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Many companies claim to have "gone to the cloud," yet returns from
their efforts are meager or worse. Why? Because they've defined
cloud as a destination, not a capability. Using cloud as a
single-vendor, one-stop destination is fiction; in practice,
today's organizations use a mosaic of capabilities across several
vendors. Your cloud strategy needs to follow a hybrid multicloud
model, one that delivers cloud's value at destinations you choose.
This practical guide provides business leaders and C-level
executives with guidance and insights across a wide range of
cloud-related topics, such as distributed cloud, microservices, and
other open source solutions for strengthening operations. You'll
apply in-the-field best practices and lessons learned as you define
your hybrid cloud strategy and drive your company's transformation
strategy. Learn cloud fundamentals and patterns, including basic
concepts and history Get a framework for cloud acumen phases to
value-plot your cloud future Know which questions to ask a cloud
provider before you sign Discover potential pitfalls for everything
from the true cost of a cloud solution to adopting open source the
right way
With the potential to add nearly $16 trillion to the global economy
over the next decade, artificial intelligence may be the greatest
opportunity of our time. But, so far, adoption has been much slower
than anticipated. With this practical report, business leaders will
understand the power of AI and learn how to fully unleash its
potential. Author Rob Thomas, general manager of IBM Data and
Artificial Intelligence, demystifies AI for C-suite executives and
line of business professionals. You'll learn about the AI ladder, a
unified, prescriptive approach to help you accelerate your AI
journey, no matter where you are in the process. This succinct
report explores AI's drivers, value, and opportunity, as well as
the adoption challenges organizations now face.
Gain insight into how to govern and consume IBM's unique in-motion
and at-rest Big Data analytic capabilitiesA. R. Ammons once said,
"A word too much repeated falls out of being", and although the
term Big Data sometimes seems to be "too much repeated", it's not
about to fall "out of being". That said, it is subject to a lot of
hype. The term Big Data is a bit of a misnomer. Truth be told,
we're not even big fans of the term--despite the fact that it is so
prominently displayed on the cover of this book--because it implies
that other data is somehow small (it might be) or that this
particular type of data is large in size (it can be, but doesn't
have to be). This is Big Data in a nutshell: It is the ability to
retain, process, and understand data like never before. It can mean
more data than what you are using today; but it can also mean
different kinds of data, a venture into the unstructured world
where most of today's data resides. The Big Data opportunity. It's
a shift, rift, lift, or cliff for your business--this book is going
to help you experience the shift and lift, while those that don't
work to get beyond the hype end up in a rift or cliff. In this book
you will learn how cognitive computing systems, like IBM Watson,
fit into the Big Data world. You'll learn how Big Data needs a
"ground-to-cloud" architecture, what a Data Refinery looks like,
and theimportance of a next generation data platform. Gain an
understanding of the concepts of data-in-motion, data-at-rest
(technologies like Hadoop play here, as well as others), the role
that NoSQL and polyglot play in a leading edge analytics
architecture, and more. Get details about the Big Data platform
manifesto and why it is a must for any Big Data project. Capturing,
storing, refining, transforming, governing, securing, and analyzing
data, traditionally or as a service, are important topics
alsocovered in this book.
Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are
not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or
access to any online entitlements included with the product. Boost
your Big Data IQ! Gain insight into how to govern and consume IBM's
unique in-motion and at-rest Big Data analytic capabilities Big
Data represents a new era of computing-an inflection point of
opportunity where data in any format may be explored and utilized
for breakthrough insights-whether that data is in-place, in-motion,
or at-rest. IBM is uniquely positioned to help clients navigate
this transformation. This book reveals how IBM is infusing open
source Big Data technologies with IBM innovation that manifest in a
platform capable of "changing the game." The four defining
characteristics of Big Data-volume, variety, velocity, and
veracity-are discussed. You'll understand how IBM is fully
committed to Hadoop and integrating it into the enterprise. Hear
about how organizations are taking inventories of their existing
Big Data assets, with search capabilities that help organizations
discover what they could already know, and extend their reach into
new data territories for unprecedented model accuracy and
discovery. In this book you will also learn not just about the
technologies that make up the IBM Big Data platform, but when to
leverage its purpose-built engines for analytics on data in-motion
and data at-rest. And you'll gain an understanding of how and when
to govern Big Data, and how IBM's industry-leading InfoSphere
integration and governance portfolio helps you understand, govern,
and effectively utilize Big Data. Industry use cases are also
included in this practical guide.
Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are
not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or
access to any online entitlements included with the product.
UPGRADE TO THE NEW GENERATION OF DATABASE SOFTWARE FOR THE ERA OF
BIG DATA!If big data is an untapped natural resource, how do you
find the gold hidden within? Leaders realize that big data means
all data, and are moving quickly to extract more value from both
structured and unstructured application data. However, analyzing
this data can prove costly and complex, especially while protecting
the availability,performance and reliability of essential business
applications. In the new era of big data, businesses require data
systems that can blend always-available transactions with
speed-of-thought analytics. DB2 10.5 with BLU Acceleration provides
this speed, simplicity, andaffordability while making it easier to
build next-generation applications with NoSQL features, such as a
mongo-styled JSON document store, a graph store, and more. Dynamic
in-memory columnar processing and other innovations deliver faster
insights from more data, and enhanced pureScale clustering
technology delivers high-availability transactions with
application-transparent scalability for business continuity. With
this book, you'll learn about the power and flexibility of
multiworkload, multi-platform database software. Use the
comprehensive knowledge from a team of DB2 developers and experts
to get started with the latest DB2 trial version you can download
at ibm.com/developerworks/downloads/im/db2/. Stay up to date on DB2
by visiting ibm.com/db2/.
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not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or
access to any online entitlements included with the product. Save
Time and Money with DB2 10 for LUW Even travel through time and
shrink dataHow would you like to compress even more data, store it
in a cloud, and analyze it as though you are traveling through time
without compromising security? In addition to these enhancements,
you will experience lower costs and faster performance with the
latest release of DB2. Read this book to understand the power of
DB2 10 and get started now! This book provides you with the
comprehensive knowledge you need to get started with the latest DB2
release. Try some of the new features by downloading DB2 Express
for free, which features Big Data and Cloud technology. Go to
ibm.com/db2/express.
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not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or
access to any online entitlements included with the product.
Extreme Availability and Scalability--Up and Running With DB2
pureScaleDB2 is a leading-edge hybrid data server that offers
optimum storage, scalability, and availability. DB2 pureScale is a
new technology primarily optimized for scale-out transactional
processing clusters in an active-active manner. This succinct guide
will show you how DB2 with pureScale can deliver transparent
application scalability, the ability to deliver agile-like
computing to your transaction systems, and extreme availability.
This book, together with IBM DB2 9 New Features (McGraw-Hill, 2007)
and Break Free with DB2 9.7 (McGraw-Hill, 2009), provides you with
the comprehensive knowledge you need to get started with the latest
DB2 release. Try the new features by downloading DB2 Express-C
9.7--it is free to develop, deploy, and distribute (with no user
and database size limitations) and features pureXML technology. Go
to ibm.com/db2/express. Discover the benefits your business can
achieve with the agility provided by DB2 pureScale Find out how
applications can be transparently scaled Reduce the risk and cost
of business growth through umlimited capacity
Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are
not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or
access to any online entitlements included with the product. Design
and deploy integrated enterprise-class business solutionsEnhance
productivity, profitability, and efficiency using IBM DB2 9 and the
detailed information in this comprehensive resource. Written by
experienced IBM data server professionals, IBM DB2 9 New Features
covers the technical details of the major new aspects of DB2 9
alongside real-world business uses, syntax examples, and insider
tips. Learn how to manipulate and manage XML data using pureXML,
automate maintenance tasks, and seamlessly integrate Java, PHP, and
Perl scripts. Plus, you'll get vital coverage of the brand-new DB2
Developer Workbench, enhanced .NET developer support, Ruby on
Rails, and database security. Learn about all the
auto-configuration features that make getting DB2 up and running
faster than ever before Define, share, and validate data using XML
and the unique pureXML DB2 Hybrid Storage Engine Improve runtime
performance and optimize storage with the new DB2 Compression
Technology Automatically handle DB2 memory allocation using the
Self Tuning Memory Manager Use Automatic Storage, Autonomic
Computing, and a host of other autonomic features that make
managing DB2 a snap Create dynamic data server blueprints with
Rational Data Architect version 6.1 Incorporate Java applications
using the IBM WebSphere Application Server and DB2 data server
Develop open-source scripts using PHP, Perl, Toad, and Ruby on
Rails Utilize the DB2 Developer Workbench or exploit the enhanced
.NET developer support Deploy the latest DB2 security and high
availability features
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