Table of Contents
About the Authors v
Introduction Surekha Parekh xiii
DB2 for z/OS and Cloud Computing Surekha Parekh Maryela Weihrauch 1
Highlights 1
Introduction: What Is Cloud Computing, and What Is Driving This Market Trend? 1
IBM Cloud Computing Is Designed for Business 2
What Is Data as a Service, and What Are the Drivers? 2
DB2 for z/OS 2
Cloud Configurations 4
DB2 for z/OS Cloud Provisioning 4
Cloud Infrastructure in IBM z Systems 4
IBM z/OS Management Facility 5
DB2 and z/OS Management Facility 6
Additional Benefits and Features 6
Why IBM? 7
For More Information 7
Notes 7
Could Your Analytics Strategy Cost Your Business $100M? Learn How New Technologies Can Help Protect Your Analytics, Data, and Your Bottom Line Shantan Kethireddy 9
Introduction: Your Data Is Not Safe 9
The Data Origination Challenge 10
System Costs 11
System Cost Solutions 13
Data Security 15
Example Healthcare Company Analysis 16
Data Security Solutions 17
System Performance 18
System Performance Solutions 19
Data Archiving 19
Data Archiving Solutions 20
Performance, Security, and Savings 21
How IBM Can Help Your Bottom Line 21
For More Information 22
Notes 23
Predictive Analytics Using IBM SPSS Modeler in DB2 for z/OS Jane Man Lei Tian Liang Wang 25
Introduction 25
Why DB2 for z/OS Customers May Want to Use SPSS and the Business Value 25
Setup and Configuration 26
Building a Simple Model Using Data Stored in DB2 for z/OS 27
Step 1 Configure the ODBC DSN 27
Step 2 Build a simple model using data from DB2 for z/OS 30
Scoring Inside DB2 for z/OS via Modeler UDF (Server Scoring Adapter) 38
Scoring Inside DB2 for z/OS via SQL Pushback 41
Publishing the Model into DB2 for z/OS 44
Creating an SQL Statement to Perform In-Database Real-time Scoring 48
Summary 51
Acknowledgments 51
Appendix: Load/Insert Data into DB2 for z/OS 52
Resources 54
Maximizing Mobile Initiatives with IBM DB2 for z/OS Surekha Parekh Mark Simmonds 55
Introduction 55
The Need for Banks to Become Customer Centric 55
The Mobile Tipping Point 57
Mobile Redefines the Business and Responsibilities 58
Banking Your Business on a Mobile Strategy-the DB2 for z/OS Advantage 58
Case study: Reducing costs and accelerating time to value with analytics and mobile on the mainframe 59
The Need for Speed, Data Currency, and Security 60
Under the Hood of a Secure and Fraud-Resistant Mobile Transaction 61
Reuse Services and Data to Build Portable Mobile Apps 63
Reducing the Complexity of Multiple Mobile Platform Support 63
IBM z Systems-Designed for the Mobile Era 65
Case study: Growing the business with a secure multi-channel business 66
Conclusion 67
For More Information 67
Notes 68
DB2 for z/OS and Spark Integration DB2 and Spark-the Perfect Partner for Big Data Pallavi Priyadarshini 69
Introduction: What Is Spark? 69
IBM and Apache Spark: The Start of Something Big in Data and Design 69
Apache Spark and DB2 for z/OS 69
Blog 1 Using Spark's Interactive Scala Shell for Accessing DB2 Data Using JDBC Driver and Spark's New DataFrames API 72
Blog 2 Accessing DB2 Data from Spark via Standalone Scala/ Java Programs in Eclipse 77
Blog 3 Simplify Joining DB2 Data and JSON Data with Spark 88
Blog 4 Persisting Spark DataFrames into DB2 92
Conclusion 95
