Welcome to the inaugural edition of the online IMS Newsletter!

Whether you are new to the IMS Newsletter, or a long-time recipient of our hardcopy edition, we are very happy to see you here.

This edition is chock full of IMS-related information. As always, we want to hear from you. Let us know what kinds of stories you want to see, what features of IMS you'd like more information on. All you have to do is click on the Feedback link at the bottom of this page!

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This article describes how you can satisfy data security regulations for data encryption using IMS Hardware Compression Extended segment compression tool and IBM Data Encryption for IMS and DB2 Databases.

This article provides best practices information for configuring IMS Connect and IMS Connect clients to help IMS Connect run more efficiently in SOA and non-SOA environments.

In this article, Bovorit Pibulsonggram of IMS Performance test shares the results of an IMS Connect performance benchmark on IBM System z10 Enterprise Class.

In this article, Cedric Chen of IMS Performance Test shares the results of IMS OLDS logging data performance using IBM System Storage DS8000.

This article gives a high-level overview of the various IMS Health Checks and IMS Service Offerings that the IMS ATS team can provide to IMS customers.

In this edition of the IMS Newslettter, we profile Carlos Alvarado of the IMS TM development group.

In this edition of the IMS Newslettter, we profile Tori Gonzales of the IMS TM test team.

In this edition of the IMS Newslettter, we profile Dave Viguers, IMS Performance expert. 

A personal note from the editor of the IMS Newsletter.

A new title for IMS Redbooks was recently published: Powering SOA Solutions with IMS.