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The IBM® Midmarket Software Buying and Selling Guide is tailored specifically to help the management and IT staff of small and midsized businesses evaluate how the IBM midmarket portfolio can provide simple and cost-effective solutions to common business problems. We designed this IBM Redpaper™ publication to help IBM teams and Business Partners improve their effectiveness in serving small and midsized businesses. We illustrate how IBM software for the midmarket can help businesses use the Web to reduce expenses, improve customer service, and expand into new markets. We cover the IBM software offering for the midmarket, which includes what the software does, the platforms it runs on, where to find more information, and how it can help your business become more profitable: -IBM Business Partners often keep a printed copy of this guide in their briefcases for software references -Customers can view this guide online and look up software-value messages and IBM product family offering comparisons -IBM Sales Representatives can print parts of this guide as for customers, to give them extra collateral on midmarket software of interest

An XML schema defines the structure of an XML document by setting constraints on the data types of elements and attributes in the document. XML documents can be validated against the XML schema to ensure they conform to the constraints defined in the schema. This paper explores DB2® database support for XML schemas. In particular, it explains how to register XML schemas in the DB2 database built-in repository, how to validate XML documents against registered schemas and lastly, how to manage the registe

IBM® and ESRI have formed a global alliance to create the world's leading geographic information system (GIS) software, Web services, and hardware infrastructure. ESRI supplies the GIS software, Web services, and spatial data, and IBM provides the software, hardware, and services critical to making spatial applications enterprise-ready. Together, ESRI and IBM can provide GIS solutions for government and business, as well as system design, installation, and training services. ESRI is the industry leader in geographic information system software technology. ESRI technology is used today to solve critical business problems for customers in industries such as government, utilities, retail, banking, insurance, oil and gas, transportation, and health. IBM delivers innovation with leading information technology, project management, and systems integration capabilities necessary to enable complex end-to-end solutions. Enterprise GIS is fundamentally an information technology platform, and IBM is in a unique and leading position to help organizations drive growth and deliver more value with enterprise GIS technology. After introducing GIS, ESRI, and IBM, this paper discusses the software and hardware components that are available to create a GIS system that meets the needs of a wide range of users. Reference URLs are provided for more details about these products and solutions. The paper concludes with a review of two enterprise customers where IBM and ESRI technologies were deployed.

Geographic information systems (GIS) play a role in the process of solving critical business problems in industries such as government, utilities, retail, banking, insurance, oil and gas, transportation, and health. Gathering and summarizing information about the geographic location and the movement of core business elements is essential to the operation of today's enterprises. These elements could include products, assets, or services within a commercial or government entity. Examples such as supply chain management, land management, field service delivery, and emergency response all demonstrate the importance of location information. This IBM® Redpaper describes key components of an enterprise GIS. We focus on the interface between ESRI ArcGIS and IBM WebSphere® Application Server, where WebSphere Portal Server is deployed. We explore the integration of ArcGIS Server 9.1 and 9.2 within the WebSphere 6.0 framework. The major subsystems are described and programming examples are provided, using the Java™ 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE™ ) application programming language.

DB2® Net Search Extender Version 8.1 is a full-text search extension for the IBM DB2 Universal Database™. This paper provides an overview of the performance and performance-related architecture features. Furthermore, it offers some guidelines for tuning the performance in user scenarios.

When tuning a database for better performance, one area to examine is the proximity of the database to the application. Can the database be located on the same server as the application? Will a database server located far away from the application server cause performance degradation? To answer these questions, we conducted a series of measurements at the IBM zSeries Benchmark Center to determine performance impact based on the distance between the application and database servers. This paper discusses the results of our tests.

IBM Data Discovery and Query Builder is a query application development environment built on IBM DB2 and WebSphere technology. Data Discovery and Query Builder enables the creation of applications to let users build complex queries without dealing with the details concerning the physical location and representation of the information being queried. Now proven in multiple IBM Life Sciences customer engagements, physicians, scientists, and researchers without information technology expertise are using Data Discovery and Query Builder to construct queries that explore critical research areas, such as discovering links between diseases and patient behavior. This IBM Redpaper describes how developers can create applications extending the Data Discovery and Query Builder framework through the implementation of plug-ins. This paper guides the reader through a set of sample scenarios that complement the reference documentation provided by the product's JavaDocs. The information in this paper will help Java developers to understand how to implement Data Discovery and Query Builder plug-ins. This Redpaper provides an overview of the available plug-ins and includes implementation examples for each plug-in available with Data Discovery and Query Builder Version 1.1.

Société Générale asked IBM and PeopleSoft for a solution to track their business results. The joint recommendation included an IBM eServer pSeries 690 hosting DB2 UDB and PeopleSoft EPM. This white paper documents a comprehensive test conducted by IBM, PeopleSoft and Société Générale at IBM's pSeries Business Intelligence Teraplex Center. This test proved the capabilities of the integrated solution to handle large volumes of batch processing within the customer's critical reporting schedule.

Starting with release 4.5B, SAP R/3 on DB2 UDB officially supports the installation in an MSCS (Microsoft Cluster Server) environment. This Redpaper focuses on the architecture, configuration and installation of an SAP R/3 with DB2 UDB system, Release 4.5B, in an MSCS environment.