We at IBM realize that any IT migration is fraught with risk – risk of failure, risk of lower performance or ROI than expected, and risk of wasted time, resources and funds.
With DB2 9.7, IBM has significantly reduced reduce the risk and cost associated with database migration. Applications built to run on comparable Oracle and Sybase databases require few or no code changes to run on DB2. Moving to DB2 could be a matter of days or weeks for you.

• Offer native support for syntax, packages, data typing, concurrency models, and scripting languages of other database vendors
• Achieve 90-99% compatibility with Oracle PL/SQL code in lab tests with over 750,000 lines of SQL migrating to DB2
• Use the MEET DB2 tool to find out how easily you could move to DB2

The results have been astounding. We have found many clients reporting a 50% reduction in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) over a three year horizon. Many industry analysts and experts have cited IBM’s migration education, support and services as the leader in the industry.