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• Exploring your InfoSphere BigInsights cluster and sample applications

  Learn about the BigInsights web console so you can get a quick start with your projects. The console provides tools to administer your cluster, launch applications, monitor application status, work with your distributed file system, and analyze data using a spreadsheet-style tool.

• Introducing InfoSphere Streams 2.0 features, Part 2: Using collections

  Explore the three collection types, including the new set and map collections, and learn how to exploit them as part of a native SPL application.

• Multiple dimensional data modeling using InfoSphere Data Architect, Part 3: Transformations

  In Part 3 of this article series, learn how to transform models from a Cognos model to a cubing model, or from a cubing model to a Cognos model, and then update the models for consolidation.

• Best practices and performance guidelines for InfoSphere Information Server running on Intel Xeon servers, connecting to IBM Netezza Data Warehouse servers

  Get the details about the comprehensive integration available between InfoSphere Information Server hosted on Intel Xeon E7 series processors and the Netezza Data Warehouse appliance. Learn how to optimize this environment for a highly scalable and reliable computing platform.

• Introducing InfoSphere Streams 2.0 features, Part 1: Application monitoring with metrics

  Get acquainted with the InfoSphere Streams metrics system component, and learn how to access and use both system metrics and user-defined metrics as part of your Streams application.

• Technical tip: Automate IBM InfoSphere DataStage jobs using CLI options in shell/batch scripts

  Learn how to use the InfoSphere DataStage dsjob command in an automation script. A sample automation script shows you how to use the dsjob command to run a job, view or reset job status, stop the job, and retrieve the log for the latest job run.

• Ensuring data quality for multilingual data using IBM InfoSphere Information Server

  Discover a methodology for cleansing multilingual data using InfoSphere DataStage and QualityStage. This is especially important in countries such as India where each state's language is different and data are available in English and local languages.

• Configure InfoSphere CDC with InfoSphere DataStage for real-time ETL

  Make real-time extracting, transforming, and loading possible by using the Direct Connect utility to integrate the data replication product IBM InfoSphere Change Data Capture and the extract, transform, and load (ETL) tool InfoSphere DataStage.

• Security and deployment best practices for InfoSphere Information Server Packs for SAP applications, Part 2: Deployment

  Part 2 of this article series introduces deployment best practices for the IBM InfoSphere Information Server Pack for SAP Applications V7, helping you make the right choices regarding available deployment strategies of the SAP Packs.