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 ...

Just in time for what will be a large number of required migrations, CA Technologies has updated its software for managing DB2 databases running on IBM z/OS mainframes. “DB2 is a very rich environment ...

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 ...

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 ...

In time for the upcoming 40th anniversary of the mainframe, IBM on Thursday plans to unveil what it calls the most significant release ever of its DB2 database for mainframes, featuring more than 100 ...

DB2: What’s in a Name? The name DB2, or IBM Database 2, was first given to the Database Management System or DBMS, in 1983 when IBM released DB2 on its MVS mainframe platform. For some years DB2, was ...

Detroit-based Compuware Corp. (Nasdaq: CPWR) Monday was to announce that its mainframe application and development software will support DB2 Version 10. The DB2 10-enabled Compuware products will ...

Sensing a change in the way customers store and analyze data, IBM has updated its flagship DB2 relational database management software to handle a wider range of data processing duties. The company ...

When IBM introduced version 10 of DB2 for z/OS in 2010, it promised customers that upgrading to this version of 10 percent, thanks in part to DB2’s use of these co-processors. Even greater gains in ...

Sensing a change in the way customers store and analyze data, IBM has updated its flagship DB2 relational database management software to handle a wider range of data processing duties. The company ...