
26 Solving Operational Business Intelligence with InfoSphere Warehouse Advanced Edition
2.2.1 InfoSphere Warehouse core architecture
At the center of the InfoSphere Warehouse lies the DB2 relational database
engine, which provides not only a repository for user data, but also the
infrastructure to support the many functional operations performed on the data.
Together with the InfoSphere Warehouse application hosted within a
WebSphere Application Server, these elements combine to form the runtime
component of an InfoSphere warehouse solution.
A number of client products, Data Studio, Design Studio, and web browser,
provide the development tools ...