Why IMS
Grow your business, lower your costs, and integrate your enterprise with IMS
IBM Information Management System (IMS), built on IBM System z, delivers the lowest cost transaction and hierarchical database management system for mission critical OLTP. By providing capabilities for both managing and distributing data, IBM IMS delivers the highest levels of availability, performance, security, and scalability in the industry. Expansive integration capabilities enable SOA exploitation, enhanced analytics, new application development, mobile technology, and more.
What we offer
Software
IMS DB Value Unit Edition
The same high-speed highly available IMS data server, now at a cost-effective one-time charge price. Available for eligible net new application workloads on the System z platform.
IMS 13 – Preview
Reduces your total cost of ownership, and delivers the highest levels of availability, performance, security, and scalability in the industry.
IMS 12
Delivers the performance and throughput that help you grow your business, simplify operations, and lower costs.
IMS 11
Provides direct, distributed access to data, simplifies operations, and eliminates bottlenecks to growth.
IMS Enterprise Suite
Integration solutions and tooling that support open integration technologies, enable new application development, and extend access to IMS transactions and data.
IMS Tools
Enhance IMS performance and management.
IMS Tools Solution Packs
Provide outstanding return on investment and leverage best practices.
Contact IBM
Considering a purchase?
- Email IBM
- Request a quote
- Or call us at: 1-877-426-3774
Priority code: 109HH03W
What's new
- White Paper: Migrating to a new version of IMS with the help of IMS Cloning Tool (736KB)
- What every enterprise architect needs to know about the evolution of IMS
- Best Practices for Using IMS Data in IBM Cognos BI Reports
Communities
Featured webcasts
- IMS Diagnosis using Log Records
- Slow Response Time in Your Mixed Environment? Here's the solution
- Want to Modernize Your IMS Administration? We Have Tools for that
- Successfully modernizing IMS applications
- IMS DRD promises a ‘sysgen free’ environment. Are you ready?
- See all IMS teleconference and webcast replays

