AUDIENCE:   This course is for everybody who wants to know about the new functions in IMS 10. PREREQUISITES:   A basic working knowledge of IMS is expected. DURATION:   3 days. OBJECTIVES:   Information Management System (IMS) is IBM's premier transaction & hierarchical database management system. The latest capabilities enable SOA exploitation, secure your investment and enable new application development. On completion of the course delegates will understand the IMS Database Manager V10 and the IMS Transaction Manager V10 enhancements. COURSE CONTENT:   IMS Database Manager V10 enhancements • Integrated, open access with enhanced IMS/XML database support • XQuery access to IMS data • Broadened Java™ and XML tooling to ease development • Manageability through staging users to autonomic computing with simplified dynamic resource definition • Eased operations and systems management • Integrated operations across subsystems/platforms • Enhanced security and serviceability • Scalability with more parallelism in DBRC • Improved performance/capacity in Fast Path, HALDB, and database utilities IMS Transaction Manager V10 enhancements • Integrated, open access with enhanced XML and Web services connectivity • Broadened Java and XML tooling to ease development • Manageability through staging users to autonomic computing with simplified dynamic resource definition • Eased operations and systems management, integrated operations across subsystems/platforms, Enhanced security and serviceability • Scalability with widened bandwidth for Multiple Systems Coupling (MSC), and • improved system availability, performance, and capacity in workload balancing IMS-S/08