The past years have seen the emergence of a new type of database - called graph database - which are optimized for the storage and querying of complex connected data. Blue Light is a strategic IBM Silver Business Partner specializing in data access on demand technology, data analytics, and i2® Analyst Notebook portfolio of products. Analysts Notebook comprises of a wide range of analysis and visualization capabilities and offers users key benefits in different areas. With Analyst's Notebook, it's easy for analysts and investigators to uncover networks, patterns, and trends in large volumes of structured and unstructured data. Unfortunately, relational databases are ill-suited for managing complex connected data at scale. Analyst's Notebook is a rich, data-centric, visual analysis environment that can reduce the costs and time associated with multidimensional analysis.

IBM i2 iBase relies on Microsoft SQL Server or Microsoft Access which can manage larger datasets than i2 Analyst's Notebook. Analyst's Notebook, part of the i2 Clarity Platform, delivers the richest assisted analysis and visualization capabilities in the world to support analysts in quickly turning large sets of disparate information into high-quality and actionable intelligence to prevent crime and terrorism. For this reason some organizations invest in IBM i2 iBase, a proprietary IBM database that acts as a backend for i2 Analyst's Notebook instances. Create plug-ins that expand and enhance the functionality of the i2 Notebook web client by using the i2 Notebook SDK. As a standalone application, i2 Analyst's Notebook can only handle a small dataset. Most i2 users are using i2 Analyst's Notebook, a standalone desktop application.

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