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IBM® InfoSphere® Information Server helps organizations derive value from the complex information spread across their systems. It is a revolutionary software platform that profiles, cleanses, integrates and delivers trusted information from heterogeneous sources to drive greater business insight faster, at a lower cost. It helps business and IT personnel collaborate to understand the meaning, structure, and content of information across a wide variety of sources. IBM InfoSphere Information Server helps you access and use information in new ways to drive innovation, increase operational efficiency, and lower risk.
InfoSphere Information Server
InfoSphere DataStage
InfoSphere QualityStage
Use InfoSphere Information Server on the Amazon EC2 Web Service. IBM has partnered with Amazon Web Services to make available a pre-bundled InfoSphere Information Server AMI containing InfoSphere DataStage and InfoSphere QualityStage for production use. This AMI consists of InfoSphere DataStage V8.1 and QualityStage V8.1 pre-installed on Novell SUSE Linux® Enterprise Server V10 (SLES 10 SP2) for the server and Windows® 2003 Server for the InfoSphere Developer client licenses.
Develop and deploy on Amazon Web Services (AWS)
InfoSphere Information Server is available to use on Amazon EC2 at an hourly rate. Amazon EC2 running InfoSphere Information Server offers a low-cost, pay-as-you-go model with no long-term commitments and no minimum fees. See the Amazon EC2 Running IBM page for more information on pricing and other service details.
Get started
To start developing on Amazon EC2, you need an Amazon Web Services account. If you don't have one, create one now.
| Go to Amazon for information on how to get started with the InfoSphere Information Server production-ready AMI. |
Details about the InfoSphere Information Server AMI can be found in the InfoSphere Information Server AMI Catalog.
Purchase a product license for use on AWS
Another option is to use your own product licenses. You can install and run IBM programs on the Amazon EC2 Web service using program licenses obtained from IBM on a Processor Value Unit (PVU) basis. Read PVUs required for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud for more information.
Resources
The following resources can help you get started with AMIs.
- IBM InfoSphere Information Server FAQs: Answers to most often asked questions.
- IBM InfoSphere Information Server Amazon Machine Image Get Started Guide (PDF): Deployment instructions for InfoSphere Information Server Amazon Machine Images (AMI) under the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) infrastructure.
- Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2): Learn more about Amazon's Web service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud.
- Cloud computing with Amazon Web Services: Explore how Amazon Web Services provide a compelling alternative for architecting and building scalable, reliable applications.
- IBM and cloud computing: An overview of IBM's approach to cloud computing.
- Cloud Computing space: Your starting point for the latest IBM, developerWorks and general industry information on cloud computing. Discover why cloud computing is important, how to get started, and where to learn more about it.
- SaaSpace: An online collaborative venue for Software as a Service companies.
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