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This whitepaper is directed to technology executives and team members who are looking to increase the efficiency and operational maturity of their IT operations. It will discuss in detail the following five steps, each required to fully realize the potential of your technology investments.

WinterCorp analyzes IBM's DB2 Warehouse and how it addresses twin challenges facing enterprises today: improving the value derived from the torrents of information processed every day, while lowering costs at the same time. Discover why WinterCorp believes the advances in data clustering strategies and intelligent software compression algorithms in IBM's Data Warehouse improves performance of business intelligence queries by radically reducing the I/O's needed to resolve them.

This white paper discusses the concept of shared data scale-out clusters, as well as how they deliver continuous availability and why they are important for delivering scalable transaction processing support.

Compare IBM DB2 pureScale with any other offering being considered for implementing a clustered, scalable database configuration see how they deliver continuous availability and why they are important. Download now!

The purpose of this Redbook is to provide guidance for the preparation of business process models, developed with the WebSphere® Business Modeler, which will ultimately be monitored by the WebSphere Business Monitor.

Born from new advances in data processing from IBM Research, IBM® DB2® with BLU Acceleration is a leap forward in database technology that raises the bar for performance and value. BLU Acceleration uses patented technologies to deliver a unique combination of performance, ease of use and cost-efficiency—with 8 to 25 times faster reporting and analytics1 and cases of more than 1,000 times faster answers to queries.2 BLU Acceleration also complements in-memory Dynamic Cubes in IBM Cognos® Business Intelligence with 24 times faster query performance.

This paper gives key considerations when making a strategic commitment to a database platform.

The CA Performance Management Handbook for DB2 for z/OS by renowned tuning experts Susan Lawson and Dan Luksetich of YL&A covers information to enhance your skills and raise awareness for databases performance management issues and tuning strategies. This supplement to the CA Performance Management Handbook provides specific information on which technologies apply to which issues and how CA Database Management addresses your most pressing database performance management challenges.

Philip Howard of Bloor Research compares performance capabilities of the leading BI platforms. Companies studied in this comparison are IBM (Cognos, DB2 with BLU Acceleration), SAP (BusinessObjects, HANA), Oracle (Business Intelligence, Exadata) and Microsoft (Business Intelligence, SQL Server). His conclusion? "DB2 with BLU Acceleration should not only provide better performance in the first place but also provide consistent performance, with a corresponding requirement for less hardware and less cost."

This paper presents a cost benefit case for IBM Db2 11.1 for LUW and Oracle Database 12c.

This paper presents a cost/benefit case for two leading enterprise database contenders -- IBM DB2 11.1 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows (DB2 11.1 LUW) and Oracle Database 12c -- with regard to delivering effective security capabilities, high-performance OLTP capacity and throughput, and efficient systems configuration and management automation. Comparisons are of database installations in the telecommunications, healthcare, and consumer banking industries. For OLTP workloads in these environments, three-year costs average 32 percent less for use of DB2 11.1 compared to Oracle 12c.

This paper presents a cost/benefit case for two leading enterprise database contenders -- IBM DB2 11.1 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows (DB2 11.1 LUW) and Oracle Database 12c -- with regard to delivering effective security capabilities, high-performance OLTP capacity and throughput, and efficient systems configuration and management automation. Comparisons are of database installations in the telecommunications, healthcare, and consumer banking industries. For OLTP workloads in these environments, three-year costs average 32 percent less for use of DB2 11.1 compared to Oracle 12c.

This paper presents a cost/benefit case for two leading enterprise database contenders -- IBM DB2 11.1 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows (DB2 11.1 LUW) and Oracle Database 12c -- with regard to delivering effective security capabilities, high-performance OLTP capacity and throughput, and efficient systems configuration and management automation. Comparisons are of database installations in the telecommunications, healthcare, and consumer banking industries. For OLTP workloads in these environments, three-year costs average 32 percent less for use of DB2 11.1 compared to Oracle 12c.

This paper presents a cost/benefit case for two industry-leading database platforms for analytics workloads.

Siemens is one of the largest technology companies with six major business divisions. They chose DB2 and SAP for scalability, performance, increased savings, and lower TCO.

The ability to make quick, well-informed decisions is critical to competitiveness and growth for most companies. Read the white paper to see how Data warehouse solutions can deliver business insight across virtually any business process or function. And also how they're particularly valuable for understanding sales, profiling customers and analyzing business costs.

Learn how IBM's DB2 portfolio can help transform your data center. Download this free white paper from IBM to learn more!

Discover the unique support for data warehousing and business intelligence offered by the IBM DB2 portfolio. This white paper shows how an IBM System z server, integrated with the IBM DB2 family of solutions, can help you meet requirements for data warehousing and business intelligence.

The objective of this paper is to give you an update on the latest functions, features and benefits of IBM DB2 for z/OS. This paper also features an introduction to DB2 10 by Roger Miller, which highlights the main functions, features and more.

This is Self-Guided Resource Guide to help you understand the importance of and the ease of establishing DB2 9 for z/OS Access Paths.  Preview this animated tool now.

Analyst Wayne Kernochan of Infostructure Associates documents the analytics speed-up capability of DB2 with BLU Acceleration and explains how DB2 BLU compares with competitors. His conclusion after reviewing test results? Not surprisingly, the results verified a consistent, roughly order-of-magnitude speedup using BLU Acceleration, against DB2 pre-BLU and against some obvious competitors. What is his advice to readers about DB2 BLU? If your upcoming database needs analytics/BI/reporting-related, why would you not use BLU Acceleration for them? In other words, what are you waiting for?

DB2 BLU By Other Databases And More Wayne Kernochan, Infostructure Associates September 2013 Analyst Wayne Kernochan of Infostructure Associates documents the analytics speed-up capability of DB2 with BLU Acceleration and explains how DB2 BLU compares with competitors. His conclusion after reviewing test results? ""Not surprisingly, the results verified a consistent, roughly order-of-magnitude speedup using BLU Acceleration, against DB2 pre-BLU and against some obvious competitors ..."". What is his advice to readers about DB2 BLU? ""... if your upcoming database needs are analytics/BI/reporting-related, why would you not use BLU Acceleration for them? In other words, what are you waiting for?

A comprehensive solution for leveraging data in today's financial industry. Most organizations realize that the key to success lies in how well they manage data—and the banking industry is no exception. From customer statistics to strategic plans to employee communications, financial institutions are constantly juggling endless types of information.

A comprehensive solution for leveraging data in today's retail environment. From customer data to product placement statistics, retail organizations are constantly juggling information. As the sheer amount of data continues to grow, it becomes increasingly difficult to manage. Not only does data come in many different forms—such as reports, memos and e-mails—but often it’s scattered across multiple repositories.

This white paper outlines the advantages of WebSphere Portal for System z software and provides essential information to those considering adding Web-facing workloads on their mainframe hardware. Also, with these WebSphere Portal for System z options, IBM illustrates its ongoing commitment to mainframe computing and underscores the business value that remains inherent in the System z platform. Learn more today!