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Gartner: Make Your Information Infrastructure Governance-Ready

Last updated: 17 June 2013

Information governance establishes and enacts policies for quality, privacy, security and retention of data assets. Read this paper and learn how successful organizations can enable information governance by deploying a strategic information infrastructure, such as Gartner’s ICF principles

Executive Summary :Business Case for Enterprise Data Integration Strategy:Comparing IBM InfoSphere Information Server and Open Source Tools -International Technology Group (Feb 2013)

Last updated: 01 Feb 2013

This 5-page executive summary compares the economics of two different information integration models: Industry leading commercial software like InfoSphere Information Server and do-it-yourself open source solutions. This summary provides detailed analysis on the total costs and economic value of both approaches.

A Model Approach: Examining Operational Risk Capital Modelling

Last updated: 07 June 2012

This transcribed webinar looks at the future of the AMA, and what banks and regulators should be doing to ensure that capital levels stay reliable and practical.

IDC: Dealing with more and more data: Challenges for the Utility CIO

Last updated: 13 May 2013

IDC provides utilities with an understanding of specific challenges faced by CIOs and provides information technology (IT) decision makers with a view to the use of time series databases, including IBM Informix TimeSeries, in getting to scale.

ITG Report: Database Economics: Comparing Value Propositions for DB2 10 and Oracle Database Systems

Last updated: 03 April 2013

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.

Current Analysis: Exposing the hidden costs of database security solutions

Last updated: 07 Feb 2013

Organizations evaluating database security solutions must delve deeper than the upfront costs to meet compliance requirements and support new environments, like cloud and big data. Evaluating hidden costs and implementing best-in-class solutions delivers a much lower cost of ownership.

DB2 BLU Acceleration

Last updated: 23 April 2013

DB2 with BLU Acceleration is the multi-workload database software for the era of big data, improves performance while helping to reduce storage costs

IBM Informix 12.10 Information Center

Last updated: 26 Mar 2013

This Web-based information center is the primary source for the information that you need to use the Informix 12.10 family of products and features.

Informix 12.1 Announcement Letter

Last updated: 26 Mar 2013

IBM Informix V12.1 delivers enhancements for operational analytics, specialized workloads, and the private cloud, while continuing to advance core database capabilities

Big Data: Transforming Raw Information Into Successful Strategies

Last updated: 02 Nov 2011

Big data's much more than a buzz word. It's a buzz saw that organizations can use to cut through uncertainty and doubt in developing new strategies. Read how can organizations can optimize the business utility of all of their data, transforming it in an almost alchemical sense into new forms of value.

Smarter Computing Big Data Blog

Last updated: 02 Nov 2011

Big data and information integration capabilities make it possible to generate insight from vast quantities of data—fundamentally changing the way organizations use information. Check out the blog to learn more about big data.

Big data, big potential

Last updated: 03 April 2013

Read this ebook and learn how IBM DB2® and IBM Informix® software provides a foundation to capitalize on the big potential of big data.

IBM DB2 + BLU: Three must-have capabilities for today's warehouse environment

Last updated: 03 April 2013

If your warehouse isn’t fast, simple and affordable, it’s time for a new perspective

Running at the Speed of Business: Meet real-world challenges with performance, availability

Last updated: 03 April 2013

IBM DB2 helps meet big data challenges with speed, flexibility, and business-grade reliability. Discover how in this new ebook

IBM sheds light on the Big Blue business of information governance by 451 Research

Last updated: 06 June 2013

This paper from 451 Research provides an independent assessment and overview of IBM's InfoSphere solutions for information integration and governance.

Master data governance

Last updated: 02 Feb 2013

The master data governance capabilities built into IBM InfoSphere MDM provide a clear picture of the “what, how and who” of master data management implementations to help companies achieve success.

Entity and relationship analytics solutions for public safety

Last updated: 01 Nov 2012

Throughout the public sector, there is increasing financial pressure to do more with less—and law enforcement is no exception. Learn how entity analytics can help.

Keep your business up and running with IBM DB2 - Meet big data online transaction processing demands with DB2 10.5

Last updated: 30 April 2013

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.

IBM Informix software product family: Version 12. 1 - Simply powerful data management software

Last updated: 27 Mar 2013

Informix 12.1 delivers unprecedented advantages: superior performance, availability and efficiency, minimal complexity and lower computing costs.

Protect your SAP data environment with IBM InfoSphere Guardium

Last updated: 01 Mar 2013

Learn how IBM® InfoSphere® Guardium® solutions secure SAP database environments and help your organization monitor user activity to detect and respond to fraud, without causing a large-scale disruption of IT operations.

Camden Council ... Reducing heating bills by 30 percent with Hildebrand and IBM Informix TimeSeries software

Last updated: 06 Feb 2013

Camden Council worked with Hildebrand Technology to develop a heat metering program for housing developments that use district heating. The program, which relies on IBM Informix TimeSeries for efficient storage of vast amounts of data, is reducing heat consumption and CO2 emissions.

The German Aerospace Center (DLR) ... Providing efficient access to Germany’s 2-PB archive of Earth observation images with IBM Informix

Last updated: 30 Jan 2013

Germany’s Aerospace Center (DLR) needs a reliable, highly scalable database server to provide access to 2 PB of data in an archive of images while fulfilling long-term data preservation policies. With IBM Informix database, the agency has lost no data in more than 10 years.

MCC creates unique data center management program ... With assistance from the IBM Academic Initiative, Power Systems

Last updated: 04 Oct 2011

Working with the IBM Academic Initiative, Power Systems™, MCC implemented a comprehensive degree program, using IBM course materials and deploying IBM® POWER® processor-based blades.

InfoSphere Master Data Management v10 Advanced Edition

Last updated: 12 Oct 2012

InfoSphere MDM Advanced Edition enables multiple MDM styles and domains to work together to provide a comprehensive set of MDM capabilities. Advanced Edition supports business transformation projects acting.

InfoSphere Master Data Management v10 Collaborative Edition

Last updated: 12 Oct 2012

InfoSphere MDM Collaborative Edition streamlines activities across users in the information lifecycle and enables companies to create a single, up-to-date repository of product and service information that can be used throughout their organization for strategic business initiatives.

InfoSphere Master Data Management v10 Enterprise Edition

Last updated: 12 Oct 2012

InfoSphere MDM Enterprise Edition meets all of your needs across multiple master data domains, use cases, and implementation styles creating trusted views of your data assets and elevating the effectiveness of your most important business processes and applications.

DB2 Storage Optimization: Do more with less

Last updated: 02 April 2013

Learn more from this short flash video!

Discover DB2!

Last updated: 21 Dec 2012

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.

DB2 pureScale demo

Last updated: 17 Oct 2012

IBM DB2 pureScale can help your business break free from database constraints and reach new heights.

IBM Informix 12.10 Information Center

Last updated: 26 Mar 2013

This Web-based information center is the primary source for the information that you need to use the Informix 12.10 family of products and features.

IBM Data Studio

Last updated: 19 Jan 2011

This Information Center contains product information for IBM Data Studio

Optim Performance Manager Extended Insight Edition for DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows

Last updated: 08 Oct 2010

This Information Center contains product information for Optim Performance Manager Extended Insight Edition for DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows

The time is ripe for “Enterprise Disclosure Management”

Last updated: 13 Aug 2012

Learn how IBM Cognos FSR can help support disclosure management requirements for departments and functions well beyond finance.

Compliance Week - Closing the Last Mile on XBRL Compliance

Last updated: 26 June 2012

This third party e-Book by ComplianceWeek contains articles about companies bracing for XBRL liability, the next XBRL Hurdle Approaches and what You need to know and act upon

A Proactive, Preventative Approach to Compliance and Security

Last updated: 09 Sep 2011

Lower risk through a proactive approach to compliance and security. http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com, Sept. 2011.

IMS Newsletter archive

Last updated: 16 Mar 2010

Archive of past IMS Newsletters

Managing the lifecycle of your JD Edwards applications and data with Cynthia Babb, WW Product Marketing, IBM Software Group

Last updated: 21 May 2013

This year, a significant number of JD Edward users are facing loss of support from Oracle. That means an upgrade and/or a migration. In this podcast, we will explore these challenges and the best practices JD Edwards users should implement to address them.

Building security into big data podcast

Last updated: 11 Mar 2013

Big data environments allow organizations to aggregate and share multitudes of data — much of which is sensitive data that must be protected. Listen to this podcast and learn how to build security and privacy into your big data platform using three key foundational pillars.

Assess the Security of Your Database Environment

Last updated: 09 Mar 2013

IBM InfoSphere Guardium Database Vulnerability Assessment provides ongoing evaluation of database security configurations. Learn how Guardium Database Vulnerability Assessment software performs security assessments, helps with compliance, and protects against data breaches.

IMS - Fit for the Future!

Last updated: 19 May 2011

IMS continues to provide value across your enterprise

Driving a Smarter Enterprise

Last updated: 12 Jan 2011

This presentation describes the new tools and disciplines that can help finance organizations anticipate and shape business outcomes, and drive transparency for better decision making.

Get more from your information with IBM Alphablox

Last updated: 01 Dec 2006

This 4 minute flash presentation shows how, in the retail industry, you can make better decisions, faster, and decrease the risk of making the wrong decisions (or no decisions) across your organization.

IBM Informix product documentation

Last updated: 01 May 2013

Product documentation for the Informix family of products is available by accessing the Informix Information Center online, or downloading documentation in Portable Document Format (PDF).

DB2 Product Documentation

Last updated: 17 Aug 2012

Version 10.1 Version 9.8 Version 9.7 Version 9.5 or earlier

Content Manager OnDemand for z/OS Version 8.5

Last updated: 10 Feb 2011

Technical documentation and release notes

Federated Content Management: accessing content from disparate repositories with Content Federation Services and Content Integrator

Last updated: 21 April 2010

This Redbooks publication introduces the concept of federated content management and describes the installation, configuration, and implementation of Content Federation Services and Content Integrator offerings.

Classification Module: Make It Work for You

Last updated: 29 Oct 2011

Classification Module 8.6 is an advanced enterprise software platform tool designed to allow organizations to automate the classification of unstructured content.

Advanced Case Management with IBM Case Manager

Last updated: 22 Mar 2011

IBM Case Management is supported with IBM Case Manager, an advanced case management product that unites information, process, and people to provide a 360-degree view of case information.

IMS and DB2 for z/OS Coordinated Disaster Recovery

Last updated: 03 Nov 2011

Performing disaster recovery of IMS and DB2 to a specific consistency point is complex and time consuming without tools and automation. Check out this IMSTools Red Note to find out how to perform disaster recovery of IMS and DB2 to a consistent point-in-time using both IMS Recovery Expert and DB2 RecoveryExpert.

Using IMS Cloning Tool to Help Migrate to New Releases of IMS

Last updated: 03 Nov 2011

How can you reduce your risk of impacting critical applications when you migrate to a new release of IMS? The IBM IMS Cloning Tool automates, simplifies, and accelerates the cloning process without affecting production IMS application performance or availability. Learn how in this new IMS Tools Red Note.

uk customer analytics

Last updated: 09 Nov 2011

Customer Analytics Portal with examples of how businesses have significantly improved marketing ROI using IBM SPSS including case studies, technical papers and white papers.

UK Police portal

Last updated: 09 Nov 2011

IBM SPSS can help you improve public safety. Discover white papers, videos and case studies on how predictive analytics is helping police departments around the world.

IBM InfoSphere Optim Data Privacy - Transform data on demand to protect privacy across the enterprise

Last updated: 11 June 2013

InfoSphere Optim Data Privacy delivers data discovery, data redaction and data masking across the enterprise to satisfy data privacy concerns in the new era of computing.

IBM Anti-Fraud, Waste and Abuse Signature Solution for Insurance

Last updated: 02 Feb 2013

IBM Anti-Fraud, Waste and Abuse Signature Solution integrates multiple advanced capabilities in an end-to-end solution designed to address fraud across the entire claim lifecycle.

IBM InfoSphere Optim solutions for data warehouses

Last updated: 24 Oct 2012

IBM® InfoSphere® Optim™ solutions help organizations manage the data lifecycle of data warehouses, enhancing efficiency and business insight through effective database archiving and test data management.

IMS Database Replication for Enhanced System Resiliency

Last updated: 27 Mar 2012

Join us for this teleconference as Greg Vance, IMS Replication subject matter expert, as he shows how IMS and IBM InfoSphere IMS Replication for z/OS can help improve system resiliency and availability.

Managing Enterprise Events into a Single View with Business Service Management from IBM

Last updated: 08 Dec 2011

Consolidation of performance and state/status of events has always been essential to managing your Enterprise. Businesses have hundreds or perhaps thousands of events happening every day that IT needs to prioritize and manage. Is there a way to gain better understanding of what you need to manage?

Gain quick IT ROI with Product and Application Discovery and Usage

Last updated: 13 Oct 2011

Gain quick IT ROI with Product and Application Discovery and Usage

Tutorials - developerWorks Information Management

Last updated: 09 Aug 2004

Technical tutorials available on the developerWorks DB2 site.

Analytics capabilities of IBM DB2 with BLU Acceleration

Last updated: 03 April 2013

Learn more from this short flash video!

BLU Acceleration in DB2: Creating true competitive differentiation

Last updated: 03 April 2013

Learn more from this short flash video!

Keep Your Business Up and Running with IBM DB2

Last updated: 12 Mar 2013

Learn more from this short flash video!

A preventative, proactive approach to enterprise audit and security

Last updated: 01 Nov 2011

This session will help you discover how IBM InfoSphere® Guardium for System z can help you lower business risk by approaching audits proactively. You will learn about the unique characteristics of InfoSphere Guardium, as well as some the newest capabilities to be added to the solution.

Realizing Your DB2 for z/OS Utilities and Tools Investment

Last updated: 27 Sep 2011

Join us for this webcast which looks at the most recent enhancements made in the DB2 Utilities Suite, DB2 Sort 1.2 and DB2 Utilities Enhancement Tool 2.2.

What’s new in DB2 Administration Tool 10.1 for z/OS

Last updated: 02 Aug 2011

We’ll discuss the new and exciting features in the DB2 Administration Tool 10.1 for z/OS and DB2 10 for z/OS.

The fast lane to insight: Accelerating analytics from the department to the enterprise

Last updated: 03 April 2013

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

Put your analytics applications into overdrive

Last updated: 04 Feb 2013

Get more from IBM Informix Warehouse Accelerator with the Intel Xeon processor E7 family

Combating insurance fraud with Entity Analytics

Last updated: 02 Feb 2013

This paper explores entity analytics capabilities in the IBM solution and presents real-world use cases that highlight the value of entity analytics in fighting fraud.