"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 ...

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 this week announced a new version of its flagship DB2 database with software that will provide compatibility with applications built for Oracle databases. Embedded in IBM's forthcoming DB2 9.7, ...

IBM is going on the offensive against the pending merger of Sun Microsystems and Oracle. IBM announced Wednesday that it nabbed 100 of Sun's and Hewlett-Packard's customers last quarter alone for its ...

The Oracle SQL Developer tool can connect to databases other than Oracle, including MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server and DB2. The SQL development environment helps the programmer perform basic functions on ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. IBM is working hard to keep pace with Oracle, and their latest database solution is specifically ...

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

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 ...

Joe Clabby of Clabby Analytics compares and contrasts offerings from IBM, SAP and Oracle for the purposes of analyzing Big Data databases. He cites DB2 BLU's data compression technique and its ...