IBM Metadata Workbench V8.0 and IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender V8.1 for DataStage add value to IBM Information Server

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1 IBM United States Announcement , dated June 12, 2007 IBM Metadata Workbench V8.0 and IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender V8.1 for DataStage add value to IBM Information Server Description...2 Education support...3 Offering Information...4 Publications... 4 Technical information...4 Ordering information...6 Terms and conditions... 8 Prices...9 Order now...10 At a glance Metadata Workbench offers: Complete traceability of information across tools, allowing data elements in reports to be traced back to their sources or even back to their original data models Responsiveness to change by providing an understanding of the impact of any change to any piece of information across tools, showing which reports, services, or target databases will be impacted before a source data element is changed A complete set of reporting, management, and administrative functions for metadata elements within IBM WebSphere Metadata Server WebSphere Transformation Extender for DataStage offers: Advanced file integration functions to IBM WebSphere DataStage, enhancing its ability to parse and validate complex hierarchical file structures like XML, EDI, and SWIFT messages Easy handling of complex file structures for optimal processing by DataStage Extensibility for parsing and validation of complex industry-standard formats like EDI, SWIFT, and HIPAA For ordering, contact: Your IBM representative or the Americas Call Centers at 800-IBM-CALL Reference: YE001 Overview Metadata Workbench and WebSphere Transformation Extender for DataStage add value to IBM Information Server implementations by extending the visibility and functionality of the core product modules. Metadata Workbench offers key metadata visualization and exploration capabilities, acting as a control station for metadata within IBM Information Server. It provides cross-tool impact analysis and data lineage, and extensive reporting and administration functions for WebSphere Metadata Server. WebSphere Transformation Extender for DataStage provides advanced transformation power to WebSphere DataStage and QualityStage, including parsing, validation, and transformation of complex hierarchical file structures, like XML, EDI, SWIFT, and HIPAA documents, allowing them to be more easily processed by DataStage. IBM United States Announcement IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 1

2 IBM Information Server, Metadata Workbench, and WebSphere Transformation Extender for DataStage can help your organization derive more value from the complex, heterogeneous information spread across your systems. The effectiveness of this information depends on your ability to parse, validate, and integrate complex sources, and your ability to understand where it comes from and what happens to it along the way. Organizations are unable to remain competitive without the ability to have complete, trusted information to both drive decisions and interact with customers and business partners. The concept of trusted information necessitates a complete understanding of the lineage and validity of information. Two main aspects of these offerings enhance trust in information: Complete lineage reporting across tools using IBM Metadata Workbench Validation of complex source structures and contents using WebSphere Transformation Extender for DataStage Key prerequisites Refer to the Hardware requirements and Software requirements sections. Planned availability dates June 15, 2007 (electronic software delivery) July 10, 2007 (media and documentation) Description Metadata Workbench provides visual Web-based exploration of information assets generated and used by IBM Information Server modules. It provides comprehensive reporting on data movement, data lineage, business meaning, and impact of changes and dependencies across IBM Information Server modules and third-party tools. Metadata Workbench is a client-based solution that adds to an existing IBM Information Server environment, providing enhanced metadata visibility and reporting for that environment. Metadata Workbench extends the visibility of metadata across IBM Information Server product modules and to external third-party tools. This allows complete end-to-end metadata visualization. The key functions of Metadata Workbench include: Easy navigation of key information assets through visual tooling, simple and advanced search, or ad hoc queries Complete visual analysis of end-to-end lineage of information across tools Impact analysis visualization across tools Reporting on the linkage of business terms to technical information assets Administration functions for metadata, including reporting and reconciliation Metadata Workbench is a new product in the IBM Information Server family that enhances the metadata utility of the platform. It replaces some of the cross-tool impact analysis and lineage reporting functions previously found in WebSphere MetaStage. WebSphere Transformation Extender for DataStage provides extended parsing and validation functionality to WebSphere DataStage. It is an add-on module to IBM Information Server that leverages the processing power of the WebSphere Transformation Extender product family. WebSphere Transformation Extender for DataStage provides single-pass parsing and validation of complex hierarchical data types, ensuring the validity of the structure and content of the source data and transforming the hierarchical data into a format that can be handled more optimally by DataStage. WebSphere Transformation Extender for DataStage can be extended with industry format-specific parsing and validation rules for common formats like EDI, SWIFT, and HIPAA, providing out-of-the-box handling of these complex document types. Upgrades, migrations, and trade-ups You have the opportunity to convert your use entitlements over time from the current portfolio and licensing configuration to the new licensing structure. Conversions are designed to give you comparable capacity under the new licensing model as compared with the previous model. In some instances, features that were previously separately priced may be embedded in a new IBM United States Announcement IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 2

3 offering. The following table shows a high-level mapping from the previous product structure to the structure included in this announcement. Also indicated is any applicable trade-up charge (an incremental license fee for moving from one product to another). Current licensed New entitlement Trade-up product IBM WebSphere IBM WebSphere One CPU for each MetaStage Metadata Server MetaStage license IBM WebSphere IBM WebSphere One authorized user MetaStage Explorer Metadata Workbench for each Explorer client license Accessibility by people with disabilities A U.S. Section 508 Voluntary Product Accessibility Template can be requested via the IBM Web site IPLA and Subscription and Support considerations IPLA licenses can be transferred from one machine to another within, but not limited to an enterprise. You may aggregate the capacity for all the processors the product is operated on to achieve a more economic price. This will result in a single proof of entitlement (PoE). It is your responsibility to manage the distribution of Value Units within the limits of the entitlement of the product license. Subscription and Support must cover the same capacity as the product license entitlement. Subscription and Support will be available in the country in which the agreement is made. Trademarks WebSphere and DataStage are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or both. Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. Education support Available training offerings include customer onsite training, public training at IBM facilities, and remote learning via FlexLearning. Through customer onsite training, we can deliver standard or customized training to meet the requirements of our customers. We can also provide mobile academies for a rental fee to minimize a customer's setup activities. For more information on onsite instructor-led training, contact iiseduc@us.ibm.com Our public training simplifies the process by providing the complete environment for standard course deliveries and giving students an ability to learn without the distraction of everyday responsibilities. We offer public training on a regular schedule across North America and other geographies around the globe. For more information on public instructor-led training, visit Also, you can contact iiseduc@us.ibm.com The newly enhanced FlexLearning program provides customers with the ability to attend training on their own schedule at their own location. This program offers state-of-the-art technology to deliver highly valuable training at minimum cost. All current courses are approximately three hours in length and offer a valuable learn-by-doing, self-paced format. For more information, contact iiseduc@us.ibm.com IBM United States Announcement IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 3

4 IBM training provides education to support many IBM offerings. Descriptions of courses for IT professionals and managers are on the IBM training Web site g/ites.wss/tp/en?pagetype=tp_search Call IBM training at 800-IBM-TEACH ( ) for catalogs, schedules, and enrollments. Offering Information Product information is available via the Offering Information Web site Also, visit the Passport Advantage Web site Publications No publications are shipped with these products. Information Center Documentation for Metadata Workbench is available in the IBM Information Server Information Center, which is automatically installed with the product. The IBM Publications Center Publications can be obtained from the IBM Publications Center The Publications Center is a worldwide central repository for IBM product publications and marketing material with a catalog of 70,000 items. Extensive search facilities are provided. Printed publications can be ordered from the IBM Publications Center; payment options for orders are via credit card (in the U.S.) or customer number for 20 countries. A large number of publications are available online in various file formats, and they can all be downloaded by all countries. The following publication can be obtained from the IBM Publications Center: Title IBM Metadata Workbench Installation Guide Order number GC Technical information Specified operating environment Hardware requirements: Metadata Workbench must be installed on the same server as IBM Information Server. In this hardware configuration, Metadata Workbench processing and memory requirements are minimal and do not require additional resources. Metadata Workbench has no hardware requirements beyond those of WebSphere Metadata Server V8.0.1 prerequisites. Software requirements: The most current and complete information on hardware and software requirements is available at tion/information_server/requirements.html IBM United States Announcement IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 4

5 Software requirements for Metadata Workbench include: WebSphere Metadata Server V8.0.1 (included in IBM Information Server V8.0.1) Microsoft Internet Explorer V6.0, or later Supported platforms for Metadata Workbench include: Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 Microsoft Windows 2003 Server SP1 IBM AIX 5L V5.2 and V5.3 Red Hat ASE 4.0 (x86) Sun Solaris (Sparc) 2.9 and 2.10 Software requirements for Transformation Extender for DataStage V8.1 include: WebSphere DataStage V8.0.1 and prerequisite patches Supported platforms for Transformation Extender for DataStage V8.1 include: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.0 IBM AIX 5L V5.2 and V5.3 Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista Transformation Extender Client Planning information Packaging: IBM Metadata Workbench 8.0 IBM Metadata Workbench 8.0 is shipped on one CD-ROM that includes multiple supported platforms: Windows XP Professional SP2 Windows 2003 Server SP1 IBM AIX 5L V5.2 and V5.3 Red Hat ASE 4.0 (x86) Sun Solaris (Sparc) 2.9 and 2.10 The CD-ROM also contains: IBM license agreement Programming code IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender for DataStage This software is shipped on CD-ROM with one CD-ROM per supported platform: IBM AIX 5L V5.2 and V5.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.0 Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista The CD-ROM also contains: IBM license agreement Programming code IBM United States Announcement IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 5

6 Security, auditability, and control WebSphere Transformation Extender for DataStage uses the security and auditability features of the host hardware or software. The customer is responsible for evaluation, selection, and implementation of security features, administrative procedures, and appropriate controls in application systems and communication facilities. IBM Information Platform and Solutions Professional Services complement the IBM Information Server platform. This team offers a wide range of services-related packages that are designed to help you achieve success in the design, implementation, and rollout of your information integration projects. You can leverage the deep technical skills and proven methodologies based on years of accumulated knowledge and experience, gained through hundreds of successful implementations. To learn more about IBM Information Platform and Solutions Professional Services or to contact a services representative, visit Also, we extend our IBM Software Services reach through IBM Business Partners to provide an unmatched portfolio of capabilities. Together, we provide the global reach, intellectual capital, industry insight, and technology leadership to support any critical business need. To locate an IBM Business Partner, visit Ordering information This product is only available via Passport Advantage. It is not available as shrinkwrap. Product information Product Licensed function title Product group category IBM Metadata Workbench Information IBM Integration Information Solutions Server Companion Products IBM WebSphere TX for DataStage for Information IBM Non-Production Environments Integration Information Solutions Server Companion Products IBM WebSphere Transformation Information IBM Extender for DataStage Integration Information Solutions Server Companion Products Program name PID Charge unit number description 724-S41 5 Authorized Users IBM WebSphere TX for DataStage for 5724-Q50 Server(s) Non-Production Environments IBM WebSphere Transformation 5724-Q50 Server(s) Extender for DataStage Charge metrics definitions Server A server is a computer system that executes requested procedures, commands, or applications to one or more user or client devices. A PoE must be obtained for each server regardless of the number of processors and partitions in the server on which the program runs or for each server managed by the program. Where blade technology is employed, each blade is considered a IBM United States Announcement IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 6

7 separate server. Program licenses Part description Part number IBM Metadata Workbench Authorized Users License & SW Maintenance 12 Mont Authorized Users SW Maintenance Annual Renewal Authorized Users SW Maintenance Reinstatement 12 D61A8LL E03XQLL D61A9LL IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender for DataStage WS TX for DataStage Server(s) License & SW Maintenance 12 Months WS TX for DataStage Server(s) SW Maintenance Annual Renewal WS TX for DataStage Server(s) SW Maintenance Reinstatement 12 Months D597NLL E02W4LL D597PLL IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender for DataStage for Non-Production Environments Server(s) License & SW Maint Annual Renewal Server(s) License & SW Maintenance 12 Months Server(s) SW Maintenance Reinstatement 12 Mo Passport Advantage program licenses E032WLL D59NWLL D59NXLL Part description Part number IBM Metadata Workbench Authorized Users License & SW Maintenance 12 Mont Authorized Users SW Maintenance Annual Renewal Authorized Users SW Maintenance Reinstatement 12 D61A8LL E03XQLL D61A9LL IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender for DataStage WS TX for DataStage Server(s) License & SW Maintenance 12 Months WS TX for DataStage Server(s) SW Maintenance Annual Renewal WS TX for DataStage Server(s) SW Maintenance Reinstatement 12 Months D597NLL E02W4LL D597PLL IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender for DataStage IBM United States Announcement IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 7

8 for Non-Production Environments Server(s) License & SW Maint Annual Renewal Server(s) License & SW Maintenance 12 Months Server(s) SW Maintenance Reinstatement 12 Mo Passport Advantage supply E032WLL D59NWLL D59NXLL Program name/description IBM Metadata Workbench V8.0.0 IBM Metadata Workbench WIN XP & 2003,Sun Solaris/SPARC, AIX 5L V5, RH ASE WS Trans Ext for DataStage V8.1.0 WS Trans Ext for DataStage Windows, AIX 5L, V5, Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS Part number BY01ENA BY01DNA Passport Advantage customer: Media pack entitlement details Customers with active maintenance or subscription for the products listed are entitled to receive the corresponding media pack. Entitled maintenance Media packs description Part offerings description number WebSphere Transformation Extender for DataStage V8.1.0 WS TX for DataStage for WS Trans Ext for DataStage BY01DNA Non-Production Windows,AIX 5L, V5,Red Hat Environments Server Enterprise Linux AS WebSphere Transformation WS Trans Ext for DataStage BY01DNA Extender for DataStage Windows,AIX 5L, V5,Red Hat Server Enterprise Linux AS IBM Metadata Workbench V8.0.0 IBM Metadata Workbench per IBM Metadata Workbench WIN BY01ENA 5 Authorized Users XP & 2003,Sun Solaris/SPARC,AIX 5L V5,RH Terms and conditions The information provided in this announcement letter is for reference and convenience purposes only. The terms and conditions that govern any transaction with IBM are contained in the applicable contract documents such as the IBM International Program License Agreement (IPLA), IBM International Passport Advantage Agreement, and the IBM Agreement for Acquisition of Software Maintenance. Licensing: IBM IPLA including the License Information (LI) document and PoE govern your use of the program. PoEs are required for all authorized use. Part number products only, offered outside of Passport Advantage, where applicable, are license only and do not include Software Maintenance. LI form number Program Program name number Form number 724-S41 L-SMAT-6XBMWW IBM WS Transformation Extender for 5724-Q50 L-SMAT-6ZNTBA IBM United States Announcement IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 8

9 DataStage The program's LI will be available for review on the IBM Software License Agreement Web site Limited warranty applies: Yes Money-back guarantee: If for any reason you are dissatisfied with the program and you are the original licensee, you may obtain a refund of the amount you paid for it, if within 30 days of your invoice date you return the program and its PoE to the party from whom you obtained it. If you downloaded the program, you may contact the party from whom you acquired it for instructions on how to obtain the refund. For programs acquired under the IBM International Passport Advantage Agreement, this term applies only to your first acquisition of the program. Authorization for use on home/portable computer: No. The program may be stored on the primary machine and another machine, provided that the program is not in active use on both machines at the same time. You may not copy and use this program on another computer without paying additional license fees. Usage restriction: Yes Refer to the LI document that is available on the IBM Software License Agreement Web site Passport Advantage applies: Yes, and through the Passport Advantage Web site at No This product is only available via Passport Advantage. It is not available as shrinkwrap. Agreement for Acquisition of Software Maintenance: The following agreement applies for maintenance and does not require customer signatures: IBM Agreement for Acquisition of Software Maintenance (Z ) Volume orders (IVO): No IBM operational support services SoftwareXcel: No System i Software Maintenance applies: No Educational allowance available: Not applicable. Prices Passport Advantage For Passport Advantage information and charges, contact your IBM representative or authorized IBM Business Partner. Additional information is also available at Business Partner information If you are an IBM Business Partner Distributor for Workstation Software acquiring products from IBM, you may link to Passport Advantage Online for resellers where you can obtain Business Partner pricing information. An IBM ID and password are required. IBM United States Announcement IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 9

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