DB2 for z/OS

Overview of DB2 9 for z/OS, editions, tools and components

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DB2 for z/OS, the most robust and cost effective data server for your environment.

Proven market leader in availability, scalability and reliability. It is optimized for SOA, CRM and data warehousing to drive your mission critical business requirements.

Maximizes data availability by reducing planned and unplanned downtime DB2 for z/OS remains a leader in continuous availability with unique improvements such as online schema evolution, including the ability to add partitions and change data definitions with ALTER statements, online unload and replace, and improved backup and recovery utilities
Data serving with IBM's mainframe and DB2 for z/OS helps you reduce cost and complexity in your IT infrastructure, simplify compliance, and leverage your core asset - your data
Eases application development and provides the agility to support new business initiatives with the industry’s highest level of security, unmatched risk and compliance management
New XML support is designed to help firms minimize the time and effort it takes to persist and use their XML data reducing development costs and improving business agility
What's new in DB2 9 for z/OS?
DB2 9 for z/OS- General availability for DB2 9 for z/OS began March 16, 2007.

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