IBM White Paper Sample

As businesses evolve to take advantage of new market opportunities, they are driving changes throughout information technology, and that includes driving investments in data warehousing and business intelligence initiatives. IBM has responded to these new demands with business intelligence solutions based on System z and with more investment in the development and evolution of System z alternatives that complement existing System x and System p offerings.

The IBM DB2 family of data servers play an important role in past, present and future demands because of their industry-leading performance, security, availability and scalability – and because they can capitalize on the strengths of each unique operating environment. Ranging from Linux, UNIX and Microsoft Windows, to the enterprise class z/OS platform, DB2 offers wide-ranging solutions that can deliver the capabilities businesses demand, for a manageable, efficient environment. DB2 is the information backbone in an enterprise that addresses critical business requirements for daily operations, business intelligence and data warehousing solutions.