IBM Announces DB2 9 Express-C Support for Windows Vista

IBM Announces DB2 9 Express-C Support for Windows Vista

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the availability of DB2 9 Express-C for Vista, a new version of the versatile and easy-to-deploy data server tailored for the new Windows Vista operating system and openly available for download, at no cost, to customers, developers and partners. With DB2 Express-C for Vista, IBM is increasing its commitment to enabling and supporting the growing community of DB2 developers and customers, making it easier for them to create and deploy applications and solutions that meet their changing information management requirements regardless of platform or OS changes.

DB2 9 Express-C offers the same core DB2 9 data server found in other editions, in a smaller package specifically designed for use in software development, deployment, redistribution and embedding within applications. No charge community support for DB2 Express-C is available via a new public forum on developerWorks, IBM’s resource for developers. For-fee IBM support is available with the purchase of DB2 Express Edition.

“We are expanding our investment in growing the community of developers and users of DB2,” said Bernie Spang, director, IBM data servers. “With DB2 Express-C for Vista, developers now have the industry’s first no-cost, fully functional relational and pureXML data server to use for developing and deploying applications on the new Windows platform.”

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