Software accesses and integrates distributed data.

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DB2® Information Integrator v8.1 provides foundation for strategic information integration framework that helps customers access, manipulate, and integrate diverse and distributed information in real time. It enables businesses to abstract common data model across data and content sources, and to access and manipulate them as though they were single source. Businesses can quickly correlate information across value chain as well as enterprise.



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IBM DB2 Information Integrator V8.1



At a Glance
With IBM DB2 Information Integrator V8.1 , you can:
o Choose the data access strategy to match business value
- Centralize information for availability or performance
- Access distributed data for flexibility and cost savings

o Integrate diverse and distributed data on demand, without moving the data or changing the platforms
- Access disparate data as though it were a single source
- Increase return from existing information assets

o Progress more quickly at a lower cost
- Increase developer productivity for integrating diverse, distributed, and real-time data
- Use your existing development and analytical tools
- Deploy current skills over a greater range of project requirements

o Rely on proven IBM technology
- Trust 25 years of data management research and development
- Integrate with complementary technologies

o Protect your current and future IT investment
- Build on industry standards
- Reduce the need to modify and replace systems to make them work together

For ordering, contact:
Your IBM representative, an IBM Business Partner, or the Americas Call Centers at 800-IBM-CALL (Reference: YE001).

Overview
IBM DB2® Information Integrator V8.1 represents the next generation of information integration software that provides a fundamental underpinning for e-business on demand(TM). Responding quickly to changes means that businesses can quickly and easily correlate information not only across the enterprise, but also across its value chain. DB2 Information Integrator gives companies integrated, real-time access to business information across and beyond the enterprise. Such information may reside in diverse source systems (such as Oracle databases, Microsoft(TM) spreadsheets, flat files) and be distributed across a variety of operating environments (such as Windows®, Linux, UNIX®, z/OS®). As a result, organizations can increase efficiencies, improve service to customers and suppliers, make better decisions, and respond more quickly to new opportunities. DB2 Information Integrator is middleware technology that allows analytical tools, portal implementations, customer data integration solutions, and other applications access to diverse data as if it were a single database, regardless of where it resides. Thus IT organizations can:
o Choose from a greater range of data access strategies to best match business value
o Realize productivity gains for developing the next generation of composite applications that must integrate distinct data sources
o Gain additional return on existing information assets by augmenting analysis or reporting with value-added, real-time data or unstructured content

Key Prerequisites
The offerings in this announcement will be available for these operating systems:
o Hewlett-Packard HP-UX
o IBM AIX®
o Linux for Intel®
o Microsoft Windows
o Sun Solaris Operating Environment

For additional information about all hardware and software prerequisites for IBM DB2 Information Integrator V8.1, refer to the Hardware Requirements and Software Requirements sections in this announcement.

Planned Availability Dates
o June 13, 2003, for electronic software delivery
o July 11, 2003, for media and documentation

Description
IBM DB2 Information Integrator V8.1 is a new product from IBM that provides the foundation for a strategic information integration framework that helps customers to access, manipulate, and integrate diverse and distributed information in real time. This new product enables businesses to abstract a common data model across data and content sources and to access and manipulate them as though they were a single source. DB2 Information Integrator V8.1 supports the predominantly read-access scenarios common to enterprise-wide reporting, knowledge management, business intelligence, portal infrastructures, and customer relationship management.

To address customer requirements, this product is offered in five editions which are described in the section entitled IBM DB2 Information Integrator Packaging.

DB2 Information Integrator V8.1 is primarily targeted at the application development community familiar with relational database application development. Applications that use SQL or tools that generate SQL (for example, integrated development environments, reporting and analytical tools) can now access, integrate, and manipulate distributed and diverse data through a federated data server. This product is most appropriate for projects whose primary data sources are relational data augmented by other XML, Web, or content sources.

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