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Securing and Auditing Data on DB2 for z/OS
Data and Analytics
Redbooks, published 9 Jun 2009
In this age of complex regulatory oversight and wide ranging threats to corporate data, securing a company's information assets from internal and external threats has become a primary focus and concern for information professionals. IBM® understands these requirements and using features of the System z® hardware platform, DBMS and operating elements for DB2® on z/OS®, and Information Management tools can help to provide a defense in depth which can help to provide information confidentiality, integrity, and availability. We start with a description of the data governance requirements, with ... [more]
WebSphere Customer Center: Understanding Performance
Data and Analytics
Redpaper, published 1 Jun 2009, last updated 9 Jun 2009
This IBM® Redpapers™ publication provides insight into IBM WebSphere® Customer Center (WCC) transaction performance and scalability. It explores some of the most important features and implementation factors with regard to their performance impact. It also provides specific tuning recommendations for deployment. This paper is more relevant for WebSphere Customer Center version 6.5 and 7.0 and is intended for those who are experienced with WCC. Certain performance considerations and recommendations are also applicable to later releases of the IBM Master Data Management (MDM) products ... [more]
Experiences with Oracle Solutions on Linux for IBM System z
IBM Z Software
Redbooks, published 28 May 2009
Linux® for System z® offers many advantages to customers who rely upon the IBM® mainframe systems to run their businesses. Linux for System z takes advantage of the qualities of service in the System z hardware and in z/VM® , making it a robust industrial strength Linux. This provides an excellent platform for hosting Oracle® solutions that run in your enterprise. This IBM Redbooks® publication describes experiences gained while installing and testing several Oracle solutions, such as: - Setting up Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for Oracle - Installing Oracle Data Vault - Using Grid Control to ... [more]
50 TB Data Warehouse Benchmark on IBM System z
IBM Z Software
Redbooks, published 27 May 2009
Customers have a strong interest in the scalability of data warehousing solutions on the IBM System z platform using DB2 for z/OS. Because BI environments continue to grow, this IBM Redbooks publication explores the scaling and management of data in sizes beyond 50 TB. We explore the architectural software components that enable us to manage a data warehouse of this magnitude, including the Cognos product set. The objective of our 50 TB study was to test System z scalability in a BI environment and to develop the best practices of managing large data warehouses. The IBM System z was proven ... [more]
SAP on DB2 9 for z/OS: Implementing Application Servers on Linux for System z
Data and Analytics
Redbooks, published 30 Mar 2009, last updated 28 Apr 2009
The power of the IBM System z, combined with the flexibility of Linux on System z, provides the ideal platform on which to implement SAP application servers. System z provides the benefits of continuous availability, high performance, scalability, and ease of management; these qualities support and complement mission-critical SAP business applications. This IBM Redbooks publication focuses on the implementation of SAP application servers on Linux on System z to leverage the synergy of this combination of products. It provides detailed information to guide you through the planning process, ... [more]
Multidimensional Analytics: Delivered with InfoSphere Warehouse Cubing Services
Data and Analytics
Redbooks, published 27 Apr 2009
In this IBM Redbooks publication, we discuss and describe a multidimensional data warehousing infrastructure that can enable solutions for complex problems in an efficient and effective manner. The focus of this infrastructure is the InfoSphere Warehouse Cubing Services Feature. With this feature, DB2 becomes the data store for large volumes of data that you can use to perform multidimensional analysis, which enables viewing complex problems from multiple perspectives, which provides more information for management business decision making. This feature supports analytic tool interfaces from ... [more]
IBM Data Studio V2.1: Getting Started with Web Services on DB2 for z/OS
Data and Analytics
Redpaper, published 7 Apr 2009
This IBM® Redpaper™ provides a step-by-step introduction on how to get started with Web services using Data Studio V2.1. Our goal is to explain basic concepts and introduce the functions that can help you take your first steps in the Web services arena with DB2® for z/OS®. We start with describing and setting up the basic software components and showing a step-by-step guide to creating your first Web service. We then show how you can test and deploy Web services and let DB2 operate as a Web service requester (consumer) and a Web service server (provider). Last, we introduce the SOAP UDFs ... [more]
Dynamic Warehousing: Data Mining Made Easy
Data and Analytics
Redbooks, published 6 Sep 2007, last updated 12 Mar 2009
Data mining has evolved from the ethereal domain of the highly-skilled mathematician to the expert data miner's workbench tool and ultimately to widely accessible business applications. For decades, industry and academia have been engaged in far-reaching research and development of data mining. At the same time, businesses have been leveraging this research, exploiting a handful of algorithms most useful in finding information to help resolve business problems. Recent trends have made these algorithms and systems, which are rooted in solid research, available to a wide range of business ... [more]
Optimizing Restore and Recovery Solutions with DB2 Recovery Expert for z/OS V2.1
Data and Analytics
Redbooks, published 22 Jun 2008, last updated 20 Feb 2009
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. The major focus of IBM DB2 Recovery Expert V2.1 for z/OS (5697-N92) is on DB2 system level backup and restore. The tool provides the ability to create a consistent full system backup with no impact on DB2 availability, comprehensive backup and recovery reporting capabilities, and robust database and storage validity checking to ensure successful creation and usage of database system backups. By integrating with disk storage functions, it supports DB2 subsystem ... [more]
DB2 9 for z/OS: Deploying SOA Solutions
Data and Analytics
Redbooks, published 14 Jan 2009
Flexibility in business has become of equal in importance with operational efficiency. Service-oriented architecture (SOA) can help businesses respond more quickly and cost-effectively to the changing market conditions by promoting reuse and interconnection of existing IT assets rather than time-consuming and costly reinvention. SOA has been the top fashionable topic in IT for a few years now, which is because there is a consensus of opinions among enterprise architects that SOA is the key to making the IT department a catalyst for growth and innovation. DB2® for z/OS® integrates with Web ... [more]
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