New System z software, highlights from Information on Demand, more

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Fall 2011 System z Edition     SPECIAL REPORT: NEW SOFTWARE OFFERINGS FOR SYSTEM Z Get the best of transactional and BI worlds on System z New IBM Security zSecure suite V1.13: More support for compliance; enhanced CICS and IMS integration A complete business process management (BPM) platform for the z/OS environment Faster, simpler development and management for ESB deployments Improve thousands – or millions – of interactions every day with operational decision management Upgrade to double-digit gains in performance, throughput and simplicity with IMS 12 Introducing business intelligence, built for the mainframe Speed development and improve quality of cross-platform applications Modernize your green screen CICS, IMS and 3270 applications with a graphical user interface News from Information on Demand: Transform Big Data into trusted information • Bring MDM and BPM together • Big Data analytics, on premises or in the cloud • Business intelligence hits the road • Bold new direction for statistical analysis • The power of Watson transforms healthcare • New IBM Case Manager V5.1 • See all the announcements PLUS more news and content based on your interests! Stories In Detail   Get the best of transactional and BI worlds on System z New IBM DB2® Analytics Accelerator for z/OS® marries System z™ quality of service (QoS) with Netezza® technologies to enable a new class of business intelligence (BI) and data warehousing applications. Learn more   New IBM Security zSecure suite V1.13: More support for compliance; enhanced CICS and IMS integration The IBM Security zSecure™ suite provides cost-effective security administration, improves service by detecting threats, and reduces risk with automated audit and compliance reporting. Read about the enhancements in the latest release. Learn about all Security zSecure offerings   A complete business process management (BPM) platform for the z/OS environment IBM Business Process Manager V7.5 for z/OS lets you automate and monitor workflow and decision-making, standardize tasks, and gain real-time visibility into operations – so your organization can spend less time on processes, and more time on strategic business efforts. Register and read the white paper   Faster, simpler development and management for ESB deployments New IBM WebSphere® Message Broker V8.0 for z/OS is a complete enterprise service bus (ESB) – with new features including enhanced integration for .NET endpoints, and premium audit and recording capabilities with replay data flowing from the ESB from all sources. Get the details   Improve thousands – or millions – of interactions every day with operational decision management New IBM WebSphere Operational Decision Management for z/OS provides flexible, comprehensive automation and governance that helps improve the responsiveness and precision of operational decisions made within your mainframe applications. Learn how it works   Upgrade to double-digit gains in performance, throughput and simplicity with IMS 12 IBM Information Management System (IMS™), the world’s premier transaction and pre-relational database manager for mission-critical online applications, is now faster than ever. And the enhanced Enterprise Suite for z/OS V2.1 enables SOA with enhanced SOAP and Java® tools. Get the details   Introducing business intelligence, built for the mainframe IBM Cognos® Business Intelligence V8.4 for z/OS is optimized to work with IBM DB2 on z/OS V9 and V10, and provides the full range of BI reporting and analysis capabilities – so you can give users anywhere in your enterprise the information they need to make smarter business decisions. Read the data sheet (PDF, 597KB)   Speed development and improve quality of cross-platform applications New IBM Rational® Developer for zEnterprise™ v8.0.3 adds new COBOL analysis and code quality tools. And the updated Rational Developer for System z Unit Test feature (available separately) now provides blade configuration support. Read the announcement for new feature details   Modernize your green screen CICS, IMS and 3270 applications with a graphical user interface New IBM Rational Host Access Transformation Services (HATS) V8.0 lets you quickly modernize mainframe applications to make them easier to learn and use – improving customer satisfaction, lowering your employee training costs, and minimizing overall risk. See what’s new in HATS V8.0   Transform Big Data into trusted information – and actionable results New IBM InfoSphere® Information Server 8.7 enables integration with Big Data as both a source and a target for integration – and includes a next-generation connector for Netezza built for simplified integration, balanced optimization and high performance. See all the new features   Bring MDM and BPM together to improve your business processes New IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management (MDM) V10 includes IBM BPM Express®, providing out-of-the-box business process management (BPM) capabilities to implement policies and coordinate workflows for data stewardship and governance. Learn more about this new release   Tap the Big Data analytics power of Hadoop – on premises or in the cloud New IBM InfoSphere BigInsights V1.3 enables a new class of cost-effective solutions for turning massive volumes of data into actionable insights. And new InfoSphere Streams enables continuous analysis of massive data streams, with sub-millisecond latency. Both are available for on-premises installation or via IBM SmartCloud Enterprise. Learn more about IBM Big Data analytics   Get the same great insights, on the road or in the office – because some decisions can’t wait New IBM Cognos® Mobile gives your team the same rich, visual business intelligence (BI) experience they get in the office – on any Android 2, Apple iPhone or iPad, RIM BlackBerry smart phone or PlayBook, Microsoft® Windows® Mobile or Symbian device. Watch a Flash video demo. Learn more about Cognos Mobile   See the power of advanced statistical analysis – taken in a bold new direction New IBM SPSS® Statistics 20 adds geographic mapping to its analysis and reporting capabilities – and delivers improved analytics, faster output and greater flexibility for increased productivity. Access demos, trial software and more   Transform clinical and operational decision-making to improve care, lower costs, and more IBM Content and Predictive Analytics for Healthcare integrates structured and unstructured data – and then applies predictive root cause analysis, IBM Watson-like natural language processing, and built-in medical annotators to help reveal clinical and operational insights. Learn more – attend the Watson in Healthcare virtual forum on December 8. Visit the product home page   New IBM Case Manager V5.1: Faster case creation, enhanced integration Enhancements in this latest release help shorten case creation, and provide tighter integration with IBM Content Manager Enterprise Edition and IBM Business Process Manager for improved configuration flexibility and productivity. Read the data sheet (PDF, 153KB)   There’s much more: Catch up on all the announcements from Information on Demand 2011 Visit the official Information On Demand 2011 web site for links to all the product offerings and partner awards announced at the show (just scroll down). And check out the online press kit for links to press releases, videos and more. Get up to speed now   The Early Bird gets the savings – register NOW for Lotusphere 2012 Don't miss the premier IBM collaboration community worldwide event! Register by December 2, 2011 to save US$300 off the full conference fee. Plus be sure to check out IBM Connect 2012, a new, two-day social business conference running alongside Lotusphere®, January 16-17. Register early and save   Power your social business with Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5.3 The latest release of IBM Lotus® Notes® and Domino® software delivers significant new social capabilities within the familiar Notes environment (watch this demo) – and provides your organization with a solid start on the path to becoming a social business. Read the white paper (PDF, 334KB)   Integrate, collaborate and optimize – with IBM Rational solutions for business agility Make better product development decisions, driven by analytics. Work faster with collaborative development techniques. Reach farther with modernization and multiplatform solutions. Respond with agility to complexity and change – and speed your time to innovation and value. Learn more   Leverage the cloud to transform development and test – read this complimentary e-book The future of software is cloudy – in a very good way. Learn how key IBM Rational capabilities can provide secure, reliable, easy-to-implement infrastructure solutions for development and test workloads – infrastructure that can scale up or down to meet changing requirements. Register and download the e-book About this newsletter Manage your subscription Subscribe | Unsubscribe | Contact editor   More great resources Webcast Nov. 9 (TODAY), 1 p.m. ET: The Economic Value of zEnterprise Forrester analysts Phil Murphy and Michelle Bishop present key findings. Register NOW and attend New free e-book: IBM System z Demos and White Papers This first in a three-book series focuses on mainframe data management. Just click to start reading Miami-Dade improves reporting Cognos on System z Rather than purchase new servers, the county increased its reporting capabilities using existing infrastructure. Watch the video New on the System z Management Blog: Dear Rocky Rocky McMahan offers tips to improve OMEGAMON® XE 420 for IMS IF3 performance. 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