Software manages critical business information.

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DB2® Content Manager for Multiplatforms v8.2 supports Red Hat, SuSE, and United Linux. It provides foundation for managing, accessing, and integrating critical business information on demand. User can integrate all forms of content such as document, Web, image, and rich media, across diverse business processes and applications, including Siebel, PeopleSoft, and SAP, plus deliver integrated, consistent content across enterprise and beyond.



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IBM DB2 Content Manager for Multiplatforms V8.2 on Linux Offers the Capability to Manage, Access, and Integrate Critical Business Information on Demand



At a glance
IBM announces the first enterprise content management solution to be delivered on Linux.

Provides new Linux support for IBM DB2 Content Manager for Multiplatforms V8.2 including the DB2 Content Manager VideoCharger(TM) server

Supports Red Hat, SuSE, and United Linux

Delivers cost-effective and highly scalable platform flexibility

For ordering, contact:
Your IBM representative or the Americas Call Centers at 800-IBM-CALL (Reference: SE001).

Overview
Linux is winning over businesses worldwide with its stability, security, and scalability. With the addition of DB2® Content Manager for Multiplatforms V8.2 on Linux, IBM extends the power of Linux to enterprise content management. DB2 Content Manager provides the broadest set of platforms, and enables companies to deploy the most cost-effective e-business solutions with information on demand.

DB2 Content Manager V8.2 on Linux provides a foundation for managing, accessing, and integrating critical business information on demand. With Content Manager, you can integrate all forms of content - document, Web, image, rich media - across diverse business processes and applications, including Siebel, PeopleSoft, and SAP, plus deliver integrated, consistent content across your enterprise and beyond.

DB2 Content Manager for Linux on Intel(TM) offers a strategic path to the future of on demand content management with a proven solution. Take advantage of many of the features that Content Manager V8.2 has to offer, that are now available on an exciting new platform, providing increased flexibility and superior price-performance.

Planned availability dates
October 24, 2003 (electronic software delivery).
November 19, 2003 (media and documentation).

Description
As organizations strive to make their operations more cost-effective and efficient in an increasingly on demand environment, content management technology is key in helping them gain a competitive edge, respond faster to customers and suppliers, and increase their bottom line. Content management technology can help organizations solve a critical problem - managing and integrating all forms of information, including scanned images, audio, video, and information from multiple software vendors' products, that are located in various data sources. Content management is the next wave of data management, and DB2 Content Manager is helping customers worldwide digitize and manage all forms of information in an effort to respond faster to market demands, tap into new markets, and ultimately increase profits. This new announcement delivers cost-effective and highly scalable flexibility with new Linux support for Content Manager.

Linux is winning over businesses worldwide with its stability, security, and scalability. With the announcement of DB2 Content Manager V8.2 for Linux, IBM extends the power of Linux to content management, providing the broadest set of platforms and enabling companies to make the best and most cost-effective choices for their content applications.

Value to distributed enterprises: Linux is the ideal platform for enterprises that have branch offices, stores, or even kiosks that require low-cost, centrally managed, robust servers that are easy to replicate, highly reliable, and simple to roll out.

Freedom from high costs: Linux is available at a nominal cost, and can reduce floor space, power consumption, application development and deployment with write once, run everywhere applications.

DB2 Content Manager on Linux supports many of the same features as are included in Content Manager for Multiplatforms V8.2. For a full understanding of Content Manager V8.2, refer to Software Announcement 203-078 , dated March 25, 2003.

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