DB2 is one of the families of relational database management system (RDBMS) software products within IBM's broader Information Management Software line. Although there are different "editions" and "versions" of DB2, which run on devices ranging from handhelds to mainframes, most often DB2 refers to the DB2 Enterprise Server Edition, which runs on Unix (AIX), Windows, Linux and z/OS servers. DB2 also powers the different IBM InfoSphere Warehouse e...
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DB2 is one of the families of relational database management system (RDBMS) software products within IBM's broader Information Management Software line. Although there are different "editions" and "versions" of DB2, which run on devices ranging from handhelds to mainframes, most often DB2 refers to the DB2 Enterprise Server Edition, which runs on Unix (AIX), Windows, Linux and z/OS servers. DB2 also powers the different IBM InfoSphere Warehouse editions. Alongside DB2 is another RDBMS: Informix, which was acquired by IBM in 2001.
DB2 has a long history and is considered by many to have been the first database product to use SQL (also developed by IBM) although Oracle released a commercial SQL database product somewhat earlier than IBM did.
The name DB2 was first given to the Database Management System or DBMS in 1983 when IBM released DB2 on its MVS mainframe platform. Prior to this, a similar product was named SQL/DS on the VM platform. The earlier System 38 platform also contained a...
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