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Available on this CD are the DB2 Universal Database Personal Edition v5.0 for Windows 95/NT, and the DB2 Connect Personal Edition for Windows 3.1/95/NT. 
 

To install these files, unzip Db2v52.zip from the /software directory on DiSC'99 CD #1 and run setup.exe. Additional information regarding this software can be found in readme.txt, also in Db2v52.zip. 
 
 
 
 
 

The IBM Business Intelligence Software Solution

This paper describes a business  intelligence system, which provides a set of technologies and products for supplying users with the information they need to answer business questions, and make tactical and strategic business decisions.

DataJoiner - A Multidatabase Server

This paper provides an overview of IBM's DataJoiner for AIX, a multidatabase server that provides heterogeneous database access to multiple clients from multiple data sources.

Information Mining with the IBM Intelligent Miner Family

This paper describes the concepts of information mining. Information mining refers to the process of extracting previously unknown, comprehensible, and actionable information from any source - including transactions, documents, e-mail, web pages, and others -- and using it to make crucial business decisions.

Text Mining Technology

This paper describes IBM's Intelligent Miner for Text. Unlike the tabular information typically stored in databases today, documents have only limited internal structure, if any. Furthermore, the important information they contain is not explicit but is implicit: buried in the text. Hence the "mining" metaphor - the computer rediscovers information that was encoded in the text by its author.

The DB2 Family -- An Analysis of the Business Benefits Available

This paper provides both background and detailed information intended to assist decision-makers in establishing an information management strategy. It provides an analysis of the types of technology required to meet evolving business needs and the features of DB2 (and companion products) which deliver the technology. It also examines the benefits available through the implementation of the DB2 product set, which provides an end-to-end information management capability.

DataLinks: Managing External Data With DB2 Universal Database

 This paper provides an overview of DataLinks, a software that enables DB2 Universal Database to manage data stored in external operating system files as if the data werestored directly in the database.

Meta Data Management for Business Intelligence Solutions

This paper presents IBM's strategy for managing meta data for Business Intelligence solutions. The paper covers meta data concepts and reviews IBM's strategy. Also covered is an overview of how IBM's Visual Warehouse solution manages meta data.

Meeting Your Scalability Needs with IBM DB2 Universal Database Enterprise - Extended Edition for Windows NT

DB2 Universal Database Enterprise - Extended Edition (DB2 UDB EEE) was designed to support the very large databases that Business Intelligence applications often require. DB2UDB EEE incorporates a highly scalable shared-nothing software architecture, which allows it to exploit: symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) systems; clusters of SMP systems; massively parallel processor (MPP) systems. This paper provides an overview of the DB2 UDB EEE product as it relates to the Windows NT environment.

VisualAge for Java and DB2 Universal Database: IBM Business Solutions in Production

Combining DB2 Universal Database (UDB) with a tool that automatically connects it to the Web creates a powerful solution. DB2 version 5.0 Universal Developers Edition for Intel ships with VisualAge for Java Enterprise Version 1.0.1. This paper explains how VisualAge for Java provides business benefits to DB2 users.

 

db2javawp.pdf

Celebrating IBM Data Management

On the 15th anniversary of DB2 for OS/390 and MVS, 30th anniversary of IMS, and 10th anniversary of IDUG, the IBM data management group has announced significant enhancements to its data solutions, especially in its database management systems (DBMS) and business intelligence (BI) offerings, and has garnered an impressive array of awards, rankings and comments across the industry. This paper reviews these achievements and discusses how the IBM DB2 family, IMS and
BI solutions offer capabilities needed for enterprise level support today and provide a solid foundation for moving successfully to the year 2000 and beyond.

Breaking the Scalability Barrier on Windows NT

Most successful businesses already have efficient operational systems that generate and manage vast quantities of product, customer and market data that comes from point-of-sale, reservations, customer service, and technical support systems. For most companies, however, this information is stored away -- it is never exploited for historical or trend analysis. This paper can help you leverage your company's information to provide your decision makers with the knowledge that will
give them a competitive edge.

IBM's Data Mining Technology

Competitive business pressures and a desire to leverage existing information technology investments have led many firms to explore the benefits of datamining technology. This technology is designed to help businesses discover hidden patterns in their data -- patterns that can help them understand the purchasing behavior of their key customers, detect likely credit card or insurance claim fraud, predict probable changes in financial markets, etc. This paper explores data mining, its potential benefits to users, the data mining process, and IBM's technology in this area. Several business examples are provided to further understanding.

IBM'S DB2 Spatial Extender : Managing Geo-spatial Information with the DBMS

IBM has focused research efforts on creating an extensible data-management infrastructure for more than a decade. The results of these efforts have become a major component of IBM's DB2 Universal Database (UDB), the company's flagship object-relational database management system (ORDBMS), and DB2 DataJoiner, IBM's ORDBMS for heterogeneous data access. DB2 Spatial Extender integrates GIS functionality into the DB2 ORDBMS