Query Acceleration for Business using Informix Warehouse Accelerator

A draft IBM Redbooks publication  (Planned Published date of November 2013)

Abstract

IBM Informix Warehouse Accelerator (IWA) is a state-of-the-art in-memory database designed to exploit affordable innovations in memory and processor technology and trends in novel ways to boost query performance. It is a disruptive technology that changes how organizations provide analytics to its operational and historical data. Informix Warehouse Accelerator leverages columnar, in-memory approach to accelerate even the most complex warehouse and operational queries without application changes or tuning.

This book provides a comprehensive look at the technology and architecture behind the system. It contains information about the tools, data synchronization, and query processing capabilities of Informix Warehouse Accelerator, and steps to implement data analysis by using Informix Warehouse Accelerator within an organization.

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Table of contents                                                                           

Chapter 1. Introduction to Informix Warehouse Accelerator
Chapter 2. Designing data marts
Chapter 3. Designing and sizing an Informix Warehouse Accelerator environment
Chapter 4. Informix Warehouse Accelerator installation and configuration
Chapter 5. Creating Informix Warehouse Accelerator data marts
Chapter 6. Query execution
Chapter 7. Managing Informix Warehouse Accelerator data mart
Chapter 8. Informix Warehouse Accelerator server administration
Chapter 9. Use of Cognos with Informix Warehouse Accelerator
Chapter 10. Proof of concept for Informix Warehouse Accelerator
Appendix A. Tools for Informix Warehouse Accelerator