Software Announcement September 21, 1999

IBM DB2 Intelligent Miner for 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 enables knowledge workers to recognized as the best in the Now even more business identify and extract high-value industry. Also announced today is intelligence users can readily business intelligence from large DB2 Intelligent Miner for obtain the information they need to amounts of enterprise data. Relationship Marketing V6R1 which develop smart business strategies. Version 6 Release 1 (V6R1) offers provides industry-specific mining The enhanced capabilities of this new analysis, data exploration, and solutions such as cross selling and product let you: attrition analysis, and is part of the scalability options that enhance core • data mining capability while making DecisionEdge family. Analyze business information critical data more accessible to those more effectively with: DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data is who need it most. Business analysts − A new Associations and managers are empowered to based on a client/server architecture and mines data directly from DB2 as Visualizer make better informed decisions to − well as from other data sources via Extended data exploration improve customer relations, − DB2 DataJoiner . V6R1 executes in DB2 Intelligent Miner for maximize profits, and reduce risk of Relationship Marketing fraud and abuse. either serial or parallel mode on Windows NT , AIX , and Sun • Improve productivity through: DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data V6R1 Solaris servers. Supported clients places increased focus on bringing are Windows 95, Windows 98, − Visual Warehouse the value of data mining to more Windows NT, AIX, and OS/2 . Integration business intelligence users. − Export to Enhancements include integration Key Prerequisites − Copy to clipboard with warehouse and business − Print Visualizations • intelligence tools. Additional Server: Workstation running AIX, • Control costs with new business intelligence offerings Sun Solaris, or Windows NT scalability options: leverage product enhancements to • deliver end-to-end mining solutions Client: Workstation running AIX, − DB2 UDB Version 6.1   to the business analyst. 95/98/NT, support or OS/2 − SMP for AIX, Windows NT, SAP Business Warehouse: Joint SAP Sun Solaris and IBM technology pilots are Installation planning information is available on the Intelligent Miner for − Parallel processing for Value underway to enable SAP users to Prediction utilize Intelligent Miner to mine data Data Internet Web site: • Take advantage of powerful sourced from their SAP Business http://www.software.ibm.com resources through enhanced Warehouse. /iminer/fordata/ mining solutions: SPSS: SPSS integration can provide Intelligent Miner for Data users with − SAP Business Warehouse additional statistical analysis and Planned Availability Date integration data exploration capabilities. Other − SPSS integration at the glass recent SPSS announcements — September 24, 1999 − IBM GBIS consultants Version 10 client-server For ordering, contact: implementation, and intent to Your IBM representative, an IBM develop a direct interface for DB2 Business Partner, or IBM Americas access — further complement the Call Centers at solution. 800-IBM-CALL Reference: YE001

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IBM United States IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. 299-263 DataJoiner. Data and can also be exchanged Description with warehouses and business intelligence tools and applications. Intelligent Miner for Data executes in either DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data enables knowledge workers serial or parallel mode on Windows NT, AIX and Sun to identify and extract high value business intelligence Solaris servers. Supported clients are Windows 95/98/NT, and communicate results to business users for further AIX, and OS/2. analysis and decision making. DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data is an integrated solution for the sophisticated Enhanced Intelligent Miner Solutions analysis of large amounts of enterprise data. SAP Business Warehouse: Joint SAP and IBM technology From its initial release, the Intelligent Miner has pilots are underway to enable SAP users to utilize embodied proven data mining technology with Intelligent Miner to mine data sourced from their SAP best-of-breed scalability and has been deployed in a Business Warehouse. Generated models are applied and variety of customer mining solutions. Version 2 ported back to the warehouse. As both data and enhancements included additional scalability options and metadata are imported and exported, users will be able placed significant emphasis on usability and productivity to define data once. for data mining analysts. While Version 6.1 offers further enhancements in core capabilities, a new area of SPSS: SPSS integration will afford Intelligent Miner for emphasis supports the emerging maturation of data Data users additional statistical analysis and data mining in Intelligent Miner customer installations. exploration capabilities. Integration at the glass will provide a seamless user interface to utilize Intelligent Version 6.1 (V6R1) Objectives: DB2 Intelligent Miner for Miner for Data and SPSS functions iteratively during the Data V6R1 offers new analysis, data exploration, and data mining process. scalability options which enhance core data mining capability. In addition, V6R1 places increased focus on Concurrently, SPSS announces the availability of bringing the value of data mining to more business Version 10, a client/server implementation, for its intelligence users by broadening access to mining statistical analysis offerings. These announcements function and results at the business analyst′s desktop. augment the recent SPSS stated intent to develop a direct Enhancements include integration with warehouse and interface for DB2 access. business intelligence tools, and improved communication of data mining results to business analysts. Integrated IBM GBIS: Global Business Intelligence Solutions (GBIS) business intelligence solutions leverage product announces DB2 Intelligent Miner for Relationship enhancements to deliver custom mining solutions to Marketing V6R1 and continues to offer data mining business analysts. consultancy which is recognized in the industry for excellence and expertise. Enhancements Targeted to the Data Mining Analyst: DB2 Intelligent Miner for Relationship Marketing (IM for V6R1 offers an additional scalability option in symmetric RM) becomes a program product with V6R1 and utilizes multiprocessor (SMP) support. Users will be able to the mining technology of DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data exploit the parallel processing capabilities of SMP V6R1. Intelligent Miner for Relationship Marketing hardware configurations operating AIX, Windows NT, or provides industry-specific solutions such as cross selling Sun Solaris for parallel data mining with the Intelligent and attrition analysis. IM for RM is part of the Miner. In addition to mining algorithms which already DecisionEdge family. operate in parallel, the value prediction algorithm will be — enhanced with parallel processing models generated Version 6.1 Highlights can be applied in parallel. All algorithms implemented to execute in parallel on an SP system will now be able to • A new, highly interactive Associations Visualizer execute utilizing SMP support as well. facilitates interpretation of mining results created by  Associations Discovery. A variety of textual and DB2 Universal (UDB) V6R1 will be graphical representations are provided with user fully supported by all mining algorithms. New DB2 UDB customization and filtering options. (Available on index features and extended names will be Windows clients only.) utilized by the Intelligent Miner. DB2 DataJoiner can be used by the Intelligent Miner to mine non-DB2 databases, • SMP processors are supported under AIX, Sun Solaris, including both read and write operations. and Windows NT, thereby increasing Intelligent Miner parallel processing options available to users mining Enhancements Targeted to the Business Analyst: A very large databases. powerful new visualizer is provided for interpreting the • mining results created by the Associations Discovery Parallel enhancements to the Value Prediction algorithm. Actually comprised of a linked set of textual algorithm provide potential performance improvement and graphical representations, the new visualizer is when applying generated models in parallel. aimed at facilitating business communications. • Support for DB2 UDB V6R1 includes mining data from, and applying model results to, DB2 UDB Version 6 Enablement features of the DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data databases. New Version 6 index features and provide the mechanisms for integration of business extended column names are utilized by the Intelligent intelligence tools at the glass. Applying model results to Miner. the database enriches the information available to business analysts through familiar business intelligence • DB2 DataJoiner can be used to mine non-DB2 tools they use every day. Seamless tool integration at the relational data, including both read and write glass facilitates the iterative analysis process. The first operations, thereby increasing Intelligent Miner′s tools targeted for integration will offer additional reach to enterprise data. statistical analysis and data exploration options to analysts. • Print support is provided directly to printers — including network printers — for most visualizations, The DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data is based on a thereby improving communication capability. client/server architecture and mines data directly from DB2 as well as from other data sources via DB2

299-263 -2- • Support for exporting to a comma separated variable strategic decision-making power, this “mining” process is (CSV) data format allows users of other business one of knowledge discovery and identifying hidden intelligence tools (for example, spreadsheet tools) to relationships, new trends, and previously undetected further drill down and interpret the significance of patterns hidden within a data store. Business managers, mining results. Intelligent Miner supports the import financial and fraud analysts, marketing managers, and a of CSV data. host of business decision makers are now better equipped • to make more intuitive yet strategic decisions which A new “copy to clipboard” capability allows users to ultimately affect a business′ bottom line. Whether the copy selected output, with its graphical characteristics, problem is how to improve customer satisfaction, improve to other business intelligence tools (such as profitability, or reduce the risk of fraud abuse, the solution spreadsheet products). This further increases is the same — data mining using the Intelligent Miner. communication to analysts downstream from the actual mining run. The Intelligent Miner features powerful mining algorithms supported by , statistical analysis, and • Usability improvements to the user interface provide visualization facilities that enable analysts to discover more intuitive usage, easier navigation, and better patterns in enterprise data which would otherwise be performance. unobserved. The Intelligent Miner algorithms enable • A fully documented example is provided to illustrate analyses ranging from classification and predictive how users can metadata across Intelligent Miner modeling, to association discovery, sequential pattern and Visual Warehouse Version 5.2 and invoke discovery, and clustering. Intelligent Miner function from within the Visual Warehouse environment. For example, using a classification algorithm, a financial services company may be able to detect fraudulent usage • A fully documented example is provided to illustrate of credit cards by examining deviations in the card usage how some Intelligent Miner models can be exported to patterns of its customers. Using predictive modeling, a self-contained code. This allows further deployment retailer is able to forecast changes in customer buying of models in any user application on any platform. patterns and compare purchases over the Internet or through mail order with in-store purchases. • SAP Business Warehouse integration allows SAP users to mine Business Warehouse data using the Intelligent Using Association Discovery, a supermarket chain can Miner for Data products. determine which products are most frequently sold in conjunction with other products and stock those items in • SPSS and SPlus integration improve productivity proximity to maximize sales opportunities. An insurance during the data preparation stage by increasing data company can use customer segmentation data to create exploration and analysis functions available to target marketing campaigns or cross-sell services among Intelligent Miner users through one of these existing customers. Medical researchers can use packages. The implementation also provides an Sequential Pattern analyses to identify patterns of example of how other business intelligence tools might common symptoms that lead to particular illnesses. be seamlessly integrated at the glass. The Intelligent Miner plays a central role in IBM′s Withdrawn Support Business Intelligence Solution strategy.

Support for two little-used features will be withdrawn in DB2 Visual Warehouse: The DB2 Visual Warehouse V6R1: provides a solid data infrastructure for mining enterprise data and provides a comprehensive set of products to • PIOFS, as the underlying support, create, maintain, and administer a customer data has been withdrawn warehouse. Data is cleansed and reconciled as the • Utilities, as DB2 DataJoiner can be warehouse is implemented, resulting in a more reliable used for both read and write access to these information base for mining. Warehouse metadata databases provides data analysts with critical information regarding the makeup and meaning of data available. DB2 Year 2000 Intelligent Miner for Data functions can be invoked from the Visual Warehouse environment. A key strategy for DB2 Intelligent Miner is to increase the degree of This product does not have date dependencies and is, warehouse integration over time, encompassing data, therefore, Year 2000 ready. metadata, and function sharing.

Euro Currency DB2 OLAP Server : The IBM DB2 OLAP Server is an online analytical processing (OLAP) server designed for This program is not impacted by euro currency. a wide range of multidimensional planning, analysis, and reporting applications. DB2 OLAP Server integrates the powerful OLAP engine and application Product Positioning programming interfaces developed by Hyperion with the IBM DB2 family of relational databases. The relational DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data products provide a wide storage interface enables DB2 OLAP Server to store data range of industrial strength mining technologies within an directly into DB2 and other relational databases. integrated tool suite to support sophisticated data mining and application services to develop customized mining OLAP offerings have gained increased importance with applications. The Intelligent Miner enables you to harvest the advent of data warehouses and advanced analytics. valuable information from enterprise data sources and They allow users to query and analyze data to verify present that information to business users for analysis business hypotheses. Discovery driven mining tools and decision making. extend the analysts′ capabilities by enabling them to scan massive amounts of information and quickly determine IBM is leading the way in helping users identify and associations, patterns, and trends which would previously extract high-value business intelligence from their data have eluded them. The two approaches are assets. Providing a new level of competitiveness and complementary. Traditional and advanced decision

-3- 299-263 support continue to play a critical role in understanding, visualizing, and drilling-down to the detail required. Reference Information Mining results may help users determine the dimensions and/or content of a multidimensional data store. • DB2 Intelligent Miner for Relationship Marketing V6R1, Software Announcement 299-265, dated DB2 Universal Database (UDB): Mining operations can September 21, 1999 be performed directly against DB2 data. Parallel DB2 • IBM Intelligent Miner Family — Announcement processing is also supported and can be leveraged in Highlights, Software Announcement 298-070, dated conjunction with parallelized versions of the mining February 24, 1998 algorithms for large-scale mining runs. • Intelligent Miner for Data Version 2.1 Utilizes the DB2 DataJoiner: IBM DB2 DataJoiner is the Hidden Value in Your Data, Software Announcement heterogeneous database solution for accessing data — 298-060, dated February 24, 1998 IBM or non-IBM, relational or non-relational, local or • remote — as if it were one database. Intelligent Miner Intelligent Miner for Data Version 2.1.1 and Intelligent users have the option of mining data stored in a variety Miner for Data for RS/6000 SP Version 2.1.1 of data sources accessible by DB2 DataJoiner, for Availability, Software Announcement 298-225, dated example, Oracle, Informix, and Sybase. June 23, 1998 • Intelligent Miner for Data Version 2.1.2 and Intelligent Mining Applications: Industry-specific mining application Miner for Data for RS/6000 SP Version 2.1.2 offerings leverage the benefits of mining by elevating Availability, Software Announcement 298-349, dated access and analysis of mining results to be easily September 22, 1998 understood and applied by targeted business users or operational applications. Applications have been Trademarks developed by IBM, customers, and IBM partners and are becoming a primary vehicle for bringing the value of Intelligent Miner and SP are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States or other mining to the business community. countries or both. DB2, DataJoiner, AIX, OS/2, Visual Warehouse, DB2 IBM Consulting and Services: IBM Data Mining Universal Database, DB2 OLAP Server, and RS/6000 are Consultants, recognized in the industry as among the registered trademarks of International Business Machines best, have deployed IBM mining technology in customer Corporation in the United States or other countries or both. mining situations worldwide, including customized Windows NT, Microsoft, and Windows are trademarks of applications to fit industry and customer requirements. Microsoft Corporation. IBM Consulting Practices are organized to bring industry, Other company, product, and service names may be data and , as well as warehouse and database trademarks or service marks of others. skills to bear on business problems, such as customer relationship management, marketing, and fraud and abuse management. Resources are available to support all phases of a mining solution implementation, from conception through deployment.

IBM Partnership Programs: Partnership programs provide assistance and technical support to non-IBM independent software vendors (ISVs), system integrators (SIs), and value-added resellers (VARs) to develop and market data mining offerings which leverage Intelligent Miner technology.

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September 21, 1999

Additional Information Publications

To stay 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 Internet 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 White Papers can be found on the Internet Web site. Those currently available: The Using the Intelligent Miner for Data, the Application Programming Interface & Utility Reference, and the Using • IBM′s Data Mining Technology the 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 Redbooks: CD-ROM. The books are provided in both HTML and Acrobat Reader format and are viewable with any Web • Intelligent Miner for Data: Enhance Your Business browser. Intelligence (SG24-5422) Source File Publications • Mining Relational and Nonrelational Data with IBM Intelligent Miner for Data Using Oracle, SPSS, and SAS No files are provided to create unmodified printed copies as Sample DataSources (SG24-5278) of the Intelligent Miner manuals. Additional hardcopies can be ordered from IBM Software Delivery and • Intelligent Miner for Data Applications Guide Fulfillment (SDF) by contacting your IBM representative. (SG24-5252)   • Open Blueprint : The DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data Discovering DATA MINING from Concept to V6R1 provides the desktop screen look and feel. Its Implementation (SG24-4839, ISBN-13-743980), for implementation is consistent with the User Interface newcomers to data mining, with many examples of function described in IBM′s Open Blueprint. It provides real-world applications, performance and scalability the following to facilitate open, distributed, multivendor information interoperability: For the latest Redbook information, refer to: • Motif industry-standard interface from the Open http://www.redbooks.ibm.com Software Foundation (OSF) • Windows interface from Microsoft Corporation •  Education Support OS/2 interface from IBM Corporation DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data V6R1 supports the IBM education classes available: function described in IBM′s Open Blueprint. It supports the Structured • DW360 — Intelligent Miner Workshop (SQL) industry-standard interface from the International • DW370 — Intelligent Miner Programming Workshop Organization for Standardization (ISO). For more information concerning the above offerings, including descriptions, schedules, and availability in your area, consult the IBM Education Web site at: http://www.training.ibm.com/ibmedu/ Call IBM Education and Training at 800-IBM-TEACH (426-8322) for catalogs, schedules and enrollments.

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. 299-263 Technical Information

Specified Operating Environment

Hardware Requirements

IBM DB2 Intelligent Miner V6R1 The server software now runs under the following operating systems: • AIX • Sun Solaris • Microsoft Windows NT Supported clients are AIX, Windows 95/98/NT, and OS/2. Hardware Requirements for AIX Servers The Intelligent Miner server for AIX runs on processors of the RS/6000 Systems family including the following systems: • POWERstations (including SMP) • POWERservers (including SMP) • PowerPC • RS/6000 SP To run the Intelligent Miner AIX server, use the environment layer application programming interface (API) or install one of the supported clients, either on the same machine or on a remote machine. The required storage space varies with the amount of data processed per run. The following shows the storage space needed.

For Storage Type Demonstration Required Recommended

RAM 64 MB 128 MB 512 MB to 2 GB Disk Space for AIX Server 75 MB 100 MB 100 MB + 200% of data Disk Space for AIX Server 105 MB 130 MB 130 MB + 200% including Client of data (Local Mode) Additional Disk Space for 4 MB 4 MB 4 MB Toolkit Additional Disk Space for 25 MB 25 MB 25 MB Parallel Server Hardware Requirements for Sun Solaris Servers The Intelligent Miner server for Sun Solaris runs on systems with Sun SPARC processors. To run the Intelligent Miner on Sun Solaris, you must install one of the supported clients. The required storage space varies with the amount of data processed per run. The following table shows the storage space needed.

For Storage Type Demonstration Required Recommended

RAM 128 MB 128 MB 512 MB to 2 GB Disk Space for Sun Solaris 80 MB 80 MB 80 MB + 200% Server of data Additional Disk Space for 4 MB 4 MB 4 MB Toolkit Additional Disk Space for 25 MB 25 MB 25 MB Parallel Server Hardware Requirements for Microsoft Windows NT Servers The Intelligent Miner server for Windows NT runs on systems with 586-166 MHz processors or higher. To run the Intelligent Miner on Windows NT, you must install one of the supported clients, either on the same machine or on a remote machine.

299-263 -2- The required storage space varies with the amount of data processed per run. The following table shows the storage space needed.

For Storage Type Demonstration Required Recommended

RAM 128 MB 128 MB 512 MB to 2 GB Disk Space for Windows NT 80 MB 80 MB 80 MB + 200% Server of data Disk Space for Windows NT 100 MB 100 MB 100 MB + 200% Server including Client of data (Local Mode) Disk space for toolkit 100 MB 100 MB >100 MB Additional Disk Space for 25 MB 25 MB 25 MB Parallel Server The disk space needed for demonstration purposes depends on the type of hard drive . The values shown in the above table are valid for NTFS partitions. If you use a FAT partition, you need about twice as much disk space. Hardware Requirements for AIX Clients The Intelligent Miner client for AIX runs on processors of the RS/6000 Systems family including the following systems: • POWERstations (including SMP) • POWERservers (including SMP) • PowerPC • RS/6000 SP The required storage space varies with the amount of data processed per run. The following table shows the storage space needed.

For Storage Type Demonstration Required Recommended

RAM 32 MB 64 MB 64 MB Disk Space 85 MB 100 MB >100 MB Additional Disk Space for 4 MB 4 MB 4 MB Toolkit Hardware Requirements for Microsoft Windows Clients The Intelligent Miner client for Microsoft Windows runs on a workstation with a 586-133 MHz processor or higher. The required storage space varies with the amount of data processed per run. The following table shows the storage space needed.

For Storage Type Demonstration Required Recommended

RAM for Microsoft Windows 64 MB 64 MB 64 MB Client Disk Space 50 MB 50 MB >60 MB Disk Space for Toolkit 60 MB 60 MB >60 MB Disk Space for Client 80 MB 80 MB >80 MB including Toolkit The disk space needed for demonstration purposes depends on the type of hard drive partition. The values shown in the above table are valid for NTFS partitions. If you use a FAT partition, you need about twice as much disk space. Hardware Requirements for OS/2 Clients The Intelligent Miner for OS/2 client runs on a workstation with a 586-133 MHz processor or higher. The required storage space varies with the amount of data processed per run. The following table shows the storage space needed.

For Storage Type Demonstration Required Recommended

RAM for OS/2 Client 32 MB 64 MB 64 MB Disk Space 35 MB 40 MB >50 MB Additional Disk Space for 20 MB 20 MB 20 MB Toolkit

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IBM Intelligent Miner for Data V6R1 The server software now runs under the following operating systems: • AIX • Sun Solaris • Microsoft Windows NT Supported clients are AIX, Windows 95/98/NT, and OS/2. Note: Intelligent Miner for Data on both client and server must be at the same version level. If you upgrade your existing installation, make sure that both client and server workstations are updated. Software Requirements for AIX Servers The following table lists the software needed on an AIX server.

Program Software Version Number Required

IBM AIX 4.2.1 5765-C34 Yes (or higher)

One of the following DB2 systems: Yes IBM DATABASE 2 (DB2) for AIX 2.1.1 5765-454 IBM DB2 Universal Database 5.0 5648-A32 Enterprise Edition (or higher) IBM DB2 Parallel Edition 1.2 5765-328 IBM DB2 Universal Database 5.0 5648-A34 Enterprise Extended Edition (or higher) Notes • To run the client on the same machine as the AIX server, you must install the  Runtime Environment. (Refer to the Software Requirements for AIX Clients section below.) • To use a on a server that is different from the Intelligent Miner server, install only the DB2 Client Application Enabler Version 2.1.1 (or higher) on your Intelligent Miner server instead of the complete DB2 server software. • To access DB2 Parallel Edition databases from the Intelligent Miner, you must use DB2 Client Application Enabler Version 2.1.1 (or higher). • DB2 Universal Database Enterprise Edition is provided with DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data, for use with this product. The following table lists the additional software requirements for parallel processing on AIX.

Program Software Version Number Required

Parallel System Support 2.2 5765-529 Only for SP Programs for AIX (PSSP) (or higher) systems IBM Parallel Environment 2.2 5765-543 Yes for AIX (PE) (or higher)

Software Requirements for Sun Solaris Servers Notes The following table lists the software needed on a Sun • The Sun Solaris version of the Intelligent Miner Solaris server. requires iconv modules for the UTF-8 locale. Therefore, verify that the SUNWuiu8 package is Program installed on the server. Software Version Number • IBM DB2 Universal Database Enterprise Edition is Sun Solaris 2.6 (or provided with Intelligent Miner for Data, for use with higher) this product. • To use a DB2 database on a server that is different One of the following DB2 systems: from the Intelligent Miner server, install only the DB2 IBM Database 2 (DB2) for Solaris 2.1.1 5765-578 Client Application Enabler Version 2.1.1 (or higher) on IBM DB2 Universal Database 5.0 (or 5648-A32 your Intelligent Miner server instead of the complete Enterprise Edition higher) DB2 server software. IBM DB2 Universal Database 5.0 (or 5648-A34 Enterprise Extended Edition higher) • The DB2 library path must be included in your LD_LIBRARY_PATH specification.

299-263 -4- The following table lists the additional software Notes requirements for parallel processing on a Sun Solaris server. • IBM DB2 Universal Database Enterprise Edition is provided with Intelligent Miner for Data, for use with Program this product. Software Version Number • To use a DB2 database on a server that is different from the Intelligent Miner server, install only the DB2 Sun HPC Software Foundation 2.0 NA Client Application Enabler Version 2.1.1 (or higher) on Package your Intelligent Miner server instead of the complete or DB2 server software. Sun HPC Cluster Tools 3.0 NA • Make sure that your DB2 library path is included in Software Requirements for Microsoft Windows NT your path specification. Servers The following table lists the additional software The following table lists the software needed for a requirements for parallel processing on a Windows NT Windows NT server. server.

Program Program Software Version Number Software Version Number

Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 (or N/A Genias PaTENT MPI 4.0 NA higher) (refer to README file) One of the following DB2 systems: IBM Database 2 (DB2) for WIN NT 2.1.1 5622-664 IBM DB2 Universal Database 5.0 (or 5648-A32 Enterprise Edition higher) IBM DB2 Universal Database 5.0 (or 5648-A34 Enterprise Extended Edition higher)

A working TCP/IP network NA NA connection

Software Requirements for AIX Clients The following table lists the software needed for AIX clients:

Program Software Version Number Required

IBM AIX 4.2.1 5765-C34 Yes (or higher)

Java Runtime Environment 1.1.6 Yes from Java Development Kit (or higher) Kit (JDK) for AIX

Netscape Navigator for AIX 3.0 Yes (required (or higher) to display online help) Note: The Intelligent Miner client software requires a minimum resolution of 800 X 600 pixels. Use the maximum number of colors available on your graphics adapter card. If you use fewer than 65536 colors, you might lose information when using tools like the clustering visualizer. Note: Use the latest PTF version available for JDK/JRE.

Software Requirements for Microsoft Windows Clients Software Version Required The following table lists the software needed for Microsoft Windows clients: Web browser capable of Yes (required frames, such as: to display Microsoft Internet 3.0 online help) Software Version Required Explorer (or higher) Netscape Navigator 3.01 One of the following Yes for Windows 95/NT (or higher) operating systems: Microsoft Windows 95 or NA The Java Runtime Environment, which is also required, is Microsoft Windows 98 or NA part of your Intelligent Miner client package and is Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 installed automatically. (or higher)

-5- 299-263 Note: The Intelligent Miner client software requires a Planning Information minimum resolution of 800 X 600 pixels. Use the maximum number of colors available on your graphics Installation and Maintenance adapter card. If you use fewer than 65536 colors, you might lose information when using tools like the The DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data V6R1 components are Clustering Visualizer. installed with the following products: Software Requirements for OS/2 Clients • Pkgadd installs the DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data V6R1 Sun Solaris server. Use the iminstall script for easy The following table lists the software needed for OS/2 installation. clients: • The System Management Interface Tool (SMIT) installs Software Version Required the Intelligent Miner for Data AIX client and server. • InstallShield is used for the installation of the Windows IBM OS/2 4.0 Yes server and clients. Java Runtime 1.1.8 Yes • Software Installer is used for the installation of the Environment from (or higher) OS/2 client. Java Development Kit (JDK) for OS/2 GBIS Solutions Support Services provides an on-site implementation and training startup service designed to Netscape Navigator 2.02 Yes (required accelerate your productive use of Intelligent Miner for for OS/2 (or higher) to display Data. These fee services are provided presently for AIX online help) and Sun Solaris. For additional information, contact your IBM representative or a GBIS Solutions Support Services Normally, the Netscape Navigator is installed on your team member (phone: 972-406-5929). system because you used it to install the Java Development Kit (JDK). If you removed the Netscape Customer Responsibilities Navigator after installing the JDK, you cannot the online help of the Intelligent Miner. Installability: When upgrading to V6R1 of the Intelligent Miner for Data products, both client and server packages Note: The Intelligent Miner client software requires a must be replaced. minimum resolution of 800 X 600 pixels. Use the maximum number of colors available on your graphics Packaging adapter card. If you use fewer than 65536 colors, you might lose information when using tools like the DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data V6R1: Clustering Visualizer. • IBM International Program License Agreement in Limitations multilanguage booklet • The new Associations Visualizer is available only on • Proof of Entitlement for one processor Windows client platforms. • Three Server CD-ROMs for the: • Simplified Chinese is not supported on the AIX client platform. − AIX server − Sun Solaris server To plan for optimum performance and capacity, contact − Microsoft Windows NT server your local IBM representative for pre-proposal review, in • Two Client CD-ROMs common for all supported conjunction with development experts located in the platforms, one for the single-byte character set (SBCS) following Data Mining Development Centers: languages, and one for English and the double-byte IBM German Software Development Laboratory character set (DBCS) languages. Both CD-ROMs Boeblingen, Germany include: Mr. Werner Staub − API and GUIs for AIX, Windows 95, Windows 98, Phone: +49-7031-16-4683 Windows NT, and OS/2 For further reading about data mining, refer to the − Softcopy documentation in HTML and Acrobat Intelligent Miner Redbook: Discovering Data Mining, from Reader format: Concept to Implementation. (Refer to the Promotional -- Application Programming Interface and Utility Material section.) Reference -- Using the Intelligent Miner for Data Performance Considerations: The Intelligent Miner will -- Using the Associations Visualizer support data mining against DB2 databases or flat files. − User assistance in HTML format To support a broader range of heterogeneous data • Three CD-ROMs containing IBM DB2 Enterprise Edition sources, the recommendation is to use IBM′s Version 6.1, including components, for use with the DataJoiner . licensed use of the Intelligent Miner for Data. For each valid Intelligent Miner for Data Proof of Entitlement, The performance of DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data V6R1 users are entitled to install, from the media provided, depends upon a number of system factors, primarily, but the DB2 Enterprise Edition components required to not necessarily limited to, the following: support Intelligent Miner for Data, regardless of • Amount of data to be mined platform and number of processors. For product use • Data mining techniques used other than for Intelligent Miner for Data, users must • Variables specified for technique execution purchase a full version DB2 Universal Database. The • Whether flat files or databases are used for mining following three DB2 CD-ROMs are included: • The capacity of the computer system used − IBM DB2 Enterprise Edition for AIX − IBM DB2 Enterprise Edition for Solaris

299-263 -6- − IBM DB2 Enterprise Edition for Windows Order • Program Name/ Type Feature Part License Information in multilanguage booklet Description Number Number Number • DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data hardcopy documentation: DB2 Intelligent Miner 5801-AAR 6905 0780359 for Date V6R1 Program − Application Programming Interface and Utility Package 1 processor Reference — U.S. English − Using the Intelligent Miner for Data DB2 Intelligent Miner 5802-AAR 3100 0780385 − Using the Associations Visualizer for Date V6R1 Additional Processor • DB2 Enterprise Edition hardcopy documentation: − IBM DB2 Universal Database for Windows NT Quick Passport Advantage Beginnings − IBM DB2 Universal Database for  Quick Part Beginnings Program Name/Description Number Media and Doc Packs Security, Auditability, and Control DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data V6R1 BB893ML DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data V6R1 uses the security and Media Pack Multilingual auditability features of the operating environment and the DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data V6R1 BB8LPJA network system used. Media Pack Japanese DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data V6R1 BB8LPKO The customer is responsible for evaluation, selection, and Media Pack Korean implementation of security features, administrative DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data V6R1 BB8LPSC procedures, and appropriate controls in application Media Pack Simp Chinese systems and communication facilities. DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data V6R1 BB8LPTC Media Pack Trad Chinese Ordering Information DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data V6R1 BB894NA DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data V6R1 is a client/server Doc Pack U.S. English product which has one charge unit: processor. Charges DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data V6R1 BB894FR for DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data are based on the Doc Pack French number of processors used for server processing. DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data V6R1 BB894IT Doc Pack Italian The program package includes a CD-ROM for each of the DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data V6R1 BB894ES supported servers — AIX, Sun Solaris, and Microsoft Doc Pack Spanish Windows NT — and a client CD-ROM that is common for DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data V6R1 BB894BP all supported client platforms and national language Doc Pack Brazilian Portuguese versions. The package also includes support for both DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data V6R1 BB894DE serial and parallel server processing. Doc Pack German DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data V6R1 BB894HU The charge units: Doc Pack Hungarian DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data V6R1 BB894RU • — Program Package 1 Processor Doc Pack Russian − Entitles customer to install the Intelligent Miner for DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data V6R1 BB894JA Data on one processor. Doc Pack Japanese DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data V6R1 BB894KO − The processor may be on any one of the following Doc Pack Korean types of systems: uniprocessor, symmetric DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data V6R1 BB894SC multiprocessor (SMP) system, or multiple parallel Doc Pack Simp Chinese processor (MPP) system. DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data V6R1 BB894TC Doc Pack Trad Chinese • 1 Additional Processor Entitlement − One such processor entitlement is required for each Volume Purchase Option additional processor on which server code is installed. VPO Instl DB2 Intelligent Miner for D38KYML Data, 1 Processor − The additional processor may be on any one of the VPO Instl/SW Sub DB2 Intelligent D38L3ML following types of systems: uniprocessor, SMP Miner for Data, 1 Processor 1 Year system, or MPP system. VPO Instl/SW Sub DB2 Intelligent D38L4ML Miner for Data, 1 Processor 2 Years Licensed users of both Intelligent Miner for Data VPO SW Sub Rnwl DB2 Intelligent E18L5ML Version 2.1 and Intelligent Miner for Data for RS/6000 Miner for Data, 1 Processor Version 2.1 who have a current Software Subscription license will be automatically advised of the availability of VPO SW Sub DB2 Intelligent Miner D38L7ML V6R1 and able to obtain the new version without for Data, 1 Processor 1 Year additional charge. Other Version 2.1 customers can VPO SW Sub DB2 Intelligent Miner D38L8ML purchase “Software Subscription After License” in order for Data, 1 Processor 2 Years to receive V6R1.

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Contract Option Licensing: IBM International Program License Agreement. Proofs of Entitlement (PoE) are required for CO Instl/SW Sub DB2 Intelligent Miner D38L9ML all authorized use. for Data, 1 Processor 1st Anniv CO Instl/SW Sub DB2 Intelligent Miner D38LAML License Information Form Number: GH12-6399-00 for Data, 1 Processor 2nd Anniv CO SW Sub Rnwl DB2 Intelligent Miner E18LBML Limited Warranty Applies: Yes for Data, 1 Processor Program Services: Available until January 31, 2001 CO SW Sub DB2 Intelligent Miner D38LCML for Date, 1 Processor 1st Anniv Money-Back Guarantee: Two-month, money-back CO SW Sub DB2 Intelligent Miner D38LDML guarantee for Date, 1 Processor 2nd Anniv CO Supt DB2 Intelligent Miner AR8LEML Copy and Use on Home/Portable Computer: No for Date, 1 Processor 1st Anniv CO Instl/SW Sub/Supt DB2 Intelligent D38LGML Usage Restriction: Yes Miner for Data, 1 Processor 1st Anniv CO Instl/SW Sub/Supt DB2 Intelligent D38LHML DB2 Universal Database Use Authorization Miner for Data, 1 Processor 2nd Anniv CO SW Sub/Supt DB2 Intelligent Miner D38LIML The Intelligent Miner for Data program package includes for Data, 1 Processor 1st Anniv DB2 Universal Database components. You may only use CO SW Sub/Supt Rnwl DB2 Intelligent E18LJML these components in association with your licensed use Miner for Data, 1 Processor of Intelligent Miner for Data. For each valid DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data Proof of Entitlement, you are Upgrade Protection (Entitled Customers): Customers entitled to install, from the media provided with the who have previously acquired Software Advantage program, the DB2 Universal Database components Upgrade Protection, and have not migrated to the required to support Intelligent Miner for Data, regardless Passport Advantage Offering as shown in the table below, of platform and number of processors. For product use will automatically receive their upgrade shortly after other than in support of DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data, general availability. you must purchase a full use version of DB2 Universal Database. Software Advantage Upgrade Protection Entitlement Support Line: Yes New Program Volume Orders: Yes, contact your IBM representative Program Name/ Current Media Pack Description Part Numbers Part Numbers Passport Advantage Applies: Yes

Software Advantage 99H9910 BB893ML Passport Advantage Subscription Applies: Yes Upgrade Entitlement Intelligent Miner Upgrades: Customers can acquire upgrades up to the for Data V2.1 Install currently authorized level of use of the qualifying Software Advantage 99H9926 BB893ML programs. Upgrade Entitlement Intelligent Miner for AIX/UNIX Upgrade Protection Applies: No Data for RS/6000 SP Version 2.1 Install Entitled Upgrade for Current AIX/UNIX Upgrade Protection Licensees: No

AS/400 Software Subscription Applies: No

Variable Charges Apply: No

Charges

DB2 Intelligent Miner for Data V6R1

Order Part One-Time Program Name/Description Feature Type Number Charge

Program Package 1 Processor 6905 5801-AAR 0780359 $60,000

1 Processor 3100 5802-AAR 0780385 59,950 Contact your sales channel for Support Line pricing information. Passport Advantage Note: For Passport Advantage ordering information and charges, contact your IBM Lotus representative or authorized IBM Lotus Business Partner. Additional information is also available on the Passport Advantage URL: http://www.lotus.com/passportadvantage

299-263 -8- 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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Intelligent Miner, SP, and DATABASE 2 are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or both. DB2, Open Blueprint, OS/2, AIX, RS/6000, DB2 Universal Database, DataJoiner, and AS/400 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. Lotus is a registered trademark of Lotus Development Corporation. 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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