IBM on Wednesday released the latest version of its database management system DB2, version 9.7, with new features that include the ability for the database to run applications written for Oracle and ...

"IBM DB2 is only popular on mainframes...which is only used by your father!" That was Oracle Chairman and CEO Larry Ellison's response to a report that Big Blue's database-management software is ...

New pureScale clustering feature will enable companies to scale out their DB2 clusters without paying an enormous performance cost, IBM says On the eve of Oracle’s OpenWorld user conference, IBM ...

IBM challenges Oracle's claims of dominance in the database market as it promotes the growth of DB2. Officials at IBM are throwing verbal haymakers at Oracle as Big Blue touts its successes in the ...

IBM is attempting to lure Oracle database and middleware customers to “move up” to its own software with a new series of enticements, the company announced Friday. The offerings include a financial ...

Dr. Chris Hillman, Global AI Lead at Teradata, joins eSpeaks to explore why open data ecosystems are becoming essential for enterprise AI success. In this episode, he breaks down how openness — in ...

Evan Walters, president and CEO of Innovative Information Solutions, a Waterbury Conn. IBM partner, said he expects Oracle to eventually integrate its own database and applications server with the ...

In its announcement, IBM also played up the cross-platform flexibility of DB2 in running on Linux, Unix and Windows. That is an advantage DB2 has over SQL Server, but not over Oracle. IBM also ...

Microsoft Thursday strengthened its hand in the database market by releasing the first 64-bit version of SQL Server. The product should help Microsoft address a broader segment of the database market, ...

IBM released a free version of its flagship DB2 database today, sweetening the pot by eliminating some of the key user limits imposed by rival vendors. IBM’s DB2 Universal Database Express-C is ...

IBM has surpassed Oracle as the leading seller of database-management software, according to a new study. IBM captured 34.6 percent of the revenue in the overall database market in 2001, up from 33.7 ...

LinuxWorld.com – IBM has become legendary in the Linux community for its repeated announcements and reannouncements regarding Linux support. It seems every six months at some Linux show or even a ...