Part 2: PureSystems Analyst Roundtable Discussion

A key discussion topic for this week's Analysts roundtable is the PureData System for Transactions. 

PureData System for Transactions has been designed and built for clients with the highest demands for performance and availability. To many of our clients, such systems are core to their business and any downtime can result in loss of revenue, customer churn, tarnished image, etc.). PureData System is a  "Tier 1" system, designed for such mission critical applications.  

At the heart of PureData System for Transactions is DB2 pureScale, which provides extreme levels of availability and scalability, with application transparency. PureData System for Transactions inherits these capabilities to deliver high levels of reliability, performance and scalability out of the box. Existing DB2 applications are supported with no changes, and Oracle Database applications are also supported with minimal, and in some cases, no changes are necessary.

One of the most striking features of the IBM PureSystems family is the consistent, single web user interface through which all hardware and software components are managed and monitored. This significantly reduces the additional knowledge required to operate any offering within the PureSystems family, once a user is familiar with one of the offerings. Think about the effort required to transition from an iPod to an iPhone. Once a system is delivered, the PureData System for Transaction adoption process is as simple as

1. Power-on
2. Integrate system to the network
3. Create and deploy database clusters
4. Configure access and allocate storage to databases
5. Upload objects and data into the created databases