title: Federating data with Information Integrator.
abstract: Information Integrator is an extension to IBM's relational database DB2, which uses data federation to provide benefits to molecular biology researchers through two unique capabilities: increased flexibility in combining data from disparate sources, and SQL access to non-SQL data, easing the task of automating data analysis.
authors.affiliation: INGEN IT Core, Research and Academic Computing Division, University Information Technology Services, Indiana University, Indianapolis 46202, USA. aarenson@iupui.edu
authors.forename: Andrew D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Arenson
mesh_terms: D019992:Databases as Topic; D020407:Internet; D012984:Software