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IBM Websphere Information Integrator

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The goal
Turn data into discovery
Integrating and analyzing large quantities of diverse scientific data from a variety of life sciences domains presents an enormous challenge for the pharmaceutical industry. IBM Websphere® Information Integrator can help meet this challenge by increasing R&D productivity with single-query access to a wide variety of databases, applications and search engines.

The advantage
Leverage the experience of an industry leader
IBM delivers innovative, scalable infrastructure solutions, such as IBM Websphere Information Integrator , that are unique to the life sciences industry. We offer:
  • Knowledge and understanding of databases and data management—as well as scientific expertise needed to customize solutions unique to the industry.
  • Experienced consultants and project managers who can help you streamline your operations and maximize the return on investment.
  • Tools to transform the information assimilated by IBM Websphere Information Integrator and other sources into information that can help make your processes faster and more efficient.

The benefits
Transform information into knowledge
Combining software and services, IBM Websphere Information Integrator provides a total solution to address your data integration needs.
  • Enables users to ask single queries that span multiple sources of information
  • Gives end users the perspective of a single data source, saving effort and frustration
  • Protects your investment by leveraging existing internal databases
  • Helps increase research and development productivity through single query access to specialized databases
  • Encourages collaborative research across companies
  • Enables integration of data from multiple sources, allowing researchers to obtain real value from data
  • Complements and extends the capabilities of existing data warehouses, protecting your technology investments
  • Virtually eliminates many database currency and synchronization issues

The ROI
Improve return on investment
IBM Websphere Information Integrator can provide return on investment by:
  • Enabling fast sophisticated data analysis to help turn data into scientific insight.
  • Speeding the drug discovery process so you can bring more drugs to market faster at a lower cost.
  • Reducing the time and expense required to execute queries across multiple data sources.



More information
ComputerWorld review: Bridging Data Islands - Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc. uses IBM's DiscoveryLink to discover promising candidate for new drug treatments