IBM could release a free version of its DB2 database next year, according to a company executive. Teo Wan Ping, IBM Singapore's brand manager for information management, told ZDNet Asia that IBM could ...

DB2 Express-C is a free version of IBM's flagship database aimed at winning software developers over to its products. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge ...

Previously known for power but not usability, DB2 Universal Database has new easy-to-use wizards and strong support for open-standard XML and Java, making it a competitive solution. DB2's performance ...

There is a bias among many database administrators (DBAs) that public clouds are neither capable of meeting the demands often placed on relational database management systems nor secure enough to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I track enterprise software application development & data management. IBM doesn’t release a whole lot of news detailing the ins ...

IBM on Monday introduced a free version of its DB2 database, a move designed to win software developers over to its products. DB2 Express-C is the same database as IBM's commercial offerings but the ...

On Monday, IBM introduced the free version of its DB2 database in an attempt to sway developers away from similar services offered by Oracle and Microsoft, CNET News.com reports. The database, deemed ...