As technology continues to invade all aspects of a company's environment, the data stored within those systems is becoming an integral asset that will help determine a company's success. The value of the information stored within the data is lost without a comprehensive database management system to manage and process that data. The iSeries has just such a management system, namely DB2 UDB for iSeries. This DBMS will allow you to process your data and turn it into valuable information. This session will familiarize you with the architecture of DB2 UDB for iSeries and will introduce you to the Database Engine and Query Optimizer.