IBM Information Server provides a single information integration point. It combines several technologies into a single unified platform that enables companies to understand, cleanse, transform, and deliver trustworthy and context-rich information. Its capabilities include

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Understanding data using WebSphere Information Analyzer

This module of Information Server analysis and profiles data to determine its quality and structure. It is critical in ongoing monitoring and auditing of data to ensure data integrity, accuracy and compliance with standards and regulations

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Cleansing data using WebSphere QualityStage

QualityStage cleanses and enriches data to meet business objectives and data quality management standards. This includes Investigation, Standardization and matching of information to produce high quality and accurate data.

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Integrating data using WebSphere DataStage

DataStage selects converts and maps data to the format required by the target systems. It supports the collection, transformation and distribution of large volumes of data, with data structures that range from simple to highly complex.

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Creating a common Data Vocabulary using WebSphere Business Glossary

This is a web based common controlled vocabulary which acts as a common language between business and IT. This helps in better communication between technologists and business users.

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Virtualized information access using WebSphere Federation Server

Federation Server allows data to be accessed through a common interface that centralizes the control of data access. With a federated system, you can send distributed requests to multiple data sources within a single SQL statement.

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SOA Deployment using WebSphere Information Services Director

Information Services Director helps publish consistent and reusable services for information which enables the logic to be used by any business process. Cleansing and transformation rules or federated queries can be published as   shared services by using a consistent and intuitive graphical interface, and managed after publication using the same interface

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Metadata tracing using Metadata Workbench

Metadata Workbench provides a method to visually trace the information and relationship paths.  This allows the IT staff to fully understand the impact of system change is also vital for addressing key regulations like Sarbanes-Oxley and Basel II.

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Informatica

Informatica products provide a set of seamlessly integrated tools built upon a single, unified data integration platform based on a service-oriented architecture (SOA). This platform consists of universal data access and a common set of metadata services, data services, infrastructure services, data quality services, and data integration services.

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