully integrated with Amdocs® CRM. Data can be saved to archives, where the it can be easily researched and restored when needed.
Last updated: 23 Jun 2008
Cetelem enhances test data management processes to support worldwide business operations.
IBM Optim provides a consistent test data management methodology and subsetting capabilities to create smaller, more realistic testing environments.
Last updated: 31 May 2008
Toshiba TEC Europe uses Optim to control Oracle application data growth and improve business processes.
IBM Optim provides comprehensive database archiving capabilities to address data growth issues and integrates with Oracle E-Business Suite to improve overall business processes.
Last updated: 31 May 2008
Arek Oy deploys IBM Optim to deliver the largest information management system in Finland.
IBM® Optim™ provides proven test data management and data privacy capabilities that support the Pension Earnings and Accrual System architecture and satisfy automated testing requirements.
Last updated: 30 May 2008
Allianz Seguros, Barcelona, implements Optim to improve the delivery of new insurance products and services.
IBM® Optim™ provides proven test data management, data masking, and database archiving capabilities that enable organizations to improve application reliability, mitigate risk and control costs.
Last updated: 25 Apr 2008
Financial services companies protect data privacy by de-identifying confidential data in non-production environments.
To improve corporate governance, many organizations are proactively looking for effective solutions to manage private data more securely.
Last updated: 31 Mar 2008
MidAmerican Energy archives customer and business data to improve application service levels and support continued business expansion
MidAmerican Energy Company, the largest utility in Iowa, is strategically located among several major markets in the Midwest. The company serves more than 706,000 electric customers and more than 687,000 natural gas customers, and is committed to providing superior customer service.
Last updated: 31 Mar 2008
Data sheets
IBM InfoSphere Guardium Data Encryption - Protect sensitive data against theft, misuse and exposure
IBM InfoSphere Guardium Data Encryption is designed to help organizations safeguard data in both online and offline environments.
Last updated: 19 Jan 2011
IBM® InfoSphere™ Guardium® Data Redaction
Automatically recognize and remove sensitive content from documents and forms
Last updated: 29 Dec 2010
Demos
InfoSphere Optim Self-Service Business Value Assessment
This Business Value Assessment tool has been developed to allow clients, prospects and business partners to conduct their own BVA and use this to help build and clarify the business case for investing in the InfoSphere Optim Data Growth Solution.
Last updated: 15 May 2012
InfoSphere Optim Test Data Management Solution for SAP Applications
InfpoSphere Optim Test Data Management Solution for SAP enables organizations to create targeted, “right-sized” subsets faster and more efficiently for shorter testing cycles and faster application delivery.
Last updated: 23 Apr 2012
Features and Benefits of IBM Optim Integrated Data Management Demo
This 4 minute flash demonstration features the IBM Optim and InfoSphere portfolio. Together these offerings provide an integrated, modular data management environment. It documents client success stories and highlights the key business and technical values of these portfolios.
Last updated: 08 Jun 2010
Features and Benefits of IBM Optim Integrated Data Management Demo
This 4 minute flash demonstration features the IBM Optim and InfoSphere portfolio. Together these offerings provide an integrated, modular data management environment. It documents client success stories and highlights the key business and technical values of these portfolios.
Last updated: 08 Jun 2010
InfoSphere Optim System Analyzer for SAP Applications
Client-facing self-running demo of InfoSphere Optim System Analyzer for SAP Applications. Includes voice-over and captions.
Last updated: 08 Jun 2010
Smarter Data Management - Controlling Data Growth
Data growth is one of the most significant challenges facing organizations today. New forms of data, the retention of additional detail for analysis, increasing pressure for high availability of more of the data, regulatory and security requirements all are contributing to substantial rises in data volume.
Last updated: 10 Feb 2010
InfoSphere Optim Solutions for Oracle E-Business Suite
Self-running product demo designed to provide an overview of the InfoSphere Optim solution for Oracle E-Business, as well as a brief demonstration for how it works.
Last updated: 08 Jan 2008
Information centers
IBM Data Studio
This Information Center contains product information for IBM Data Studio
Last updated: 19 Jan 2011
InfoSphere Data Architect
This Information Center contains product information for InfoSphere Data Architect
Last updated: 19 Jan 2011
Optim Database Administrator
This Information Center contains product information for Optim Database Administrator
Last updated: 19 Jan 2011
Optim Development Studio
This Information Center contains product information for Optim Development Studio
Last updated: 19 Jan 2011
Optim Query Tuner and Optim Query Workload Tuner
This Information Center contains product information for Optim Query Tuner and Optim Query Workload Tuner
Last updated: 19 Jan 2011
Podcasts
Automation of sensitive data identification and redaction
Protecting sensitive information is a hot topic, especially with so many high profile data breaches, like the recent attacks at Sony, Lockheed Martin and RSA. Organizations, large and small, are looking to protect sensitive data in documents, forms and images.
Last updated: 31 Aug 2011
Solution sheets
InfoSphere Optim Test Data Management Solution
Streamline test data management and deliver reliable application upgrades and enhancements
Last updated: 18 Oct 2011
IBM InfoSphere Guardium Data Encryption helps secure SAP data
Encrypt SAP data to help protect your SAP environment and address compliance requirements
Last updated: 20 Sep 2011
IBM® InfoSphere™ Optim™ Test Data Management solution for SAP applications
Deliver reliable SAP application enhancements
Last updated: 04 Jul 2011
InfoSphere Optim Data Growth Solution for Application Retirement
Provides proven database archiving capabilities that enable IT organizations to archive and safely remove historical reference data from the application or system being consolidated or decommissioned.
Last updated: 10 May 2011
InfoSphere Optim Application Repository Analyzer
Maximize the value of Oracle packaged applications by supporting life-cycle activities
Last updated: 11 Apr 2011
InfoSphere Optim System Analyzer for SAP applications
IBM® InfoSphere® Optim™ System Analyzer is a diagnostic tool that is designed to automatically identify SAP system changes and to understand their impact.
Last updated: 10 Apr 2011
InfoSphere Optim Database Administrator
Effective change management for dynamic application and database environments
Last updated: 19 Jan 2011
InfoSphere Optim Data Growth Solution for Amdocs CRM
Control and manage Amdocs CRM data to drive superior results
Last updated: 19 Jan 2011
InfoSphere Optim Data Growth Solution for PeopleSoft Enterprise Campus Solutions
Manage student and alumni data throughout the information life cycle
Last updated: 19 Jan 2011
InfoSphere Optim Data Masking solution for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
Protect the privacy of confidential data in nonproduction environments
Last updated: 19 Jan 2011
InfoSphere Optim Data Masking solution for Oracle E-Business Suite
Protect the privacy of confidential data in nonproduction environments
Last updated: 19 Jan 2011
InfoSphere Optim Data Masking solution for PeopleSoft Enterprise
Protect the privacy of confidential data in non-production environments
Last updated: 19 Jan 2011
InfoSphere Optim Data Masking solution for Siebel CRM
Protect the privacy of confidential data in nonproduction environments.
Last updated: 19 Jan 2011
InfoSphere Optim Development Studio and IBM InfoSphere Optim pureQuery Runtime
Revolutionize the way databases and applications are developed, tested and deployed
Last updated: 19 Jan 2011
InfoSphere Optim Query Tuner
Proactive query tuning for application developers
Last updated: 19 Jan 2011
InfoSphere Optim Test Data Management solution for Oracle E-Business Suite
Streamline test data management and deliver reliable application upgrades and enhancements
Last updated: 19 Jan 2011
InfoSphere Optim Test Data Management solution for PeopleSoft Enterprise
Streamline test data management and deliver reliable application upgrades and enhancements
Last updated: 19 Jan 2011
InfoSphere Optim Test Data Management solution for Siebel CRM
Streamline test data management and deliver reliable application upgrades and enhancements
Last updated: 19 Jan 2011
InfoSphere Optim Test Data Management solution for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
Streamline test data management and deliver reliable application upgrades and enhancements
Last updated: 11 Jan 2011
InfoSphere Optim solutions help boost data warehouse performance
Boost data warehouse performance, improve data management and support compliance requirements
Last updated: 08 Jan 2011
InfoSphere Optim High Performance Unload for DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows
Rapidly unload, extract and repartition data
Last updated: 01 Jan 2011
InfoSphere Optim Data Growth solution for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
Capitalize on the power of enterprise data management for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
Last updated: 29 Dec 2010
InfoSphere Optim Data Growth solution for Oracle E-Business Suite
Take command of Oracle E-Business Suite data to drive business results
Last updated: 29 Dec 2010
InfoSphere Optim Data Growth solution for PeopleSoft Enterprise
Take command of PeopleSoft Enterprise data to drive business results
Last updated: 29 Dec 2010
InfoSphere Optim Data Growth solution for Siebel Customer Relationship ManagementROI
Align Siebel data management with business objectives for maximum
Last updated: 29 Dec 2010
InfoSphere Optim Data Growth Solution
A single, scalable data management solution offering benefits across the enterprise.
Last updated: 08 Nov 2010
InfoSphere Optim Data Masking solution
By employing a data protection strategy across all areas and all types of data, organizations can ensure enterprise data is kept secure and protected.
Last updated: 08 Nov 2010
InfoSphere Optim Query Workload Tuner
Optimize application performance to help reduce costs and increase client satisfaction
Last updated: 01 Sep 2010
InfoSphere Optim solutions for custom and packaged applications
Align application data management with critical business objectives.
Last updated: 01 Sep 2010
InfoSphere Optim Performance Manager Extended Edition
Identify, diagnose, solve and prevent performance problems before they impact the business
Last updated: 01 Aug 2010
Webcasts
Closing the Data Privacy Gap: How Safe is Your Data?
InfoSphere Optim can help organizations think holistically about data security and privacy by implementing protection strategies in non-production environments which are often overlooked.
Last updated: 05 Apr 2012
Streamlining Access to Test Data for Testers and Developers
Download this complimentary webcast to learn more about challenges in test data management, streamlining test data delivery and establishing a collaborative test data management process, all while reducing test time.
Last updated: 08 Feb 2012
Building an Enterprise-wide Data Archiving Strategy, Forrester Research analyst, Noel Yuhanna
In this webcast, Forrester Research analyst, Noel Yuhanna, discusses the best practices for controlling this expanding data growth through an effective data archiving strategy - improving application performance, mitigating the risks associated with growing data volumes, and reducing the cost of servers and storage.
Last updated: 17 Aug 2011
Building an Enterprise-wide Data Archiving Strategy, Forrester Research analyst, Noel Yuhanna
In this webcast, Forrester Research analyst, Noel Yuhanna, discusses the best practices for controlling this expanding data growth through an effective data archiving strategy - improving application performance, mitigating the risks associated with growing data volumes, and reducing the cost of servers and storage.
Last updated: 17 Aug 2011
Strategies for securing enterprise data
Data breaches, privacy violations and increasing regulatory requirements are frequent challenges forcing today’s organizations to recognize the need to take a more strategic approach to information governance and data privacy. Securing and protecting data
Last updated: 15 Aug 2011
Managing the application life cycle: How organizations optimize their SAP
Today’s organizations depend on the accuracy, quality and reliability of SAP® applications to support critical business operations. To that end, these organizations strive to speed the deployment of application upgrades, consolidations, support packs
Last updated: 30 Jun 2011
IDC Best Practices in Database Archiving and Information Lifecycle
Archiving, sub setting, masking and test data generation are proven best practices that have helped IT organizations worldwide improve performance, control costs and automate data retention for enterprise applications.
Last updated: 25 May 2011
IDC Best Practices in Database Archiving and Information Lifecycle
Archiving, sub setting, masking and test data generation are proven best practices that have helped IT organizations worldwide improve performance, control costs and automate data retention for enterprise applications.
Last updated: 25 May 2011
A Smarter Approach to Protecting Your Application Data
Did you know? The average cost of a data breach incident is $6.7 million ($204 per compromised record) According to Ponemon Institute's 2009 research.
Last updated: 04 Jan 2011
A Smarter Approach to Protecting Your Application Data
Did you know? The average cost of a data breach incident is $6.7 million ($204 per compromised record) According to Ponemon Institute's 2009 research.
Last updated: 04 Jan 2011
InfoSphere Optim Solutions for Managing System Performance
Listen as we reveal the high cost issues associated with poor system performance and hoe to combat the problem by approaching these issues with Integrated Data Management.
Last updated: 26 Apr 2010
Smarter Testing: Improve software quality and speed time to market while reducing the cost of application testing
Testing is a critical part of any software development lifecycle, and yet, it is still one of the areas receiving the least amount of investment and attention.
Last updated: 12 Jan 2010
Smarter Testing: Improve software quality and speed time to market while reducing the cost of application testing
Testing is a critical part of any software development lifecycle, and yet, it is still one of the areas receiving the least amount of investment and attention.
Last updated: 12 Jan 2010
Upgrade and Archive Strategies for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
As a recognized best practice, database archiving allows organizations to streamline the upgrade process, minimizing costly disruption and improving performance.
Last updated: 16 Oct 2008
Upgrade and Archive Strategies for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
As a recognized best practice, database archiving allows organizations to streamline the upgrade process, minimizing costly disruption and improving performance.
Last updated: 16 Oct 2008
White papers
Secure enterprise data and ensure compliance: A holistic approach to data protection
IBM InfoSphere solutions for data security and privacy are designed to support this holistic approach, helping your organization protect itself against a complex threat landscape while remaining focused on your business goals.
Last updated: 09 May 2012
Cost/Benefit Case for IBM DB2 Advanced Enterprise Server Edition and InfoSphere Optim Operational DBA Tools
Relational databases have become such a routine feature of IT landscapes that their significance is often overlooked. In most organizations, they are the core logical structure for data supporting most applications and end users.
Last updated: 09 Feb 2012
Protect enterprise data at rest with encryption, access controls and auditing
Data security threats and related incidents, such as breaches, can harm any organization. Private and confidential information is sought after for profit, business advantage, malicious use and both industrial and government espionage.
Last updated: 13 Dec 2011
Protect payment card data to help ensure compliance
Solution scenario: IBM InfoSphere Solutions for data security and privacy. Growing financial institution tackles PCI DSS compliance through a seven-step approach and IBM® InfoSphere® Solutions for data security and privacy.
Last updated: 13 Dec 2011
InfoSphere Optim Solutions for SAP applications
Learn how today's organizations leverage industry practices to deploy test data management and impact analysis solutions, helping help reduce the time, cost, complexity and risk of managing the SAP application life cycle.
Last updated: 11 Nov 2011
IBM InfoSphere Guardium Data Encryption: Help secure and protect SAP data
This paper describes the unique challenges involved in securing SAP data. It highlights and compares the various technologies that can be used to secure SAP data along with the trade offs posed by the different approaches.
Last updated: 16 Sep 2011
Mergers and Acquisitions: Data management strategies that support business growth
A successful IT integration will help bring value to any future M&A deals. The importance of data is one constant. Data provides the key to understanding how each organizational structure is designed and executed, how corporate cultural issues are handled and how customers are managed.
Last updated: 09 Jun 2011
Streamline enterprise application upgrades with data life cycle management
Effective data management that includes data discovery and archiving can improve the outcome of upgrade projects, creating greater business value and higher overall success rates.
Last updated: 01 Jun 2011
Anatomy of an Archiving Project
Seven Basic Principles for Managing Your Enterprise Data. The basic principles for managing an archiving project presented in this paper can help you initiate and plan an archiving strategy that meets your organization’s requirements.
Last updated: 09 May 2011
InfoSphere Guardium Encryption Expert - Meeting encryption and access control requirements for the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
IBM® InfoSphere™ Guardium® Encryption Expert is an essential tool for any company that must comply with the PCI DSS. InfoSphere Guardium Encryption Expert is a cost-effective and easy-to-manage solution for high-speed data encryption of data both online and offline.
Last updated: 01 Feb 2011
Controlling application data growth in the z/OS environment
Your applications must deliver measurable business value. So how can you manage data growth throughout the data life cycle and capitalize on your investment? As a recognized best practice, database archiving has proven effective in managing continued data growth.
Last updated: 01 Jan 2011
Data management strategies to improve application testing in the IBM z/OS environment
This white paper explains how a formalized test data management strategy and the IBM InfoSphere™ Optim™ Test Data Management solution can help your organization deliver reliable applications at a lower cost to help maximize your investment in critical business applications.
Last updated: 01 Jan 2011
Enterprise Strategies to Improve Application Testing
Learn how proven test data management capabilities can improve application testing and reliability, and speed time to market, while controlling development and quality assurance costs.
Last updated: 01 Jan 2011
InfoSphere Guardium Data Redaction: Reconciling openness with privacy
Provide fine-grained protection for sensitive unstructured data to achieve regulatory compliance and reduce risk.
Last updated: 01 Jan 2011
Supporting HIPAA compliance with need-to-know access to sensitive medical information
This white paper walks through an example scenario of how a growing insurance company uses IBM® InfoSphere® Solutions for data security and privacy to help achieve HIPAA compliance.
Last updated: 01 Jan 2011
IBM InfoSphere Optim Data Growth Solution Benchmarks - An Optim Center of Excellence white paper
IBM performed benchmark testing of the IBM® InfoSphere™ Optim™ Data Growth Solution for data management. The benchmarks detail a typical end-to-end archiving life cycle, from retiring aged data to deleting that information in the source system, and later restoring that information if necessary.
Last updated: 06 Dec 2010
Overcoming database performance challenges
A structured and proactive approach to managing costsand increasing efficiency
Last updated: 08 Nov 2010
Closing the data privacy gap: Protecting sensitive data in non-production environments
This white paper explains why protecting sensitive information and ensuring privacy have become high priorities. News headlines about the increasing frequency of stolen information and identity theft have focused awareness on privacy breaches and their consequences.
Last updated: 01 Sep 2010
Proven strategies for archiving complex relational data
This white paper explains how the IBM® InfoSphere™ Optim™ Data Growth Solution provides comprehensive technology and capabilities that make archiving complex relational data both practical and desirable.
Last updated: 01 Sep 2010
Information Governance: Orchestrate people processes and technology for success
Enable better decision making, improve customer service, reduce costs and manage risk with trusted information.
Last updated: 21 Jun 2010
Application consolidation and decommissioning projects: strategies that deliver ROI
Incorporating database archiving as part of an overall information governance strategy can facilitate consolidation and decommissioning projects and help ensure that business goals are reached.
Last updated: 01 Sep 2009
Control application data growth before it controls your business
Companies need capabilities for identifying data assets and relationships, assessing data growth and implementing tiered storage strategies—capabilities that information governance can provide. It is important to classify enterprise data, understand data relationships and define service levels.
Last updated: 01 Sep 2009
Six easy steps for smart governance
IBM Thought leadership white paper
Last updated: 24 Jun 2009
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS): Addressing the Internal Threat
IBM Optim supports your PCI compliance initiatives. The Optim Data Privacy Solution offers proven technology that allows organizations to create, mask and maintain realistic, "right-sized" test databases using referentially intact subsets of related test data.
Last updated: 07 Aug 2008