whats new info server 8.1

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Whats New in InfoSphere Information Server 8.1

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Information Management Software

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Agenda

Information Server 8.1 New Features

Enhanced Deployment

DataStage/FastTrack

QualityStage

Business Glossary/Metadata Workbench

Information Analyzer

Globalization

Introducing InfoSphere GNR to Information Server Family QualityStage Global Address Verification

Information Services Director/MDM Server Integration

Grid/Platform & Source Support

How to Upgrade


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The IBM InfoSphere Vision

An Industry Unique Information Platform

Simplify the delivery ofTrusted

Information

Accelerate client value

Promote collaboration

Mitigate risk

Modular but Integrated

Scalable Project to Enterprise


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Accelerate data integration projects

Metadata-driven design

Business IT alignment

Leverage Existing Resources

Broad native connectivity

Architected for Growth

Massive scalability

Parallel processing

Full capabilities to deliverTrusted Information acrossheterogeneous systems


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InfoSphere DataStage

InfoSphere FastT

rackEnhancements


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Enhanced Deployment - InfoSphere Information Server Manager

Easy and integrated jobmovement from one environmentto the other

Visual deployment

Create, modify deployment

package

Use any first class objects fromthe repository

All associated project artifactscan be added (ie. external scripts)

Full drill down into objects Supports rollbacks and

difference reporting


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Column Level Impact Analysis

Advanced Find Enhancement

Allows occurrences of column names within

table definitions, Jobs or Shared containers to

be searched

Impact Analysis Enhancement

Allows a where used analysis to be performed

on a column


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Column Level Impact Analysis

Designer Job Canvas Enhancement

Highlight stages and links to show where a selected column is

used


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Security and Audit Trail

Security

Ensure right people have rightprivileges

DS Users with access to theprojects can create package

Only Production Managerrole used to deploy to thetarget system

Audit Trail

Track any movement intoproduction systems

Maintains a record of all thedeployments made Who performed the action

When it was done

All the objects that weremoved in that deployment


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New DataStage Stages

Pivot stage (Parallel canvas) supports Horizontal Pivoting

Split from single row in to multiple rows, repeating the non pivoted data ineach of the row.

CheckSum operator (Parallel Canvas)

An error checking technique used to ensure the accuracy of transmittingdigital data

The output data set schema contains

Fields from the input schema,

Field containing the checksum value, and

Field containing the buffer the checksum was computed from (optionally)


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Job Viewer

Hovering over the

name of the job in

the repository

shows a small

hover over view ofthe job

Enables quick

preview for greater

productivity


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Logging View

DataStage Logs can be viewed

in the Web Console

Fully customizable templates

All the director logs available

Director or the command line

interfaces dont change

User role for logs

Developers can debug logs on

production systems


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File Based Integration

DataStage & ClassicData Event Publisher for z/OS V9.5

Alternative to ExistingWebSphere MQ forTransport

Reduce Mainframe

Operational Costs Option to push transformation

workload to the DataStageplatform

Leverage Investments

Supports IMS, VSAM,Computer Associates CA-IDMS or Software AG Adabas


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InfoSphere FastTrack

Minimize Risk & EffortMigrating BetweenEnvironments

Substitution of data modelstructures from dev, test andproduction

Enforce Best Practices,Consistency andReadability

Application of CorporateNaming Standards

Optimized for Performance Expanded support for

database and fileconnector options


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InfoSphere QualityStage Enhancements


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InfoSphere QualityStage

Match Enhancements

Provide users with the ability to implementgreater control

Transitive grouping within a pass

New Match comparison for multi value fields

Scale Overrides

Logical groupings of Match Fields

Standardization QualityAssessment

Stage and Reports help organizations

measure and enhance their standardizationprocessing rules


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InfoSphere Information Analyzer Enhancements


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InfoSphere Information Analyzer

Increased User-driven Visibility and Control

Enhanced filtering

Enhanced sorting

Generate Reports Quickly and Easily Expansive context-sensitive reporting choices

Global enablement

Parallel execution of profiling processes


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Filtering & Metadata Import Preview

Preview of sample source data from

Metadata Import selection

Leverages paging and sortingenhancements in display

Validate source before running large

analysis processes

Filtering in Source

Selection screens

Filtering of objects

in Metadata Import


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Context-sensitive Reporting

Context-sensitive

Reports

Launch reporting

directly from icon

on summary

workspace screens

Pre-selected list of

relevant context-

specific reports

More Reports!

Notes Status

Format Violations

Key Assessment

Summaries

etc


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InfoSphere Business GlossaryInfoSphere Metadata Workbench

Enhancements


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Metadata Workbench

Change Management andMonitoring of Key Areas

Create, export, save andpublish queries

Increases BusinessConfidence

Cognos Framework ManagerData lineage immediateaccess to lineage

Expand Data GovernanceInitiatives

Clickable, external URLs for

web pages, word documents,and more -

Minimizing AdministrationTasks

Improved navigation

Ease-of-use enhancements


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Business Glossary and Anywhere

Simplify Deployment Practices andBackup/Recovery Planning

Import, export & archival

IncreaseAccuracy of ComplexBusiness Relationships

Single term linked to multiple

categories Instant Business Understanding

Access Business Glossary contentdirectly from Cognos 8.4

Promote Usage of EnterpriseGlossary

Navigate from Business Glossary

Anywhere to equivalent BusinessGlossary browser page

Minimizes Risk of Errors and WorkRequired

Multiple usability enhancements formaintaining glossary contents


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Globalization

Now available in 9 different languages

Asia Pacific

Chinese (simplified)

Chinese (traditional)

Japanese

Korea

Europe

French

German

Italian

Spanish

Americas

Portuguese (Brazil)


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InfoSphere Global Name Recognition

Recognizes, classifies, and matches

names, people names & company

names across cultures

Encompasses 20+ years of research

based on linguistic patterns on over1 billion names

Enriches names with gender, origins

and structure

MultiplePrefixes,

Abdul, Fitz,O', De La,

Multiple NameVariants

PhoneticTransposition Errors,

Lester - Leicester

Multi-cultural NameOrder, Maria del

Carmen Bustamantede la Fuente

Multiple Titles,Dr., Rev, Haj,

Sri., Col

Internationaladdress

standards

Local postalrecords

Ensure Compliance Requirements ie. Address Patriot Act, Basel

Accord, Bank SecrecyAct, PEP, OFAC regardless ofculture

Improve Speed and Accuracyof watch list checking

Better Understand Customers via parsing, country of association,

determininggender and culture

Now part of the

Information Server

Family


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InfoSphere QualityStage Worldwide Postal Verification

Standardize, Verify, Correct and Enhance international address data in244 Countries

Region-centric Packages

World, North America, Middle East, Central America, South America,Western Europe, France, Germany, Italy, Germany, United Kingdom,

Eastern Europe, West Asia, Oceania, Eastern Asia, Africa, Japan, SouthKorea, Netherlands, China

Extensive Scalability

Parallel execution

SOA enabled

Capture and enrich address data at the point of entry

Combined with InfoSphere GNR we deliver market-leadingcapabilities for dealing with multicultural names and addresses


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Globalization

Now available in 9 different languages

Asia Pacific

Chinese (simplified)

Chinese (traditional)

Japanese

Korea

Europe

French

German

Italian

Spanish

Americas

Portuguese (Brazil)


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InfoSphere Global Name Recognition

Recognizes, classifies, and matches

names, people names & company

names across cultures

Encompasses 20+ years of research

based on linguistic patterns on over1 billion names

Enriches names with gender, origins

and structure

MultiplePrefixes,

Abdul, Fitz,O', De La,

Multiple NameVariants

PhoneticTransposition Errors,

Lester - Leicester

Multi-cultural NameOrder, Maria del

Carmen Bustamantede la Fuente

Multiple Titles,Dr., Rev, Haj,

Sri., Col

Internationaladdress

standards

Local postalrecords

Ensure Compliance Requirements ie. Address Patriot Act, Basel

Accord, Bank SecrecyAct, PEP, OFAC regardless ofculture

Improve Speed and Accuracyof watch list checking

Better Understand Customers via parsing, country of association,

determininggender and culture

Now part of the

Information Server

Family


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InfoSphere QualityStage Worldwide Postal Verification

Standardize, Verify, Correct and Enhance international address data in244 Countries

Region-centric Packages

World, North America, Middle East, Central America, South America,Western Europe, France, Germany, Italy, Germany, United Kingdom,

Eastern Europe, West Asia, Oceania, Eastern Asia, Africa, Japan, SouthKorea, Netherlands, China

Extensive Scalability

Parallel execution

SOA enabled

Capture and enrich address data at the point of entry

Combined with InfoSphere GNR we deliver market-leadingcapabilities for dealing with multicultural names and addresses


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InfoSphere Information Services DirectorInfoSphere MDM Server Integration

Enhancements


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Information Services Director Enhancements

Web Services EJB JMSREST

XML/JSON

IBM Information Server

E S B

Design Operational

Service Registry &Repository

RSS

Process server Portal

DataStage

QualityStage

DB2

FederationClassic

Federation

Common Logging

Common Reporting

Common Administration

Services Security

OracleMDM Server

(Partial)

Bindings

Information

Providers


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Grid EnhancementsPlatform/Source Supports


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Advanced Grid Capabilities

New management console for deploying and managing

execution across a grid

Automatically reconfigures parallelism to fit grid resource

Managed through an external grid resource manager

Locks resources at execution time to ensure SLAs


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Enhanced Mainframe SupportClassic Federation, Classic Replication for z/OS, ClassicData Event Publisher for z/OS

Direct CDC access to non-relationalmainframe data sources

Does not require MQ

Native VSAM logging and recovery

New full-time IMS log-based captureagent

JDBC compatibility for mainframeconnectivity

Native VSAM to VSAM replication


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Native 64-bit Support

AIX

Solaris

HP-UX

Itanium

PA-RISC (as 32-bit app)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (as 32-bit app)

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (as 32-bit app)

New

New


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Enhanced Connectivity

Distributed TransactionStage for

DB2

MQ

DB2 Connector

DB2 v9.5 IDS 11

Oracle Connector

Oracle 11g

MQ v6.1

MySQL v5.0+

Netezza 4.0 and 4.5 SQL Server 2008

Teradata v12 and v13

All Packs for SAP R/3, SAP BW, OracleApplications, Siebel, PeopleSoft and JDEdwards

Globalization

Native 64-bit support

Salesforce.com (v1.0.1) Pack

Certified

Metadata-based Fully configurable

High performance data integration

MapStage support for the latest releaseof WebSphere Transformation Extender


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Introducing Information Server LinkInformationExtend Info Server Home Page with Latest Data Integration Content

Shares knowledge

across teams

Aggregates wikis,

blogs & forums

Plugs into Web

2.0 resources

Completely

customizable

Customize with your own blogs, forums and

documents

Launch within Information

Server home page

Drag & drop content from

LeverageInformation, IBM.com, DSXchange

and other data integration sites

On DeveloperWorks


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How to Upgrade

Platform Rollout


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How to Upgrade

Upgrade from DataStage 7.x

DataStage jobs (Server, Parallel, Sequences, Mainframe) Upgrade with no change required

DataStage Version Control does not exist in v8.0

Replacement functionality in DataStage v8.1

Read Release Notes, Pre-install checklist

Upgrade from Information Server 8.0.1

Co-exist with v8.0.1 or upgrade in place


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InfoSphere Information Server 8.1 Platform Rollout

Windows

Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: x86 32 &64 bit, zSeries 64 bit

InfoSphere Information Server Blade

SUSE Enterprise Linux: x86 32 & 64bit, zSeries 64 bit

IBM AIX: Native 64 bit

Sun Solaris: Native 64 bit

HP-UX PA-RISC 32 & 64 bit

Itanium 64 bit

All platforms support WAS 6.0; DB29.1, 9.5

Understand Cleanse Transform Deliver

Parallel Processing

Rich Connectivity to Applications, Data, and Content

IBM Information Server

Discover, model, andgovern information

structure and content

Standardize, merge,and correct information

Combine andrestructure information

for new uses

Synchronize, virtualizeand move information

for in-line delivery

Unified Deployment

Unified Metadata Management


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