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IBMtransfomeert database markt met de introductie van de DB2 “Viper” Data Server Viper is de grootste technologische sprong in de database industrie sinds decenniaIBM todayunleashed the next-generation DB2 9 data server - code named “Viper” - delivering the most significant database technology enhancements in over two decades. DB2 9 marks the culmination of a five-year IBM development project that transformed traditional, static database technology into an interactive, vibrant data server that enables clients to improve their ability to manage all types of information, such as documents, audio and video files, images, Web pages, and digitally signed XML transactions. IBM’s new data server provides an industry-first seamless and simultaneous information flow of XML and relational data, regardless of format, platform or location. More than 750 software developers working out of eight countries contributed to the creation of Viper, which was designed and tuned to be the preferred information engine for SOA environments. DB2 9 includes a trio of significant advancements, including patented “pureXML” technology, breakthrough “Venom” storage compression and enhanced autonomic data management capabilities. This combination of industry-first features, along with new security and disaster recovery enhancements, is expected to speed information queries and provide clients with unconstrained information access. The new version of DB2 also enables access to data stored on conventional Oracle and MySQL databases – a feature unavailable from those vendors. IBM is breaking new ground by simultaneously unveiling versions of DB2 for enterprise customers, small and medium businesses (DB2 Express) and developers (DB2 Express-C). DB2 Viper is poised to strike and alter the competitive
landscape in the
database industry,” said Ambuj Goyal, general manager IBM
Information
Management. “We’re ushering in a new era of data
server technology that
furthers our investment and initiative aimed at helping clients to grow
their
businesses by leveraging information on demand.” Early
customer and partner
tests and evaluations of DB2 9 have prompted overwhelmingly positive
responses.
AutoZone, the nation’s leading retailer of automotive parts
and accessories, is
looking to Viper’s storage compression and XML capabilities
to enhance its
enterprise data warehouse which is used to optimize operations at
AutoZone’s
3,500 stores in the U.S., Puerto Rico and Mexico. allows clients to seamlessly manage both conventional relational data and pure XML data without requiring the XML data to be reformatted or placed into a large object within the database. This capability is unique to Viper and enables customers to increase the availability, speed and versatility of their information, while dramatically reducing administrative costs associated with existing data management techniques. pureXML significantly reduces the complexity and time a typical developer spends creating applications able to access both relational and XML data. Venomstorage compression allows database administrators (DBAs) to utilize row compression for compressing data objects, yielding significant disk, I/O and memory savings, particularly for large tables with repetitive data patterns. Code- named Venom, this capability enables DB2 to deliver mainframe-like data storage compression capability to the Linux, UNIX and Windows computing environments. “Venom” augments DB2’s value compression, index compression in multidimensional clusters, and back-up compression technology. ‘Venom’s breakthrough compression provides a stark contrast to Oracle’s older generation of table-based compression capabilities and SQL Server’s lack of any significant compression capabilities. Autonomic storage management is designed to help clients save time and money by automating storage management tasks, which currently require numerous manual and incremental changes by administrators. Security enhancements DB2 9 offers Label Based Access Control (LBAC), a unique data accesscapability that provides an extremely flexible means of defining security hierarchies and classification levels. LBAC then allows users to apply these definitions to the information that is being managed. The new labeling capability provides new ways to control access to sensitive data stored within the database. The security administrator (SECADM) authority level, an industry-first feature collects several security-granting privileges under one user, providing greater control over who can gain access to information. Disaster recovery improvements The ability to restart interrupted recovery operations, which can save time and effort in database recovery situations. Enhanced support for performing redirected restore operations with scripts that are automatically generated from existing backup images. This functionality makes DB2 9 recovery more robust and versatile than any previous data server and provides you with a more complete recovery solution. Advanced data partitioning A major innovation in improving data management and information availability, DB2 9 is the first database to simultaneously support the three common methods of partitioning: range partitioning, multi-dimensional clustering and hashing, This capability enables organizations to arrange and order their information in the way that best suits their individual business requirements and demands and thus optimizes application performance. Automatic memory management Included in all editions of DB2 9. This unique memory management capability works for small workloads and adapts to complex multi-instance installations making administration easier enabling advanced DBAs to hand tune any of the individual memory parameters. Tuned for Developers DB2 9 developer enhancements are designed to significantly reduce the complexity and time a typical developer spends creating applications able to access both relational data and XML repositories. For example, DB2 pure XML technology supports XQuery, providing application developers with seamless use of the hybrid data server. XQuery is a powerful emerging industry standard language that is specially-designed for processing XML data. Application developers have the flexibility to use XQuery, XPath, standard SQL – or all three – to retrieve data from either or both XML and relational storage formats.Other new DB2 9 developer features include: 1. The DB2 Developer Workbench which is a comprehensive development environment for creating, editing, debugging, testing, and deploying DB2 stored procedures and user-defined functions. Developer Workbench can be used to develop SQLJ applications and to create, edit, and run SQL statements and XML queries. 2. Enhanced support for Visual Studio 2005 which includes support for Web services, full support for the native XML data store, and the ability to build applications and Web sites without writing code. 3. The updated DB2 Driver for JDBC and SQLJ complies with JDBC 3.0 specifications and supports SQLJ statements that perform functions equivalent to most JDBC methods. DB29 will begin shipping worldwide on July 28, with pricing starting at $4,874 per processor or $165 per user (minimum of 5 users) for DB2 9 Express. Customers, developers and partners can find out more about the industry’s first hybrid data server at www.ibm.com/db2/viper. For more information about IBM, visit www.software.ibm.com/data |
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