IBM Redbooks DB2 and Information Management

- Value of System z QoS for SOA
- IBM SOA Reference Architecture software for System z
- Application modernization for SOA on z/OS

Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a very broad topic and there is not just one solution.

- Understand the role of DB2 for z/OS in SOA
- Develop and test Web services with Data Studio
- Utilize WebSphere DataPower Appliance

Flexibility in business has become equal in importance with operational efficiency.

- Learn to deploy DB2 Data Servers and Clients
- Automate DB2 mass deployment with scripts
- Deploy DB2 with applications

DB2® provides various installation methods as well as features and tools to deploy a large number of clients and servers.

This IBM® Redpaper provides best practices and I/O-related performance considerations for backup and recovery using DB2® 9 for z/OS®.

- Business drivers for ECM
- Matches storage products to ECM requirements
- Provides practical case studies

An Enterprise Content Management (ECM) system is designed to contain unstructured information such as files, images, and drawings.

- Deploying the InfoSphere Information Server grid
- Migrating an existing InfoSphere Information Server
- Using grid deployment toolkits

The IBM InfoSphere Information Server and the IBM Blade/GRID offering is a revolutionary new software/hardware platform (leveraging Linux on Intel) that helps organizations derive more value from the complex heterogeneous information spread across their systems.

- Understand the evolution of data warehousing
- Evaluate infrastructure tools on IBM System z and Linux on System z
- See how the DB2 for z/OS engine is suitable for data warehousing

Enterprises look more and more to business intelligence (BI) to gain a competitive edge.

- Business process design
- Integration with external systems and services
- Step-by-step instructions

This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides a basic introduction to IBM FileNet® Business Process Manager (BPM) V4.0.

- Learn HADR setup, administration, monitoring, and best practices
- Use HACMP, MSCS, TSA with DB2 and DB2 HADR
- Protect data with DB2 distaster recovery options

As organizations strive to do more with less, IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows provides various built-in high availability features.

Jupiter was a joint project between IBM® and SAP®.

This IBM® Redpaper provides information about exploiting client load balancing and fail over capabilities across a DB2® data sharing group or a subset of the group members.

In this IBM® Redpaper, after some introductory background information on packages, we discuss the CPU utilization by packages related to two situations: when a small number of short-running SQL statements out of many SQL statements in a large package are executed and when a set of short-running SQL statements out of many different packages are executed.

- IBM InfoSphere DataStage overview
- Retail industry scenario
- IBM Information Server setups

IBM Information Server is a revolutionary new software platform that helps organizations derive more value from the complex heterogeneous information spread across their systems.

- Installing and configuring
- Customize libraries and rules
- Case studies

IBM® OmniFind™ Analytics Edition uses information in unstructured and structured content to improve decision making.

- Experience the power of the integration of DB2 9.5 and Linux
- Make it easier to get DB2 for LUW up and running on Linux
- Leverage DB2 powerful autonomic technology

Linux® is one of the fastest growing server operating platforms within the past few years.

- Enterprise Replication: Dynamic configuration and faster performance
- Less and easier administration and higher availability
- Load balancing and failover strategies

In this IBM® Redbooks® publication, we provide an overview of the high availability and enterprise replication features of the Informix® Dynamic Server (IDS) Version 11, which can simplify and automate enterprise database deployment.

- Manage and validate backup and restore system
- Optimize system and object level restore from volume copies
- Ensure business continuity with cost-effective recovery

IBM DB2 Recovery Expert manages the recovery of DB2 for z/OS V8 and V9 objects in a data sharing and non-data sharing environment.

- An administration free zone to reduce the cost of systems management
- IBM Informix DataBlade technology for extending applications
- Robust flexibility to get the best fit for you

In this IBM® Redbooks® publication, we provide an overview of some of the capabilities of version 11 of the IBM Informix® Dynamic Server (IDS), referred to as IDS 11, that enable it to be easily customized for your particular environment.

- IBM WebSphere QualityStage architecture
- Merger and acquisition business scenario
- IBM Information Server overview

IBM WebSphere QualityStage provides data cleansing capabilities to help ensure quality and consistency by standardizing, validating, matching, and merging information to create comprehensive and authoritative information for multiple uses.

- Achieve business objectives effectively with DB2 Workload Manager
- Use Performance Expert and Design Studio with DB2 WLM
- Manage DB2 workloads proactively

DB2 Workload Manager (WLM) introduces a significant evolution in the capabilities available to database administrators for controlling and monitoring executing work within DB2.