- IBM DB2 database is a pioneer in the support of Cloud environments, both public and private.
- Public Cloud allows clients to instantly provision, deploy and use DB2 instances without the costs and time delays associated with doing it in-house.
- Private Cloud provides all of the benefits of Cloud Computing in an environment that you control, to ensure that organizational security, service, and access requirements are maintained.
Access new markets
Application vendors know the problem. The client loves your application, but doesn't have the budget to buy the new machines and licenses needed to deploy it. Solutions delivered on DB2 on the Public Cloud provides a way for application vendors to deliver their solution on a time-and-use billing model, eliminating roadblocks for many clients to get started. Growth is supported by the cloud environment; so many clients may never need, or want, to move to on in-house deployment.
Alleviate Resource Constraints
Traditional 'one application stack' per-server deployment works well in some environments. But when you have unexpected workload increases the headroom to handle them is often lacking. Cloud Computing, both public and private, provides a more flexible and scalable environment where your existing resources can be made to go much further. IBM provides a ready-to-roll DB2 environment on both Public and Private Clouds.
Accelerate Development and Test Cycles
How do you test the next version of a mission critical application when you need to keep the current version running? Typical IT solutions to these sorts of business requirements are scheduled downtime, IT staff working weekends, and other less than optimal solutions. Cloud Computing delivers capacity on demand for critical development and testing, without forcing you to acquire additional hardware. IBM DB2 on the Cloud is ready to work when you are.
DB2 on the cloud
Do you have projects that require a database but lack the capacity to support them?
DB2 is optimized for cloud computing and has ready-to-deploy offerings available from several public cloud providers:
IBM SmartCloud Enterprise - an enterprise-class cloud computing platform. IBM provides an agile, flexible environment that supports the most needed infrastructure for your enterprise.
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) - a flexible pay-as-you-go service for web-scale computing. Fast provisioning and deployment. You can be up and running in minutes.
RightScale - a cloud management and automation platform for public and private clouds.
Offerings
- DB2 Express-C images 32-bit | 64-bit (link resides outside of ibm.com)
- DB2 Express production-use images (link resides outside of ibm.com)
- DB2 Workgroup production-use images (link resides outside of ibm.com)
- DB2 Express-C (link resides outside of ibm.com)
- DB2 Express-C and WebSphere CE (link resides outside of ibm.com)
- DB2 Express-C and Radiant CMS (link resides outside of ibm.com)
- DB2 Early Experience / betas (link resides outside of ibm.com)
DB2 on Private Cloud delivers optimal utilization of resources and can dramatically reduce database administration costs.
- DB2 is Private Cloud ready, and has all the features required for deployment on the cloud already built-in and included.
- By deploying DB2 on a Private Cloud, IT gains the ability to deploy new application instances "on demand", use them as needed and recycle them instantly.
- Applications running on separate servers may all have limited overhead for high demand situations. Instead, by deploying your applications in a cloud configuration using DB2, the available headroom is greatly increased - without buying new hardware!
- DB2 on Private Cloud automates provisioning. So scarce DBA skills are no longer wasted and are available for critical jobs such as tuning and development.
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