Software Announcement September 21, 1999

IBM DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data for AS/400 V6R1, Greater Competitiveness Through Informed Decision Making

Overview IBM GBIS: Global Solutions continues to At a Glance IBM DB2 Intelligent Miner for offer consultancy, Data for AS/400 enables recognized as the best in the Now even more business knowledge workers to identify and industry. intelligence users can readily extract high-value business obtain the information they need to intelligence from large amounts of DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data for develop smart business strategies. enterprise data. Version 6 AS/400 is based on a client/server The enhanced capabilities of this Release 1 (V6R1) offers new architecture and mines data directly product let you: analysis and data exploration options from DB2 as well as from other data  • that enhance core data mining sources via DB2 DataJoiner . Data Analyze business information capability while making critical data and metadata can also be exchanged more effectively with: with warehouses and business more accessible to those who need − intelligence tools and applications. A new Associations it most. Business analysts and Visualizer managers are empowered to make Supported clients are Windows 95,   better informed decisions to improve Windows 98, Windows NT , AIX , − Extended data exploration  customer relations, maximize profits, and OS/2 . • Improve productivity through: and reduce risk of fraud and abuse. Key Prerequisites − Export to spreadsheet DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data for AS/400 V6R1 places increased focus • The IBM DB2 Intelligent Miner for − Copy to clipboard on bringing the value of data mining Data for AS/400 requires an to more business intelligence users. AS/400 Advanced Series RISC − Print Visualizations Enhancements include integration System. • Take advantage of powerful with warehouse and business • To run the Intelligent Miner, use resources through enhanced intelligence tools. Integrated mining solutions: business intelligence offerings the environment layer API or leverage product enhancements to install one of the supported − SAP Business Warehouse deliver end-to-end mining solutions clients. integration to the business analyst. − SPSS integration at the glass Planned Availability Date SAP Business Warehouse: Joint SAP − IBM GBIS consultants and IBM technology pilots are underway to enable SAP users to September 24, 1999 For ordering, contact: utilize Intelligent Miner to mine data Your IBM representative, an IBM sourced from their SAP Business Business Partner, or IBM Americas Warehouse. Call Centers at 800-IBM-CALL Reference: AE001 SPSS: SPSS integration can provide Intelligent Miner for Data users with EXTRA! EXTRA! . . . additional statistical analysis and data exploration capabilities. Other Subscribe to IBM iSource, your electronic — source for customized IBM information! recent SPSS announcements Go to our Web site at Version 10 client-server http://www.ibm.com/isource implementation, and intent to or send an e-mail to develop a direct interface for DB2 info@isource..com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the body. access — further complement the solution.

This announcement is provided for your information only. For additional information, contact your IBM representative, call 800-IBM-4YOU, or visit the IBM home page at: http://www.ibm.com.

IBM United States IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. 299-273 SPSS: SPSS integration will afford Intelligent Miner users Description additional statistical analysis and data exploration capabilities. Integration at the glass will provide a DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data enables knowledge workers seamless user interface to utilize Intelligent Miner for to identify and extract high value business intelligence Data and SPSS functions interactively during the data and communicate results to business users for further mining process. Concurrently, SPSS announces the analysis and decision making. DB2 Intelligent Miner for availability of Version 10, a client-server implementation Data is an integrated solution for the sophisticated of its statistical analysis offerings. These announcements analysis of large amounts of enterprise data. augment the recent SPSS stated intent to provide direct access to DB2. From its initial release, the Intelligent Miner has embodied proven data mining technology with IBM GBIS: Global Business Intelligence Solutions offers best-of-breed scalability and has been deployed in a data mining consultancy which is recognized in the variety of customer mining solutions. Version 2 industry for excellence and expertise. enhancements included additional scalability options and placed significant emphasis on usability and productivity Version 6.1 (V6R1) Highlights for data mining analysts. While V6R1 offers further enhancements in core capabilities, a new area of • A new, highly interactive Associations Visualizer emphasis supports the emerging maturation of data facilitates interpretation of mining results produced by mining in Intelligent Miner customer installations. Associations Discovery. A variety of textual and graphical representations are provided with user Version 6.1 (V6R1) Objectives: DB2 Intelligent Miner for customization and filtering options. Data V6R1 offers new analysis and data exploration • DB2 extended names are now supported. options which enhance core data mining capability. In addition, V6R1 places increased focus on bringing the • DB2 DataJoiner can be used to mine non-DB2 value of data mining to more business intelligence users relational data, including both read and write by broadening access to mining function and results at operations, thereby increasing Intelligent Miner′s the business analyst′s desktop. Enhancements include reach to enterprise data. integration with warehouse and business intelligence tools, and improved communication of data mining results • Print support is provided directly to printers — to business analysts. Partner solutions leverage product including network printers — for most visualizations, enhancements to deliver custom mining solutions to thereby improving communication capability. business analysts. • Support for exporting to a comma separated variable (CSV) data format allows users of other business Enhancements Targeted to the Data Mining Analyst: DB2 intelligence tools (for example, spreadsheet tools) to extended column names are utilized by the Intelligent further drill down and interpret the significance of Miner. DB2 DataJoiner can be used by the Intelligent mining results. The import of CSV data into Intelligent Miner to mine non-DB2 , including both read Miner is supported by additional tools. and write operations. • A new “copy to clipboard” capability allows users to Enhancements Targeted to the Business Analyst: A copy selected output, with its graphical characteristics, powerful new visualizer will be provided for interpreting to other business intelligence tools (such as the mining results created by the Associations Discovery spreadsheet products). This further increases algorithm. Actually comprised of a linked set of textual communication to analysts downstream from the and graphical representations, the new visualizer is actual mining run. aimed at facilitating business communication. • Usability improvements to the user interface provide Enablement features of the DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data more intuitive usage, easier navigation, and better provide the mechanisms for integration of business performance. intelligence tools at the glass. Applying model results to • Some Intelligent Miner models can be exported to the enriches the information available to self-contained sample code. This allows further business analysts through familiar business intelligence deployment of models in any user application on any tools they use every day. Seamless tool integration at the platform. glass facilitates the iterative analysis process. The first tools targeted for integration will offer additional • A fully documented example is provided to illustrate statistical analysis and data exploration options to how some Intelligent Miner models can be exported to analysts. self-contained C code. This allows further deployment of models in any user application on any platform. DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data is based on a client/server architecture and mines data directly from DB2 as well as • SAP Business Warehouse integration allows SAP users from other data sources via DB2 DataJoiner. Data and to mine Business Warehouse data using the Intelligent metadata can also be exchanged with warehouses and Miner for Data products. business intelligence tools and applications. Supported • clients are Windows 95/98/NT, AIX, and OS/2. SPSS and SPlus integration improve productivity during the data preparation stage by increasing data Enhanced Intelligent Miner Solutions exploration and analysis functions available to Intelligent Miner users through one of these statistics SAP Business Warehouse: Joint SAP and IBM technology packages. The implementation also provides an pilots are underway to enable SAP users to utilize example of how other business intelligence tools might Intelligent Miner to mine data sourced from their SAP be seamlessly integrated at the glass. Business Warehouse. Generated models are applied and ported back to the warehouse. As both data and Year 2000 metadata are imported and exported, users will be able to define data once. This product does not have date dependencies and is, therefore, Year 2000 ready.

299-273 -2- Euro Currency They allow users to query and analyze data to verify business hypotheses. Discovery driven mining tools This program is not impacted by euro currency. extend the analysts′ capabilities by enabling them to scan massive amounts of information and quickly determine associations, patterns, and trends which would previously Product Positioning have eluded them. The two approaches are complementary. Traditional and advanced decision DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data products provide a wide support will continue to play a critical role in range of industrial-strength mining technologies within an understanding, visualizing, and drilling-down to the detail integrated tool suite to support sophisticated data mining required. Mining results may help users determine the as well as application services to support development dimensions and/or content of a multidimensional data of customized mining applications. Intelligent Miner store. enables users to harvest valuable information from enterprise data sources and present that information to Mining Applications: Industry-specific mining application business users for analysis and decision making. offerings leverage the benefits of mining by elevating access and analysis of mining results to be easily IBM is leading the way in helping users identify and understood and applied by targeted business users or extract high-value business intelligence from their data operational applications. Applications have been assets. Providing a new level of competitiveness and developed by IBM, customers, and IBM partners, and are strategic decision-making power, this “mining” process is becoming a primary vehicle for bringing the value of one of knowledge discovery and identifying hidden mining to the business community. relationships, new trends, and previously undetected patterns hidden within a data store. Business managers, IBM Consulting and Services: IBM Data Mining financial and fraud analysts, marketing managers, and a Consultants, recognized in the industry as among the host of business decision makers are now better equipped best, have deployed IBM mining technology in customer to make more intuitive yet strategic decisions which mining solutions worldwide, including customized ultimately affect a business′ bottom line. Whether the versions applications to fit industry and customer problem is how to improve customer satisfaction, improve requirements. IBM Consulting practices are organized to profitability, or reduce the risk of fraud abuse, the solution bring industry, data and text mining, as well as warehouse is the same — data mining using the DB2 Intelligent Miner and database skills to bear on business problems such for Data. as customer relationship management, marketing, and fraud and abuse management. Resources are available The Intelligent Miner features powerful mining algorithms to support all phases of a mining solution implementation, supported by data processing, statistical analysis, and from conception through deployment. visualization facilities that enable analysts to discover patterns in enterprise data which would otherwise be IBM Partnership Programs: Partnership programs unobserved. The Intelligent Miner algorithms enable provide assistance and technical support to non-IBM analyses ranging from deviation detection, classification, Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), System Integrators and predicative modeling, to association discovery, (SIs), and Value-Added Resellers (VARs) to develop and sequential pattern discovery, and clustering. market data mining offerings which leverage Intelligent For example, using a classification algorithm, a financial Miner technology. services company may be able to detect possible fraudulent usage of credit cards by examining deviations Reference Information in the card usage patterns of its customers. Using predictive modeling, a retailer could forecast changes in Refer to: customer buying patterns and keep abreast of comparisons of purchases over the Internet or through • IBM Intelligent Miner Family — Announcement mail order with those through in-store buying. Highlights, Software Announcement 298-070, dated February 24, 1998 Using association discovery, a supermarket chain could • Intelligent Miner for Data for AS/400 Version 2.1 determine which products are most frequently sold in Software Announcement 298-368, dated conjunction with other products, and stock these store September 22, 1998 items on shelves accordingly to maximize sales opportunities. An insurance company could use customer Trademarks segmentation data to create target-marketing campaigns, or to cross-sell services among existing customers. Intelligent Miner is a trademark of International Business Sequential Pattern analyses could help medical Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries researchers identify common patterns of symptoms that or both. AS/400, DB2, DataJoiner, AIX, OS/2, and DB2 OLAP Server lead to particular illnesses. are registered trademarks of International Business ′ Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries The Intelligent Miner also plays a central role in IBM s or both. Business Intelligence Solution strategy. Windows NT and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.  DB2 OLAP Server : The IBM DB2 OLAP Server is an Other company, product, and service names may be online analytical processing (OLAP) server designed for trademarks or service marks of others. a wide range of multidimensional planning, analysis, and reporting applications. DB2 OLAP Server integrates the powerful OLAP engine and application programming interfaces, developed by Hiperion with the IBM DB2 family of relational databases. The relational storage interface enables DB2 OLAP Server to store data directly into DB2 and other relational databases. OLAP offerings have gained increased importance with the advent of data warehouses and advanced analytics.

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September 21, 1999

Additional Information Publications

To keep up-to-date on the latest IBM announcements, The following updated Intelligent Miner for Data news, press, publications, customer briefs, FAQs, publications will be available for a fee at planned collateral, presentations, demos, and general information, availability. To order these publications, contact your IBM visit the Intelligent Miner Web sites regularly. representative.

http://www.software.ibm.com/iminer/ Order Title Number Brochures are available now for ordering. They can also be found on the Web site and downloaded as PDF files: Using the Intelligent Miner for Data SH12-6394 • Intelligent Miner for Data Brochure — GC26-8832 Application Programming Interface SH12-6395 and Utility Reference • IBM Information Mining Solutions: Discovering Using the Associations Visualizer SH12-6396 Knowledge That Gives You an Edge — GC26-9310 Displayable Softcopy Publications: The Using the White Papers can be found on the Internet Web site. Intelligent Miner for Data, the Application Programming Those currently available: Interface & Utility Reference, and the Using the • IBM′s Data Mining Technology Associations Visualizer are provided in displayable softcopy form. The displayable manuals are part of the • Information Mining with the IBM Intelligent Miner basic machine-readable material at no extra charge. The Family files containing the books are shipped on the client CD-ROM. The books are provided in both HTML and Redbooks: Acrobat Reader format and are viewable with any Web browser. • Intelligent Miner for Data: Enhance Your Business Intelligence — SG24-5422 Source File Publications: No files are provided to create • Mining Relational and Nonrelational Data with IBM unmodified printed copies of the Intelligent Miner Intelligent Miner for Data Using Oracle, SPSS, and SAS manuals. Additional hardcopies can be ordered from IBM as Sample DataSources — SG24-5278 Software Delivery and Fulfillment (SDF) by contacting your IBM representative. • Intelligent Miner for Data Applications Guide — SG24-5252 Open Blueprint : Intelligent Miner for Data for  • Discovering DATA MINING from Concept to AS/400 V6R1 provides the desktop screen look and feel. Its implementation is consistent with the User Implementation, for newcomers to data mining, with ′ many examples of real-world applications, Interface function described in IBM s Open Blueprint. It performance and scalability information — SG24-4839, provides the following to facilitate open, distributed, ISBN-13-743980 multivendor interoperability: • For the latest Redbook information, refer to: Motif industry-standard interface from the Open Software Foundation (OSF) http://www.redbooks.ibm.com • Windows interface from Microsoft Corporation • OS/2 interface from IBM Corporation Education Support Intelligent Miner for Data for AS/400 V6R1 supports the function described in IBM′s Open IBM education classes available: Blueprint. It supports the Structured (SQL) industry-standard interface from the International • DW360 — Intelligent Miner Workshop Organization for Standardization (ISO). • DW370 — Intelligent Miner Programming Workshop For more information concerning the above offerings, including descriptions, schedules, and availability in your Technical Information area, consult the IBM Education Web site at: Specified Operating Environment http://www.training.ibm.com/ibmedu/ Call IBM Education and Training at 800-IBM-TEACH Hardware Requirements: The server software runs under (426-8322) for catalogs, schedules and enrollments. the following : • OS/400 Version 4.2, Version 4.3, and Version 4.4

This announcement is provided for your information only. For additional information, contact your IBM representative, call 800-IBM-4YOU, or visit the IBM home page at: http://www.ibm.com.

IBM United States IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. 299-273 For DBCS support, OS/400 Version 4.3, or higher, is Depending on the amount of data processed, the following required. storage space is required:

Supported clients are AIX , Windows 95/98/NT, and OS/2. Storage For Type Demonstration Required Recommended AS/400 Servers IBM Intelligent Miner for Data for AS/400 V6R1 requires RAM for 32 MB 64 MB 64 MB an AS/400 Advanced Series RISC System. OS/2 Client Disk Space 35 MB 40 MB >50 MB To run Intelligent Miner for Data, you need to install one Additional 20 MB 20 MB 20 MB of the supported clients on a remote machine. Disk Space for Toolkit AIX Clients Software Requirements: IBM Intelligent Miner for Data The Intelligent Miner client for AIX runs RS/6000 V6R1 is a suite of statistical, processing, and mining processors, including the following systems: functions that you can use to analyze large databases. • POWERstations (including SMP) It also provides visualization tools for viewing and • POWERservers (including SMP) interpreting mining results. The server software runs on • PowerPC the OS/400 operating system. • RS/6000 SP (single node) You can use AIX, OS/2, and Windows 95/98/NT clients, or These systems must be configured with at least one any combination of them. supported graphical display or an XStation including a AS/400 Servers keyboard and a mouse. To install and run Intelligent Miner for Data on an AS/400 The following storage space is required for an AIX client: server you need one of the following operating systems: Storage For • IBM OS/400 Version 4 Release 2 (Program Number Type Demonstration Required Recommended 5769-SS1) RAM 32 MB 64 MB 64 MB • IBM OS/400 Version 4 Release 3 (Program Number Disk Space 85 MB 100 MB >100 MB 5769-SS1) Additional 4 MB 4 MB 4 MB • IBM OS/400 Version 4 Release 4 (Program Number Disk Space 5769-SS1) for Toolkit AIX Clients Windows 95/98/NT Clients The required and optional software needed for an The Intelligent Miner Windows client runs on a Intelligent Miner AIX client: workstation with a 586-133 MHz processor or higher. Depending on the amount of data processed, the following Program Required/ storage space is required: Software Version Number Optional

Storage For IBM AIX 4.1.5 (or 5765-C34 Required Type Demonstration Required Recommended higher)

RAM for 64 MB 64 MB 64 MB  Runtime 1.1.6 NA Required Windows Environment from Client Java Development Disk Space 50 MB 50 >60 MB Kit (JDK) for AIX Disk Space 60 MB 60 >60 MB for Toolkit Netscape Navigator 3.0 (or NA Required Disk Space 80 MB 80 MB >80 MB for AIX higher) for Client (needed to display including online help) Toolkit Note: The Intelligent Miner client software requires a Note: The disk space needed for demonstration purposes minimum resolution of 800 X 600 pixels. Use the depends on the type of your hard drive . The maximum number of colors available on your graphics values shown above are valid for NTFS partitions. If you adapter card. If you use fewer than 65536 colors, you use a FAT partition, you need about twice as much disk might lose information when using tools like the space. Clustering Visualizer. OS/2 Clients The Intelligent Miner for OS/2 client runs on a workstation with a 586-133 MHz processor or higher.

299-273 -2- Windows 95/98/NT Clients For further reading about data mining, refer to the Intelligent Miner redbook Discovering Data Mining, from The required and optional software needed for an Concept to Implementation. (Refer to the Promotional Intelligent Miner Windows client: Material section.)

Required/ Performance Considerations: The Intelligent Miner will Software Version Optional support data mining against DB2 databases or flat files. 95/98 NA Required The performance of Intelligent Miner for Data for AS/400 or Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 V6R1 depends upon a number of system factors, (or higher) primarily, but not necessarily limited to, the following:

Web Browser capable • Amount of data to be mined of Frames, such as: • Data mining techniques used • Variables specified for technique execution Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 Required • Whether flat files or databases are used for mining (or higher) • The capacity of the computer system used Netscape Navigator for 3.01 Windows 95/98/NT (or higher) Planning Information (needed to display online help) Installation and Maintenance: Intelligent Miner for Data for AS/400 V6R1 is installed using standard OS/400 The Java Runtime Environment, which is also required, is procedures. part of your Intelligent Miner for Windows client package and installed automatically. Installability: When upgrading to IBM Intelligent Miner for Note: Use the maximum number of available colors on Data for AS/400 V6R1, both client and server packages your graphics adapter card. If you use fewer than 65536 must be replaced. A client at Version level 6.1 is colors, you may lose information when using tools like the required. Clustering Visualizer. Packaging OS/2 Clients Intelligent Miner for Data for AS/400 V6R1 The required and optional software needed for an Intelligent Miner OS/2 client: • IBM International Program License Agreement in multilanguage booklet Required/ • Proof of Entitlement for one server Software Version Optional • One Server CD-ROM which includes the AS/400 server IBM OS/2 4.0 Required Java Runtime 1.1.8 Required • Two Client CD-ROMs common for all supported Environment from platforms, one for the single-byte character set (SBCS) Java Development languages and one for English and the double-byte Kit (JDK) for OS/2 character set (DBCS) languages. Both CD-ROMs Netscape Navigator 2.02 Optional include: for OS/2 (needed to (or higher) − API and GUIs for AIX, Windows 95, Windows 98, display online help) Windows NT, and OS/2 Normally, the Netscape Navigator is installed on your − Softcopy documentation in HTML and Acrobat system because you used it to install the JDK. If you Reader format: removed the Netscape Navigator after installing the JDK, you cannot the online help of the Intelligent Miner. -- Application Programming Interface and Utility Reference Note: Use the maximum number of available colors on your graphics adapter card. If you use fewer than 65536 -- Using the Intelligent Miner for Data colors, you may lose information when using tools like the -- Using the Associations Visualizer Clustering Visualizer. − User assistance in HTML format  Application Development: The VisualAge C++ • Compiler for Windows and OS/2 clients and the CSet++ License information in multiple languages Compiler for AIX clients is a software prerequisite for • Hardcopy documentation: building Intelligent Miner applications using the Application Programming Interface. A Graphical User − Application Programming Interface and Utility Interface (GUI) is not provided. Reference − Using the Intelligent Miner for Data Limitations: To plan for optimum performance and capacity, contact your local IBM representative for − Using the Associations Visualizer pre-proposal review, in conjunction with development experts located in the following Data Mining Development Note: The Intelligent Miner for Data for AS/400 V6R1 code Centers: will be delivered as object-code only. Header files and libraries required for programming against the API are IBM German Software Development Laboratory also included on the media. Boeblingen, Germany Mr. Werner Staub Phone: +49-7031-16-4683

-3- 299-273 Security, Auditability, and Control Feature Description Number Intelligent Miner for Data for AS/400 V6R1 uses the security and auditability features of the operating Initial Shipments environment and the network system used. Serial Number Only (suppresses shipment 3444 The customer is responsible for evaluation, selection, and of media and documentation) implementation of security features, administrative procedures, and appropriate controls in application Ship Media Only (suppresses initial 3470 systems and communication facilities. shipment of documentation)

Ship Documentation Only (suppresses 3471 Ordering Information initial shipment of media)

The Intelligent Miner for Data for AS/400 V6R1 license Expedite Shipments includes: • Local IBM Office Expedite 3445 A CD-ROM for the OS/400 operating system (for IBM use only) • Two Client CD-ROMs common for all supported platforms, one for the LA and EMEA languages Customer Expedite Process Charge 3446 (including English) and one for English and the AP ($30 charge for each product) languages. Expedite shipments will be processed to receive 72-hour From a technical point of view, Intelligent Miner for Data delivery from the time IBM Software Delivery and for AS/400 V6R1 is a client/server program running with Fulfillment (SDF) receives the order. SDF will then ship AS/400 servers. the order via overnight air transportation.

Basic License: To order a basic license, specify the program number and feature number 9001 for asset Terms and Conditions registration as well as the feature number of the required package in the desired language. Licensing: IBM International Program License Agreement. Proofs of Entitlement (PoE) are required for The price model has only one charge unit: server install. all authorized use.

The client that runs on AIX, Windows 95, Windows 98, Limited Warranty Applies: Yes Windows NT, and OS/2 is offered at no additional charge (number unlimited) regardless of the type of workstation. Program Services: Available until: January 31, 2001 Usage of the product on more than one server requires the customer to purchase a new license for each Money-back Guarantee: Two-month, money-back additional server installed. guarantee Note: Upgrades from Intelligent Miner for AS/400 Copy and Use on Home/Portable Computer: No Version 2 (5733-IM2) to V6R1 must be done by purchasing the appropriate upgrade license. This upgrade is Usage Restriction: Yes no-charge and requires the customer to have AS/400 Software Subscription to be eligible for the no-charge Additional Server Use Authorization: The Intelligent upgrade. Upgrades from Version 1 (5733-IM1) to V6R1 Miner for Data license is restricted to one server install. are priced and do not require the customer to have If more than one server is used, an additional license AS/400 Software Subscription. must be purchased for each server.

Intelligent Miner for Data for AS/400 V6R1 Support Line: Yes

Type- OTC* MRM Volume Orders: Yes, contact your IBM representative. Order Type Model Feature Feature Description Number Number Number Passport Advantage Applies: No

U.S. English Passport Advantage Subscription Applies: No IM for Data for 5733-IM3 0001 5829 AS/400 V6R1 Upgrades: Customers can acquire upgrades up to the Upgrade from V2 5733-IM3 0002 5829 currently authorized level of use of the qualifying (5733-IM2) programs. Upgrade from V1 5733-IM3 2171 5829 (5733-IM1) AIX/ Upgrade Protection Applies: No

* OTC = One-Time Charge Entitled Upgrade for Current AIX/UNIX Upgrade Protection Licensees: No Customization Options: Select the appropriate feature numbers to customize your order with delivery options AS/400 Software Subscription Applies: Yes desired. These features can be specified on the initial or MES orders. Variable Charges Apply: No

Educational Allowance: Yes, to qualified educational institution customers.

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IBM Intelligent Miner for Data for AS/400 V6R1 Initial Order

Type- OTC MRM One- Order Type Model Feature Feature Time Description Number Number Number Charge

Intelligent Miner 5733-IM3 0001 5829 $60,000 for Data for AS/400 V6R1 Upgrades

Type- OTC MRM One- Order Type Model Feature Feature Time Description Number Number Number Charge

Upgrade from V2 5733-IM3 0002 5829 $ 0 (5733-IM2)

Upgrade from V1 5733-IM3 2171 5829 12,000 (5733-IM1)

Customer Financing: IBM Global Financing offers attractive financing to credit-qualified commercial and government customers and Business Partners in more than 40 countries around the world. IBM Global Financing is provided by the IBM Credit Corporation in the United States. Offerings, rates, terms and availability may vary by country. Contact your local IBM Global Financing organization. Country organizations are listed on the Web at: http://www.financing.ibm.com

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Trademarks

Intelligent Miner and SP are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or both. Open Blueprint, AS/400, OS/2, OS/400, AIX, RS/6000, VisualAge, and DB2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or both. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries exclusively through X/Open Company Limited. Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.

Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure

Statements made in this announcement regarding Year 2000 are “Year 2000 Readiness Disclosures” under the Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Act of 1998, a U.S. statute enacted on October 19, 1998.

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