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April 28, 2006 , Volume 5, Issue 4

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Welcome to the April edition of the Information Management Software Today for 2006.

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	IBM Information On Demand

The Conversation Continues in the Information on Demand Blogs
IBM has launched a new series of blogs, dedicated exclusively to the subject of Information On Demand. The blogs feature lively and far-ranging discussions on the power and value of information by some of the key information management strategists at IBM. IBM executives Jon Prial, Anant Jhingran, Andrew Warzecha, Bob Picciano, and others bring their experience and insights into the blogosphere and keep the Information on Demand conversation dynamic, immediate, and interactive. Check out the blogs today.
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Information On Demand Live! events
These events provide you with the complete strategy for managing information. This strategy extends from physical storage of your information all the way up through making that information available as a service. Join us at the Information On Demand Live! events to learn more about how IBM's Information Management and Information Lifecycle Management solutions deliver enhanced business value.
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	Offers and Promotions

ISV success with DB2 Viper
DB2 Viper has been designed to permit ISVs to focus more on application development, and less on database configuration and administration. The new and enhanced development tools will make it even easier for developers to rapidly develop and deploy database applications, and the significant new autonomic capability will permit customers to focus more on deriving business value from their database and less on database administration. In order to integrate and take full advantage of the new DB2 Viper features and enhancements into your software solution, you may need to modify existing applications, routines and scripts. This article describes DB2 Viper product changes that are most significant to ISVs, explains how they may affect existing database application code and scripts, and provides guidance on how to plan to update your application.
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IBM DB2 Content Manager for iSeries, Part 9: Troubleshooting
Learn what steps to take to troubleshoot problems with DB2 Content Manager Version 8.3 Standard Edition for iSeries. This article includes information about error logging and tracing, and tells you how to troubleshoot problems with system administration, the information center, the library server, the resource manager, user authentication and access control, and the eClient. Includes many hints and tips. Read the article.
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Updated Database Skills Availability Whitepaper
Howard Fosdick, an independent consultant and hands-on DBA, certified for both Oracle and IBM updates his authoritative "Database Skills Availability: Critical to your selection of Database" Whitepaper and examines today's technology issues like open source, autonomic computing, and an increasing demand for database skills. For more information, or to read, please visit:
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Get The Best of the Best Bundle and Save!
Discover the best of the best with this collection of top-selling Information Management Books. We have carefully selected 2 of our most popular titles and packaged them together at one discount price, saving you over $36 USD. The titles included in the bundle are: Understanding DB2: Learning Visually with Examples and Performance Tuning for Linux Servers. For more information, or to order, please visit:
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	Events and Webcasts

IDUG 2006 - North America
Join an estimated 1,200 practicing DB2 and Informix users, top IBM developers, and industry experts at the premier user-run technical training event dedicated exclusively to IBM Information Management Software: IDUG 2006 - North America. More than 180 educational sessions, networking opportunities, user best practices, a products and services expo, the latest development news, and FREE professional certification testing opportunities highlight the program. For more information and to register, go to:
http://conferences.idug.org/Default.aspx?alias=conferences.idug.org/na

Informix Session at IDUG that will allow you to go further with your database technology
With 50 Informix sessions at IDUG 2006, Informix users will attend seminars that are packed with intensive training, and are offered in both a full-day and half-day format. The instructors are well-known Informix professionals spanning a variety of topics. For more information and a program of IDUG, 2006 visit:
http://iiug.org/conf/idugiiug2006_program.pdf

Replay of April 25 Webcast: DB2 and IMS Tools --Not just for OLTP any more! Learn how DB2 and IMS Tools broadens the scope of their OLTP mission to provide application tooling to help take your business to the next level--where availability of Information On Demand aids business transformation. Dan Wardman discusses the new dynamic of information management that includes information as a service, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), and Master Data Management. Dan explains how DB2 and IMS tools will emerge as components of total business solutions in CM and BI. http://www.ibm.com/isource/cgi-bin/goto?on=IMNL406Z17

Teleconference on May 3: IBM software for System z
Imagine being able to create Web Access, SOA, ETL and Business Continuity Solutions--without having to write a single line of mainframe code.

Join us on May 3 and learn about IBM� WebSphere II Classic Federation, WebSphere DataStage, and WebSphere II Replication in this teleconference is packed with important information for DBAs, Application Programmers, Project Leaders and I/T personnel responsible for Data Warehouses/ETL who have requirements for accessing data from diverse mainframe sources.
http://www.ibm.com/isource/cgi-bin/goto?on=IMNL406Z18

May 5 Teleconference: 100% Data Availability - Costly Mistakes - Are these Your Hot Buttons with IMS Reorganization?
Hear the latest news about IBM IMS Online Reorganization Facility on May 5, 2006. This teleconference is packed with important information for DBAs responsible for the reorganization of IMS data while maintaining maximum data availability.
http://www.ibm.com/isource/cgi-bin/goto?on=IMNL406Z19

May 18 Webcast: DB2 Viper for z/OS & DB2 Tools Continue to help solve your information-intensive business problems. Learn how DB2 Viper for z/OS and DB2 tools continue to provide an unmatched IT infrastructure to solve your information-intensive business problems. This release promises exciting new innovations such as a Hybrid relational-XML data server that helps you manage the integration of new types of applications in an SOA environment. With DB2, you can realize the business value of your company's information, manage risk and streamline compliance while taking advantage of the features of DB2 tools that exploit this new release. Join speakers Roger Miller and Tom Ramey on May 18th for the latest news. http://www.ibm.com/isource/cgi-bin/goto?on=IMNL406Z20

June 8 Teleconference: DB2 Utilities-- A New Day, A New Way
Have you thought about your DB2 Utilities from IBM lately? If you are like most customers, probably not -- the Utilities just run. This teleconference focuses on helping you learn how to augment your Utilities by using the IBM DB2 Automation Tool to automate mundane tasks and DB2 Thread Expert to cancel long- running applications that have stopped you from running your Utilities when they need to be run. See how to enhance your DB2 V8 environment, the new IBM zIIP engines, and how to offload Utilities processing. Join speakers Bryan Smith, Senior Technical Lead for DB2 for z/OS Utilities, and David Schwartz, Chief Architect DB2 Tools Strategy and Planning, to hear the latest news.
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On Demand Webcast: Taking Data Quality to the Enterprise through Data Governance
Over the past four years, data quality has changed from a backwater IT concern to a business issue of importance. However, organizations still need help selling, implementing, and sustaining programs that deliver high-quality data. Data quality tools and services can play a significant role in helping organizations achieve their data quality goals.

To meet these needs, TDWI issued a sequel to its original (2002) data quality report, complemented by this webinar. The new report will gauge the progress we've made in raising awareness about the importance of data quality, and will assess the current status of data quality in corporations around the world. It will also provide prescriptive advice about how to sell, implement, and maintain data quality programs that are designed to turn data quality quagmires into pristine playing fields for data-intensive application. Watch the replay.
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Replay: Complimentary Chat with the Lab - What's new for Information Warehousing with DB2 Viper
On March 14, 2006, George Baklarz hosted our first chat of 2006. This chat with the lab provides a preview of DB2 Viper technology and what DB2 Viper will mean to the Information Warehousing/Business Intelligence Community. For more information, or to download, please visit:
http://www.ibm.com/isource/cgi-bin/goto?on=IMNL406Z28

IBM European Information Management Technical Conference
15-19 May - The Hague, The Netherlands

Join us for one week of insight into the IBM Information Management products and meet the product experts, executives and customer IT peers to network, learn and share their knowledge and experience. It is a technical, solutions-oriented, systems management conference that offers you an in-depth look at Information Management solutions and the industries surrounding it.
http://www.ibm.com/isource/cgi-bin/goto?on=imnl406Z35

Webcast: Going Beyond Simple Keyword Analysis to Automated Service Resolution
The rapid increase in free-form communication such as customer e-mails and Web-based forms, is taxing today's call centers resulting in missed service opportunities and unhappy customers. KANA and IBM are combining breakthrough e-mail response management and semantic analysis technologies to help companies automate service resolution processes, dramatically improving the relevancy of responses and agent productivity. Join us for a live webcast on May 18th at 9am Pacific/12pm Eastern. (Replay available post event).
http://w.on24.com/r.htm?e=22711&s=1&k=7C9F0601F95EF1D1F15B1BC6911DD862

Webcast: Turning Shoppers into Buyers -- Going Beyond Search to Find
Learn how Campmor, a multi-channel retailer of outdoor specialty equipment, grew online revenue derived from site search by 64% in ess than 6 months with the IBM WebSphere Content Discovery for Commerce solution. See how you too can increase revenue, reduce administrative costs, and improve control over the online shopping experience with better search.
https://whiteglove.on.raindance.com/confmgr/view_stored_doc.jsp?docId=9193335870925317011977301225&docType=recording

2006 IBM Technical Conferences schedule
Staying current on technology and product changes can be difficult. That's where IBM technical conferences can help you succeed. Attendees tell us that they get what they need at conferences - sessions and topics are updated with the newest versions and release information so you can return with new techniques you can apply immediately. Mark your calendars now for some exciting events in 2006 including IBM Information On Demand 2006 and many more!
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	IBM U2 Product Line

U2 encryption in an open technology world
If you have valuable, sensitive, or confidential data, and the data can be accessed or seen by unauthorized people, then data encryption is a must. The extended BASIC APIs of IBM UniData and UniVerse (U2) perform symmetric encryption operations on data using various available cipers. The heart of the U2 encryption function is the OpenSSL library. Walk through the four worlds of encryption covering C#, Java, U2 BASIC, and OpenSSL shell scripting, and see that encryption of data produced is interchangeable amongst them. Read the article.
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	Business Intelligence Solutions

CCM delivers critical insight with IBM Business Intelligence solution
Centre Cardio Thoracique de Monaco (CCM), one of the few medical centers in Europe dedicated to cardiothoracic and vascular pathologies, wanted to integrate and consolidate disparate, decentralized patient care and billing data to provide a single view of mission-critical information. IBM proposed the only complete data management solution answering all CCM's needs, with unified, easy-to-access database capability based on an IBM DB2� implementation.
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	Technical Corner

Querying DB2 XML data with XQuery
The DB2 Viper test drive is open for business. Check it out, and try XQuery, the query language designed for accessing the pure XML data supported in DB2 Viper. Includes examples for using XQuery as a top-level query language, using XQuery with embedded SQL, retrieving specific XML elements, filtering on XML element values, and more.
http://www.ibm.com/isource/cgi-bin/goto?on=IMNL406Z02

Create an automatically maintained spatial table
If you have location information in your database in the form of separate latitude and longitude columns, the value you get from that information is limited. To fully exploit the spatial intelligence in your data, you need to turn the separate numeric columns into a single spatial column, so you can display the locations on a map and analyze spatial relationships, using a GIS or the DB2 Spatial Extender. This article shows you how, including map projections, spatial indexing, error handling, performing distance-based queries, and using federated data. Sample code included.
http://www.ibm.com/isource/cgi-bin/goto?on=IMNL406Z03

From DAD to annotated XML schema decomposition in DB2 Viper
The annotated XML schema decomposition in DB2 Viper allows you to decompose XML documents into relational tables much more efficiently and quickly than the DB2 XML Extender. It provides an XML schema-based flexible mapping language that gives granular control to the user over the entire process of decomposition. This article explains the benefits, lists the steps for migration from the XML Extender, and even includes a tool (Dad2AS) that can be used to convert the XML Extender RDB_Node DADs to the annotated XML schema. Read the article at:
http://www.ibm.com/isource/cgi-bin/goto?on=IMNL406Z24

	Certification and Training

Leverage your PostgreSQ2L skills to learn DB
There has never been a better time to consider switching over to DB2. With the recent announcement of DB2 Express-C, a fully functional, free version of DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows, more and more developers will be making the switch to a proven data server with state-of-the-art technology and a growing developer base. The goal of this article is to eliminate the learning curve and get DBAs and developers who are already familiar with PostgreSQL V8.1 up to speed with DB2's architecture and tools in no time.
http://www.ibm.com/isource/cgi-bin/goto?on=IMNL406Z01

Now Available: Information Management Professional Certification Newsletter Volume 2
The second edition of the Information Management Professional Certification Newsletter has just been released. This newsletter was developed for IBM Certified Professionals who have successfully completed one or more certification exams. This newsletter will provide you with certification news on what's coming soon, news,events, preparation material and resources as well as other skills related news so you can stay in touch with IBM.
http://www.ibm.com/isource/cgi-bin/goto?on=IMNL406Z10

Information Management Education and Training from IBM
Come to IBM to get all the latest information about the Information Management family of products and solutions. Courses cover a wide range of areas from DB2 Business Intelligence, Content Management, DB2 Universal Database, IMS, Informix, Master Data Management, U2 to WebSphere Information Integration. You are certain to find training to meet your specific needs. Courses are delivered in the classroom, some via e-learning and can also be customized to meet your unique requirements. Get a window into some great skill building and certification opportunities by visiting our on-line catalog view. More:
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Expand your on-site training with Instructor Mentoring
Did you know that you can get additional customized training following an on-site class with instructor mentoring from IBM? You have the option of having your instructor remain at your site to mentor individuals in depth on portions of a class for an additional fee. This mentoring offering can be arranged prior to the on-site training class or left to the discretion of the instructor and students at the conclusion of the class. It's a great way to further customize the on-site learning process to meet your organization's unique needs.
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IBM Press Books - another great way to build skills
IBM Press is the official publisher of IBM retail books for professionals and students, and provides a variety of books to suit individual learning styles. We have a large variety of resources covering software, severs, business, and on demand topics. New books are added each month. Drop by and browse our book shelf.
http://www.ibm.com/isource/cgi-bin/goto?on=IMNL406Z14

Use the IBM Education Pack - online account for Your Information ManagementTraining
Did you know that you can use the IBM Education Pack - online account to pay for your Information Management training? Stretch your limited training budget while paying, tracking, and managing your Information Management or other IBM IT education expenses online. It's a great option for companies that need to train multiple employees.
http://www.ibm.com/isource/cgi-bin/goto?on=IMNL406Z15

New Course: UD255-IBM UniData Recoverable File System
This new 2 day courses has just been released. Learn how to manage the Recoverable File System (RFS) portions of a UNIX-based IBM UniData database system. Learn how to install and configure this additional component of UniData. Understand all the necessary pieces and how to maintain them on a daily basis. Execute software to recover from a system or media failure with minimal interruption in service. Also, become familiar with tools that allow you to monitor RFS system performance. For more information or to view schedules and enroll, please visit:
http://www.ibm.com/isource/cgi-bin/goto?on=IMNL406Z29

Updated to Version 10: L2403 IBM Informix Dynamic Server Performance Tuning
This 4 day course has recently been revamped to Version 10. Learn how to improve performance in your Informix Dynamic Server and UNIX environment and to monitor and analyze system activity. For more information, to view schedules and enroll, please visit:
http://www.ibm.com/isource/cgi-bin/goto?on=IMNL406Z30

Updated to V8.2: CF030 DB2 Family Fundamentals
This 2 day class has recently been updated. Students will learn the functions and components of IBM DB2 UDB, a relational database manager, which may be installed on a variety of operating systems. This course addresses DB2 UDB running on z/OS, AIX, Linux, HP-UX, Sun, and Windows operating systems. For more information, to view schedules and enroll, please visit:
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Do not forget to take advantage of complimentary IBM Certification at IDUG
Planning to attend the event, May 7-11, 2006 in Tampa, Florida? Do not miss the opportunity to get certified and validate your skills! Attendees are eligible to take up to three exams at no charge. Additional exams will incur a low fee of $75 USD. No registration is needed, testing will be on a first come, first served basis. For more information on the event and to register, please visit:
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	Support and Services

New Brochure: IBM e-mail archiving solution: maximize the value of your e-mail investments
An innovative solution that helps minimize costs and risks, control mailbox size, and streamline compliance and discovery.
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