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Software withdrawal and support discontinuance: IBM Cognitive Solutions and Research, IBM Hybrid Cloud and Managed Services, IBM Watson and Cloud Platform, IBM Systems selected products or part numbers

(IBM Europe Announcement ZP18-0465, dated September 11, 2018)

Effective on the dates shown, IBM will withdraw support for the following program's Version Release (V.R.x) licensed under the IBM International Program License Agreement:

Examples for some selected DB2 products, read the full announcement for a complete overview!

Examples for some selected DB2 products, read the full announcement for a complete overview!

IBM Db2 AI for z/OS empowers the Db2 for z/OS optimizer to select improved access paths for SQL and improves application performance using machine learning

(IBM Europe Announcement ZP18-0413, dated September 11, 2018)

Overview

IBM Db2ZAI empowers the optimizer in your Db2 for z/OS engine to determine the best-performing query access paths based on your workload characteristics. New intelligence in the optimizer, using host-variable and number of rows fetched insight, enables it to identify the optimal access paths for SQL queries. This can significantly improve application performance by reducing optimization complexity.

Using the Db2 for z/OS optimizer and leveraging IBM Machine Learning for z/OS (ML for z/OS) technology, IBM Db2 AI for z/OS (Db2ZAI) provides:

• Improved Db2 SQL access path selection
• Improved Db2 application performance
• Rapid model learning specific to the data and configuration per Db2 subsystem

IBM Watson IoT Platform, offers add-ons for blockchain service and analytics service, building on integrated IoT foundation to derive greater value from IoT devices

(IBM Europe Announcement ZP18-0477, dated September 11, 2018)

Overview

Watson IoT Platform, formerly known as IBM IoT Connection Service, connects devices, ingests device data, and transforms that data into meaningful insights. Watson IoT Platform and its additional add-on services enable organizations to capture and explore data for devices, equipment, and machines, and discover insights that can drive better decision-making.

Watson IoT Platform combines the power and simplicity to scale to industrial IoT applications, solutions, and workloads. It integrates the existing capabilities and functions of IBM IoT Connection Service in an end-to-end, fully managed cloud service available for subscription in production or non-production environments:

Watson IoT Platform communicates with your applications and devices by using the Watson IoT Platform API and the Watson IoT Platform messaging protocol. Other capabilities include:

• Appliance claiming
• Device registration and setup
• Authentication and security
• Data lifecycle management
• Device management
• Alerts and remote monitoring
• Solution administration

IBM Db2 on Cloud offers Disaster Recovery Node on demand
for storing mirrored copy of database in data center of your choice

(IBM Europe Announcement ZP18-0406, dated July 10, 2018)

Overview:

IBM Db2 on Cloud offers a simplified database solution that is purpose-built for massive amounts of data. This solution is a fully managed service and designed for transactional workloads. No setup is required and IBM handles maintenance and updates, such as backups and security.

New in Db2 on Cloud

The Db2 on Cloud Disaster Recovery Node can now be added on demand. The Disaster Recovery Node provides the capability to keep a mirrored copy of your database in an offsite IBM CloudTM data center of your choice, regardless of distance.

• Uses Db2 High Availability Disaster Recovery (HADR) technology.
• Enables users to fail over to the Disaster Recovery Node and back with a few clicks.