IBM has been making huge technical strides with their flagship database, DB2, over the past few years. As expected, the recent launch of DB2 9.7 has not failed to impress, incorporating even more improvements.
DB2 9.7, also known as the COBRA release, has made up significant ground on Oracle. The ease with which organisations are now able to migrate from Oracle to DB2 has been enhanced so dramatically that it is now an enticing option. Previously the time taken to migrate an Oracle-based application to DB2 would take weeks, if not months. This can now be achieved in a matter of days.
A recording of the live DB2 chat with the lab webinar held in July.
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 for Oracle to execute virtually unchanged with DB2. In this chat Serge Rielau, SQL Architect for DB2 LUW, provides an overview of Oracle compatability features in DB2 9.7.
In a recent article on PC World Chris Kanaracus discusses Oracle’s recent decision to raise prices on some add-ons for its flagship database by up to 40%. This is a controversial move given that the modules are said to be crucial to getting databases to perform at the highest level - click here to view the article.
Break free from rising costs with DB2 9.7. Click here to see IBM Data Champion, Julian Stuhler and other industry experts talk about their first hand experiences of how organisations can gain huge benefits from IBM DB2 9.7.
