Use these resources to build your curriculum, set up software environments, and give your students access to the tools they need.
Create your curricula
Academic Initiative Courseware Repository
The Courseware Repository has over 30 Information Management courses that are available to Academic Initiative members at no charge.
We recommend these courses that cover various roles, technologies, servers, and operating systems. Be sure to explore all the topics and skill levels that apply to your classes.
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Database design and management courses
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General introductory courses
- (CF18-DB2v7) Relational Database Design
- SQL & Database basics
- Information Management Basics
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DB2 courses
- (FN625-DB2v8) Introduction to IBM DB2
- (CE12-DB2v9) DB2 SQL Workshop
- (CG13-DB2v9) Query and Manage XML Data with DB2 9
- (CL2X-DB2v9) DB2 Administration Workshop for Linux, Unix, Windows
- (L1251-DB2v8) DB2 for Oracle
- (RD899-DB2v8) Up and Running with DB2 for Linux
- (CV101-DB2v9) DB2 for z/OS Fundamentals
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Informix courses
- (L1846-IDS10) IBM Informix Administration
- (FN757-IDS9) IBM Informix Advanced SQL
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Integrated data management courses
- (DW11) Architecting the Data Warehouse
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Data warehousing and data mining courses
- (DW03) Changing Business with Data Insight
- (DW35DWE9.1) DB2 Data Warehouse Edition 9 Components
- (DW820) Advanced Data Warehouse Workshop: Multi-Dimensional Modeling
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Courses to prepare for IBM Professional Certification
- (CF03-DB2v8) DB2 Family Fundamentals
- (CE50-DB2v9) DB2 9 Fundamentals (Exam 730) Classroom Resources
Academic Initiative Courseware Repository: Information Management courses
More resources
You can also find helpful material with these resources.
Online workshop: DB2 Express V9 — Developer in a Day Case studies Information Management Redbooks
Set up the environment
There are several ways that you can get Information Management software and make it available to your students for labs, workshops, and team projects.
Academic Initiative Software Catalog
Academic Initiative members can download full versions of Information Management products from the Software Catalog. There are hundreds of products for a wide variety of purposes. You can search the Catalog by software brand, part number, or text string. To help you get started, we recommend a few products for use in teaching and academic curricula and provide their part numbers.
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Recommended Information Management downloads
The quickest way to locate these products in the software catalog is to use the "Find by search text" option and then type (or cut and paste) a product name into the search field. If a product is packaged as an eAssembly, choose the components that apply to your configuration.
- DB2 Express-C
- DB2 for Linux, UNIX, Windows
- DB2 for z/OS
The quickest way to locate these products in the software catalog is to use the "Find by part number" option and then type (or cut and paste) a part number into the search field. If a product is packaged as an eAssembly, choose the components that apply to your configuration.
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Informix Enterprise Edition V11.50.XC4
- MAC 64 Bit (CZ17GEN)
- zSeries 64 bit (CZ17FEN)
- pSeries 64 bit(CZ17EEN)
- Linux x86 64 bit (CZ17DEN)
- Windows 64 bit (CZ17BEN)
- AIX 64 bit (CZ179EN)
- HP Itanium 64 bit (CZ177EN)
- HP-UX 11 PARISC 64 bit (CZ176EN)
- Solaris Intel 64 bit (CZ174EN)
- Sun Solaris SPARC 64 bit (CZ173EN)
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Optim Development Studio
- Optim Development Studio V2.2 for Windows Multilingual (CZ2UNML)
- Optim Development Studio V2.2 for Linux x86 Multilingual (CZ2UPML)
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InfoSphere Warehouse (InfoSphere Data Architect)
- IBM InfoSphere Data Architect V7.5.2 for Windows Multilingual (CZ2VHML)
- IBM InfoSphere Data Architect V7.5.2 for Linux Multilingual (CZ2VIML)
Fully configured VMWare images
Download a Virtual Appliance that has database software already installed, configured and ready to run. We have images for DB2 Express-C and Informix.
Inspire your students
These resources can help students to explore on their own for independent research or team projects and apply their knowledge to real-world situations.
Games
- DB2 Detective Game (for relational database skills)
- DB2 Business Game (for SQL skills)
- Informix Detective Game (for Informix Dymanic Server relational database skills)
A roadmap for students to learn about DB2 Express-C
Show your students what a database administrator actually does
Resources for real-world applications
