******************************************************************* Welcome to Issue XIII of DB2 Today ******************************************************************* "My DB2 Today"! You can now create your personal version of DB2 Today. Simply visit http://DB2Today.0mm.com/IBM058001+105295 ******************************************************************* Highlights Include: 1) HOT NEWS ON DB2! - IBM Extends Lead in Emerging $14 Billion Portal Market - Free Offering of Hyperion Analyzer - i2 Adopts IBM's DB2 Universal Database - IBM blows lid off the TPC-C - PeopleSoft and IBM Expand Global Partnership - Roadshow--Taking Your e- Business to the Next Level - Data Warehouse Instititute Exhibits IBM Business Intelligence - AS/400 Extreme Business Tour - IBM and OAOT Proof of Concept Offering - 10% Off DB2 Developer's Guide - Solutions, The IBM Technical Developer Conference - DB2 and Business Intelligence Technical Conference - DB2 Universal Database V7 is generally available! - Download FREE GA Version of Migration Tool Download! - IDUG eSubscription Provides Access to DB2 Info and Resources - Wimbledon Tennis Championships - Powered by DB2 2) WEBINARS "NEW RELEASES" - Getting Primed for the ASP Business Model - e-infrastructure: Focus on Web Integrators - High Speed Data Search" - Content Manager CommonStore for SAP - Reaching New Heights In Data Warehousing - DB2 and Windows 2000 - Many more... 3) PURCHASING DB2! 4) CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORIES - SpotOn enables easy Web navigation at 75% lower cost than Oracle - 15+ "New" Customer Success Stories... 5) CERTIFICATION NEWS! 6) EDUCATION NEWS! Useful Sites Comments Privacy ******************************************************************* ===>H O T N E W S O N D B 2!<================================ IBM Extends Lead in Emerging $14 Billion Portal Market and Expands Commitment to e-business Portal Leadership IBM extended its lead in redefining the management market and introduced the IBM Enterprise Information Portal (EIP) Version 7.1, the most advanced portal solution in the industry. Now customers can access and organize relevant business information whatever the format, wherever it resides and slash development time nearly in half. http://DB2Today.0mm.com/IBM058002+105295 Free Offering of Hyperion Analyzer made just for the OLAP Starter Kit in DB2 UDB V7 For all DB2 V7 customers, get a free 3-users license of Hyperion Analyzer made just for the OLAP Starter Kit in DB2 Version 7. The combination of Hyperion Analyzer, and the OLAP Starter Kit in DB2 Version 7, is a great platform to quickly develop a complete Windows or Web-based multidimensional analysis application. http://DB2Today.0mm.com/IBM058008+105295 i2 Adopts IBM's DB2 Universal Database as Preferred Development Database i2 and IBM announced that i2 has selected the IBM DB2 Universal Database as its preferred database for developing current and future applications. "DB2 offers a solid foundation for TradeMatrix participants to attract, retain and grow their own customers by offering personalized products and services," said Hiten Varia, executive vice president of i2. IBM's DB2 Universal Database specifically addresses B2B customer demands for high performance, rapid response time and 24x7 availability. http://DB2Today.0mm.com/IBM058003+105295 IBM blows lid off the TPC-C Timothy Dyck continues the discussion of these record setting performance results in this eWeek article. IBM, Microsoft, and Intel teamed, combining the enterprise-class operating environment of Windows 2000 with IBM DB2, the world leader in large data warehousing databases on IBM Netfinity 8500R servers to demonstrate their commitment to deliver the best in power, performance and scalability. http://DB2Today.0mm.com/IBM058004+105295 or http://DB2Today.0mm.com/IBM058005+105295 PeopleSoft and IBM Expand Global Partnership to Provide eBusiness Applications with IBM's DB2 Universal Database On June 27th, PeopleSoft announced an agreement to expand the companies' global sales, marketing, and development relationship around IBM DB2 Universal Database (DB2 UDB). PeopleSoft also announced that DB2 UDB will be it's primary Unix development platform. "PeopleSoft applications on DB2 deliver robust eBusiness solutions today," said Walter E. Olsen, IT director at Fireman's Fund Insurance. "Using DB2, we were able to leverage our existing DB2 skills and hardware platform." http://DB2Today.0mm.com/IBM058006+105295 Project Jump-Start: Taking Your e- Business to the Next Level of Functionality and Performance Enhance your e-business strategy by attending the IBM Project Jump-Start Executive Briefings. Gain competitive advantage, learn how to provide interactive customer service and integrate technologies to handle the online traffic loads. Experience "what's new" in e-business by IBM, IBM Business Partners and ISVs. http://DB2Today.0mm.com/IBM058007+105295 The Data Warehouse Instititute Exhibits IBM Business Intelligence Software (Boston, MA Aug 22nd-23rd) IBM Business Intelligence Software will be exhibited at the Data Warehouse Institute's Best Practices and E-Business Intelligence Conference in Boston, MA http://www.dw-institute.com/ AS/400 Extreme Business Tour Join us for the AS/400e Extreme Business Tour to find out how to change your core business into an Extreme Business! Come see live demonstrations of e-business solutions you can implement on your AS/400e. Highlights include: Business to Business Concept and Solutions Supply Chain Management Business Intelligence Commerce Solutions Web Serving The exhibit is open on Aug 22nd-23rd. http://www.as400.ibm.com/campaign/roadshow/extreme/ IBM and OAOT Proof of Concept Offering for Business Enhancement OAOT, an IBM Business Partner, offers a proof of concept comprised of Siebel Call Center Application and DB2, remote monitoring and support for a period of 30 days and a detailed report of that time period utilizing the real time data. Cost of offering is 10K USD or 15K Canadian. http://webevents.broadcast.com/ibm/crm033100/en/home.tl 10% Off DB2 Developer's Guide at the Online Resource Center "DB2 Developer's Guide, Fourth Edition" covers all the new features for Version 6 for OS/390. This book also includes a special chapter on how changes to the product impact its use, and more. Enter IBMDB2 in the discount code field to receive an additional 10% discount on this title. http://www.fatbrain.com/store.cl?partner=ibmdb2&p=ibmdb2&s=75490 Register for Solutions, The IBM Technical Developer Conference August 14-17, 2000, Las Vegas, Nevada. The conference includes 5 tracks with more than 100 unique elective sessions, over 40 hands-on lab sessions and more than 30 pre-conference elective and hands-on lab tutorials. call 1-800-628-5219 or +1-770-399-3174 (outside North America) Early Bird Discount -- $200 off the full conference fee of $1195 'til July 14. or visit: http://www.ibm.com/ibmsolutions DB2 and Business Intelligence Technical Conference October 16 - 20, 2000 in Las Vegas, Nevada If you're a database administrator, designer, or programmer, you'll want to use this one-of-a-kind event to get your skills up to speed. Examine new features and functions available across the entire DB2 family that will let you tap the exploding e-business marketplace and gain new leverage in your business to business endeavors. You can also discover intelligent life in the new DB2 universe - Business Intelligence - that results from new ways to extract, examine, and utilize your transactional data. http://www.ibm.com/services/learning/conf/db2/ DB2 Universal Database V7 is generally available! Check out the latest features of the database that is powering the world's e-business solutions by attending the "What's New in DB2 V7" webinar. Or read about the latest enhancements in the documentation PDF. Also available via download is DB2 Personal Developer's Edition V7 - at no charge! http://www.ibm.com/software/data/launch/ Download FREE GA Version of Migration Tool Download! Thinking about migrating an existing Oracle, SQL Server or Sybase application to DB2? The Stored Procedure Converter Tool (SProCT) GA version from ManTech is now available for downloading from IBM. To find out more information about the functionality of this tool and to download, visit http://www.ibm.com/software/data/db2/migration IDUG eSubscription Provides On-Line Access to DB2 UDB for Windows, UNIX and OS/2 Information and Resources The International DB2 Users Group (IDUG) launched eSubscription, an on-line resource which provides access to a searchable Tech Library and Solution Providers Directory, access to IBM DB2 Certification information and practice tools, a link to "Ask DB2", and various conference options. For a limited time, visitors can sign up for a FREE trial eSubscription with complete access rights to the site, good through December 31, 2000. http://www.idug.org/esubscription Wimbledon Tennis Championships - Powered by DB2 IBM is the Official Supplier of Information Technology for The Wimbledon Tennis Championships (26th June - 9th July). The official Wimbledon Web site, designed, developed and powered by IBM, gives fans around the world access to real-time results and statistics, news and interviews, audio and video, e-mail to players, on-line shopping for Wimbledon merchandise, player biographies, and photographs from the Championships. DB2 is a major part of the solution provided by IBM, providing robust and scalable storage for match results and statistics. http://www.wimbledon.org/info/ibmtechnology/ ===>WEBINARS<================================================== =>"Coming Soon" "Getting Primed for the ASP Business Model" Registration open. Premiers July 26, 2000, 10 am Central http://webevents.broadcast.com/ibm/pwd071900/home.tl?loc=48 "e-infrastructure: Focus on Web Integrators". Registration Open. Premiers Aug. 1, 2000 at 11:00am CDT http://webevents.broadcast.com/ibm/wi/home.tl?loc=21 =>"New Releases" "High Speed Data Search" http://webevents.broadcast.com/ibm/pwd072600/home.tl?loc=21 "Content Manager CommonStore for SAP" http://webevents.broadcast.com/ibm/commonstoresap0700/index.tl "Reaching New Heights In Data Warehousing" http://webevents.broadcast.com/ibm/db2universaldatabase071200/home.tl "Siebel Systems Solutions on S/390 and DB2" http://www.s390.ibm.com/events/callabst/A592130.html "DB2 and Windows 2000" http://webevents.broadcast.com/ibm/db2windows2000_0620/home.tl "Electronic Bill Presentment & Payment" http://webevents.broadcast.com/ibm/e-billing/home.tl "DotCom with DB2" http://webevents.broadcast.com/ibm/dotcomdb2/home.tl =>"Now Showing" See other informative titles at: http://www.ibm.com/software/data/events/ "Why It's Important to be Certified in DB2" "DB2 OLAP Server: IBM's Powerful OLAP Analysis Tool" "Maximizing the success of your SAP BW implementation with IBM DB2" "Migrating from Oracle to DB2" "Migrating from Sybase to DB2" "Migrating from Informix to DB2" "Migrating from SQL Server to DB2" "What's New in DB2 V7?" "Understanding IBM DB2 Certification" "Content Management for e-business solutions" "The Business Value of Customer Relationship Management Systems" "S/390 DB2 OLAP Server: Product and Customer Experience" "Introduction to the IBM Enterprise Information Portal" "IBM Business Intelligence in Action" ===>P U R C H A S I N G D B 2!<================================== DB2 Universal Database is powering the world's e-business solutions by offering open, industrial-strength database management for business intelligence, transaction processing, and a broad range of applications. To purchase your copy of this awarding winning database go to http://www.ibm.com/shopibm ===>C U S T O M E R S U C C E S S S T O R I E S<=============== SpotOn, powered by DB2, enables easy Web navigation at 75% lower cost than Oracle SpotOn helps Web surfers navigate more quickly and easily by enabling them to create WebTours-groupings of related pages and sites. The start-up has chosen DB2 Universal Database Enterprise Edition for Solaris to store and serve up the thousands of online WebTours and bookmarks selected by users. Going with DB2 gives SpotOn costs that are 75 percent lower than Oracle-as well as a reliable, scalable foundation to potentially accommodate millions of users. http://www.software.ibm.com/casestudies/swcsdm.nsf/cs/navo-4j6qm4 Check out the latest DB2 success stories at http://www.software.ibm.com/casestudies/swcsdm.nsf/lateststories -Hungkuk Life insures its future with IBM solution -Fishmonger.com casts industry-wide nets with e-commerce. -State of Wisconsin: Mainframe Java Brings Customer Service into the 21st Century...An IDC e-business Case Study -WaveBend builds robust, scalable solutions with Application Framework for e-business. -ABN AMRO whips the paper trail with electronic data management. -Trygg-Hansa artfully applies science to CRM -Gwinnett gets education with business intelligence -BarterExpress promotes lucrative online barter with IBM e-business solution. -UnitedHealth Group prescribes online services for members' well-being. -Wolferman's delivers good things to eat worldwide--and online. -Marist College shepherds knowledge to give education freer rein. -Gothaer Insurance lays claim to faster policy processing. -Aetna raises bar on healthcare with IBM data warehouse solution. -SAS Institute: Web-enabling integrated enterprise information- delivery systems ===>CERTIFICATION NEWS<=========================================== Announcing DB2 V7 Family Certification With the product announcement of DB2 V7 for Unix, Windows and OS/2, we are updating our certification exams, targeted for July 2000 availability to cover - -DB2 UDB V7 Family Fundamentals Exam- Test 512 -DB2 UDB V7 Database Administration on Unix, Windows and OS/2 Exam - Test 513 -DB2 UDB V7 Application Development Family Exam - Test 514 With the product announcement of DB2 UDB V7 for OS/390, we are adding a new Database Administration certification on the OS/390 platform. Availability is targeted for September 2000- -DB2 UDB V7 Database Administration on OS/390 Exam - Test 514 http://www.ibm.com/software/data/db2/skills/ ===>EDUCATION NEWS!<============================================== IBM DB2 and MQSeries Courseware Packaged for Easy Ordering Suites of network-enabled single- and multiple-learner versions of the following self-study courses are now available: DB2 Family Fundamentals DB2 SQL Workshop DB2 Advanced SQL MQSeries Technical Introduction MQSeries Application Programming MQSeries System Administration For ordering, contact: Your IBM representative or IBM Americas Call Centers at 800-IBM-CALL (Reference: SE001) http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/usalets&parms=H_200-219 Business Intelligence The following course is NEW: DB2 UDB Warehouse and OLAP Functions Workshop US Course Code DW450 * 3 days * $1155 http://www-3.ibm.com/servlet/com.ibm.ls.lsow.servlets.CourseDescriptionServlet?coursecode=DW450 The following course has been updated to DB2 UDB V7: Fundamentals of Data Warehouse & Business Intelligence for Knowledge Management * US Course Code DW030 * 2 days * $745 http://www-3.ibm.com/servlet/com.ibm.ls.lsow.servlets.CourseDescriptionServlet?coursecode=DW030 The following three courses have been updated to include OS/390 support: DW600 - DB2 OLAP Server: Up and Running *US Course Code DW600 * 4 days http://www-3.ibm.com/servlet/com.ibm.ls.lsow.servlets.CourseDescriptionServlet?coursecode=DW600 DW610 - DB2 OLAP Server: Administration and Tuning * US Course Code DW610 * 3 days * http://www-3.ibm.com/servlet/com.ibm.ls.lsow.servlets.CourseDescriptionServlet?coursecode=DW610 DW630 - DB2 OLAP Server: Partitioning * US Course Code DW630 * 2 days * http://www-3.ibm.com/servlet/com.ibm.ls.lsow.servlets.CourseDescriptionServlet?coursecode=DW630 The following three courses now have new titles: Multi-Dimensional Data Modeling has been changed to Advanced Data Warehouse Workshop: Multi-Dimensional Modeling * US Course Code DW120 * 4 days * $1595 http://www-3.ibm.com/servlet/com.ibm.ls.lsow.servlets.CourseDescriptionServlet?coursecode=DW120 Populating the Data Warehouse has been changed to Advanced Data Warehouse Workshop: Extract, Transform, and Load * US Course Code DW130 * 4 days * $1795 http://www-3.ibm.com/servlet/com.ibm.ls.lsow.servlets.CourseDescriptionServlet?coursecode=DW130 VLDB Data Warehousing Issues and Solutions has been changed to Advanced Data Warehouse Workshop: VLDB Issues and Solutions * US Course Code DW180 *3 days * $1295 http://www-3.ibm.com/servlet/com.ibm.ls.lsow.servlets.CourseDescriptionServlet?coursecode=DW180 DB2 Universal Database Family The following courses are NEW: DB2 Connect to DB2 for OS/390 Problem Determination and Performance * US Course Code CF631 * 3 days * $1595 http://www-3.ibm.com/servlet/com.ibm.ls.lsow.servlets.CourseDescriptionServlet?coursecode=CF631 DB2 Essentials (CD-ROM) * US Course Code CT00C *8 hours * $750 http://www-3.ibm.com/servlet/com.ibm.ls.lsow.servlets.CourseDescriptionServlet?coursecode=CT00C Web Enabled DB2: Net.Data (CD-ROM) * US Course Code CT15C * 8 hours * $150 http://www-3.ibm.com/servlet/com.ibm.ls.lsow.servlets.CourseDescriptionServlet?coursecode=CT15C DB2 Universal Database for OS/390 The following courses are NEW: DB2 UDB for OS/390 Database Administration for Experienced DBAs * US Course Code CF840 *4 days * $1360 http://www-3.ibm.com/servlet/com.ibm.ls.lsow.servlets.CourseDescriptionServlet?coursecode=CF840 The following course has been updated: DB2 for OS/390 System Performance and Tuning US Course Code CF881 * 4 days * $1675 http://www-3.ibm.com/servlet/com.ibm.ls.lsow.servlets.CourseDescriptionServlet?coursecode=CF881 DB2 Universal Database for UNIX, Windows, OS/2 New Computer Based Training Offerings IBM DB2 Universal Database V6.1 Fundamentals * US Course Code RM600 * 8 hours * $150 http://www-3.ibm.com/servlet/com.ibm.ls.lsow.servlets.CourseDescriptionServlet?coursecode=RM600 IBM DB2 Universal Database V6.1 Administration * US Course Code RM601 * 8 hours * $150 http://www-3.ibm.com/servlet/com.ibm.ls.lsow.servlets.CourseDescriptionServlet?coursecode=RM601 IBM DB2 Universal Database V6.1 Application Development * US Course Code RM602 * 8 hours * $150 http://www-3.ibm.com/servlet/com.ibm.ls.lsow.servlets.CourseDescriptionServlet?coursecode=RM602 DB2 UDB for Experienced Relational DBA's * US Course Code CT28C * 8 hours * $300 http://www-3.ibm.com/servlet/com.ibm.ls.lsow.servlets.CourseDescriptionServlet?coursecode=CT28C The following courses have all been updated to DB2 UDB V7: DB2 Universal Database Administration Workshop for UNIX * US Course Code CF211 *4 days * $1495 http://www-3.ibm.com/servlet/com.ibm.ls.lsow.servlets.CourseDescriptionServlet?coursecode=CF211 DB2 Universal Database Administration Workshop for Windows NT * US Course Code CF231 * 4 days * $1495 http://www-3.ibm.com/servlet/com.ibm.ls.lsow.servlets.CourseDescriptionServlet?coursecode=CF231 DB2 UDB Administration Workshop for Sun Solaris * US Course Code CF271* 4 days * $1495 http://www-3.ibm.com/servlet/com.ibm.ls.lsow.servlets.CourseDescriptionServlet?coursecode=CF271 Fast Path to DB2 UDB for Experienced Relational DBAs * US Course Code CF281 * 2 days * $775 http://www-3.ibm.com/servlet/com.ibm.ls.lsow.servlets.CourseDescriptionServlet?coursecode=CF281 For other courses on Business Intelligence, DB2, and Content Management in the US, please visit our Curriculum Spotlight pages: Business Intelligence http://www.ibm.com/services/learning/spotlight/dw.html DB2 http://www.ibm.com/services/learning/spotlight/db2.html Content Management http://www.ibm.com/services/learning/spotlight/edm.html ******************************************************************* H E L P F U L W E B S I T E S: IBM Data Management Home Page: http://www.software.ibm.com/data/ Events Calendar: 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