IBM itself is using the BLU components of DB2 10.5 as a cornerstone for its DB2 SmartCloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS), to add computational heft for data reporting and analysis jobs.

DB2 is optimized for the cloud, SAP, Intel’s Xeon processor and IBM POWER. This expansion has brought the power of the relational database to a variety of businesses worldwide.

The technology is called DB2 SQL Skin, and will be sold to DB2 customers as a feature starting May 28. Developed jointly by IBM and ANTs Software, the technology is aimed at easing the migration ...

Download the "IBM DB2" drivers from the IBM download site. Click the "DB2 x.x Client and Driver Packages" link on the IBM download page to locate the correct drivers.

IBM’s database can access data stored in other database, like SQL Server, Oracle, Postgres, Teradata, and MongoDB, in a federated manner. IBM is making the data virtualization functions that are ...

According to IBM, DB2 9 adopters report performance increases of approximately 5 to 7 times more than what they experienced with Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle Database.

“For big IBM DB2 shops, this lets them use the exact same SQL throughout their back end,” said Yared, whose firm is bundling the DB2 Express version with its next software release.

IBM currently does not have a free, standalone version of its DB2 product, unlike free competing products like Microsoft's SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and Oracle's Database XE released recently.

IBM's decision to add a free database to its lineup follows moves by its largest rivals in the database business, Oracle and Microsoft. With the release of SQL Server 2005 late last year ...

IBM DB2 SQL Skin for Sybase ASE helps companies to accelerate migration of applications from one database management system (DBMS) to another DBMS eliminating the need to invest in expensive ...