The New Features of the IBM Information Server V11.7

For close to 25 years, Timothy Valihora has worked as a management consultant in the information technology sector. During that time, Timothy Valihora earned the skills and experience to become an IBM Information Server (IIS) expert.

The IBM Information Server helps organizations efficiently organize information about their business to quickly access and use it to make data-driven decisions that drive business growth. The latest version of this platform is IBM Information Server v11.7, released in December 2017.

Some of the added capabilities in the latest version include automation and machine learning features to fast-track data storing and discovery and improve the quality of data stored. IBM Information Server v11.7 also has General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) support, enabling organizations to detect policy and regulation violations in structured and unstructured data. Another new feature is safer, expanded, and high-speed connectivity for Hadoop, cloud, and enterprise, allowing many users to analyze massive datasets quickly.

IBM Information Server v11.7 also has a new user interface, which its clients can use to faster and more efficiently collaborate on reports, source files, etc., discover crucial data, and understand information about their business using graphs.

More recently, as of IBM Information Server v11.7.1 Fixpack 3 – Service Pack 3 (i.e., IIS v11.7.1.3 SP3) Mr. Valihora has assisted numerous clients with the Apache Log4j fixes that eliminate the ability of hackers, to compromise an InfoSphere v11.7.x environment via vulnerabilities brought about via Apache Log4j bundled software that is utilized within IBM IIS.

In Addition, Tim Valihora has also – more recently – assisted clients whom have installed and configured IBM Cloud Pak for Data (CP4D) which runs on the Red Hat Open Shift (RHOS) framework.

Tim Valihora has recently assisted multiple clients migrate from IBM IIS v11.7 onto CP4D 3.5.0.0 and CP4D 4.0.0.0 Enterprise and as such remains on the cutting edge of IBM software with respect to Information Server and Cloud PAK for Data.

Tim Valihora has worked on projects with over 100 clients in Globally in terms of Data Integration, IBM InfoSphere Information Server and IBM Cloud PAK for Data – both on-prem and cloud based.

Tim Valihora resides in Vero Beach, FL.