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In this latest video see IBM Data Champion Julian Stuhler and other industry experts talk about their first hand experiences of how companies can break free from Oracle’s rising costs and gain huge benefits from IBM DB2 9.7

Don’t miss out – 4:30pm GMT TODAY!

Enabling applications from Oracle to DB2 the easy way
- A DB2 Chat with the Lab

DB2 9.7 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows has out-of-the-box support for Oracle’s SQL and PL/SQL dialects. This allows many applications written against Oracle to execute virtually unchanged against DB2.

Join experts from the DB2 labs, Sal Vella – VP, and Serge Rielau – SQL Architect, to learn more about what Oracle compatibility means in DB2.

Put some time in your diary on 24th June at 4pm GMT for IDUG’s DB2 9.7 webinar.  The hosts will be the new President of IDUG, Michael McBride and DB2 Evangelist Paul C. Zikopoulos.  Find out what the DB2 9.7 buzz is all about.

Along with live Q&A, Paul will discuss DB2 9.7’s new features for:

1. increasing performance, reliability and ease of use
2. lowering management costs
3. enhancing workload management
4. compatibility with Oracle Database SQL, PL/SQL, data types, scripting and more

Register here!

Join DB2 experts (Sal Vella, VP of Development, and Tim Vincent, Chief DB2 LUW Architect) who develop breakthrough technology and get your questions answered and learn more about what’s new in DB2 9.7

DB2 9.7 (DB2 Cobra) Technology Preview with Tim Vincent from Natasha Tolub on Vimeo.

IBM have today announced the release of DB2 9.7 (aka Cobra) for Linux, Unix and Windows and InfoSphere Warehouse 9.7

New development capabilities in DB2 9.7 make it easier to move applications developed for other databases to the IBM platform.

Other benefits include:

• Lower storage costs with data compression enhancements. 
• Lower XML data management and analysis costs with end-to-end native XML support for transactional and analytical systems. 
• Lower database administration costs with additional automation features and enhanced workload management capabilities. 
• Lower database development costs with the addition of database package support, the addition of several built-in packages, flexible concurrency model support, flexible data typing with implicit casting, and more. 
• Lower costs for deploying departmental analytic solutions with new InfoSphere Warehouse editions for departmental solutions 

Triton Consulting have been involved in the early access program and have been running R&D on the software – keep an eye on the blog for updates.