Previously known for power but not usability, DB2 Universal Database has new easy-to-use wizards and strong support for open-standard XML and Java, making it a competitive solution. DB2's performance ...

As is normal with a new version of DB2, IBM boasts of performance improvements available in DB2 11. The claims range from out-of-the-box savings ranging from 10% to 40% for different types of query ...

IBM’s BLU acceleration technology speeds DB2 queries against large data sets. Also, using DB2 could cut the labor costs of running a separate data warehouse, given that the pool of available database ...

DataKinetics, a provider of mainframe transaction and performance solutions, announced a solution designed to increase mainframe data capacity and throughput while decreasing data access request time ...

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Deploying an update of its DB2 database, IBM is pitching its SmartCloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) for use in data reporting and analysis. “We’re the only player in the marketplace that has [a ...

Exploiting recent hardware enhancements that IBM added into its System z mainframe servers, enterprise software provider BMC has updated its line of performance tuning products to help customers get ...