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10.4.2.14 dashDB for Analytics

IBM dashDB for Analytics is a fully managed SQL cloud database service, featuring an MPP architecture

optimized for data warehouse and analytics workloads. dashDB for Analytics allows to scale and pay for compute

and storage node independently. A related but different service, IBM dashDB for Transactions SQL Database, is

a cloud database that is optimized for OLTP workloads.

Features

• Combining the best of DB2 and Netezza technology with in-memory data processing, columnar tables,

and in-database analytics.

• Easily integrate with other IBM cloud services such as Watson.

• Includes daily backups, at-rest database encryption, and SSL connections.

• Provides R language for data analysis.

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10.4.2.15 Weather Company Data

This service lets you integrate weather data from The Weather Company into your IBM Bluemix application. You

can retrieve weather data for an area specified by a geolocation. The data allows you to create applications that

solve real business problems where weather has a significant impact on the outcome. Weather data for some

countries and regions are not available.

Features

• Hourly forecast: An hourly weather forecast for the next 48 hours starting from the current time, for a

specified geolocation.

• Historical data: Observed weather data from site-based observation stations for a specified geolocation

that includes current observations and up to 24 hours of past observations.

• Location services: The ability to look up a location name or geocode (latitude and longitude) to retrieve

a set of locations that match the request.

• Weather alerts: Government-issued weather alerts, including weather watches, warnings, statements,

and advisories issued by the National Weather Service (US), Environment Canada, and MeteoAlarm

(Europe).

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10.4.2.16 IBM Graph

IBM Graph is an easy-to-use, fully-managed graph database service for storing and querying data points,

their connections, and properties. IBM Graph offers an Apache TinkerPop3 compatible API and plugs into a

Bluemix application seamlessly. This service can be used for building recommendation engines, analyzing social

networks, and fraud detection.

Features

• Powered by Apache TinkerPop3 –IBM Graph is based on the TinkerPop stack for building high-

performance graph applications.

• Scale Seamlessly: customers can start small and scale on-demand as their data grows.

• Highly Available: architected to ensure the service is always up and data is always accessible.

• Managed 24x7