
The cost of database administration can greatly exceed the cost of the database software, so it's critical that the database administrator's time be used effectively and efficiently.
IBM Database Software offers outstanding performance, reliability, scalability and manageability.
There are many benefits achieved through the use of a world-class server-based system, and IBM software provides features which reduce the overall costs of owning a database, including superior performance, compression, efficiency, reliability, autonomics, security and developer productivity.
IBM Database Software can help you manage your data smarter, faster, more reliably and for less cost than ever before. The IBM Database Software product families have a solution for every need - from the single user with modest requirements to the large enterprise with thousands of users and the most demanding workloads - all with a total cost of ownership far lower than you'd expect.
Featured Database Software products
DB2 Enterprise Server Edition is a full function database server capable of handling the most demanding workloads and should be considered for applications that require limitless flexibility and scalability.
DB2 Express is the ideal entry level data server which is suitable for transaction processing or complex query workloads on servers with up to two processors. It delivers lowest-priced full function relational database available on Windows and Linux.
IBM solidDB is an in-memory database which delivers extreme speed as a persistent, relational in-memory database that meets performance and reliability demands of real-time applications.
IBM's flagship database solutions for industrial-strength, embedded computing, providing blazing online transaction processing (OLTP) performance, legendary reliability and nearly hands-free administration to businesses of all sizes.
IMS, IBM's premier transaction and hierarchical database management system, is the product of choice for critical on-line operational applications and data where support for high availability, performance, capacity and integrity, and low cost are key factors.

