IBM Unveils DB2 Viper for the Mainframe

IBM Unveils DB2 Viper for the Mainframe

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that the DB2 9 “Viper” data server is now available for System z customers. Featuring hundreds of new features for mainframe customers, DB2 9 for z/OS will provide unmatched security, enhanced data storage compression and, for the first time, allow the seamless management of relational and XML data in the same database.

DB2 9 for z/OS (DB2 9) brings significant advancements to the mainframe, including patented “pureXML” technology and enhanced autonomic data management capabilities. This combination of industry-first features, along with new security and disaster recovery enhancements, can speed information queries and provide clients with unconstrained information access and significantly reduce total cost of system administration. IBM customers such as Citigroup have done extensive testing of DB2 9 for z/OS and are excited about the new capabilities the product provides.

“The new security and compliance tracking capabilities of DB2 9 for z/OS will allow us to simplify our existing process for the management reporting of changes to our production database systems,” said Bob Perih, Senior Vice President, Citigroup. “In addition, we have evaluated the new native XML support that DB2 9 provides and view this as a major technological advancement to help us to integrate XML data into a format that will allow for more robust and efficient usage by applications.”

IBM partners also played a key role during the development of DB2 9 for z/OS and have added applications to what has become a rapidly growing ecosystem supporting the new data server. “IBM and SAP have cooperated very closely on DB2 9 for z/OS and we look forward to supporting our customers with these new capabilities,” stated Torsten Wittkugel, Vice President of Database and Operating System Platform Development at SAP. “The SAP Banking Services 5.0 release, which will be released soon, will be the first SAP product to take advantage of many new beneficial features in DB2 9 for z/OS.”

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