Where InfoSphere Information Server Packs fit in the suite architecture

InfoSphere® Information Server Packs provide high-speed connectivity to packaged enterprise applications that use the metadata capabilities of InfoSphere Information Server to help your organization integrate data and create consistent, trustworthy information.

To provide a complete data integration solution, InfoSphere Information Server Packs provide the following capabilities:

• Manage connections to application source systems
• Import metadata from source systems
• Integrate design and job control in InfoSphere DataStage®
• Use InfoSphere DataStage to load data to target applications, including other enterprise applications and data warehouses or data marts
• Allow bulk extract, load, and delta processing