Database Management

What is database management?

Database management from IBM enables users to leverage a hybrid approach to manage their data. IBM’s database management system equips enterprises to use data across different types of sources, seamlessly integrating on-premises and cloud environments to extract actionable insights. Built to support artificial intelligence (AI), IBM’s database management system supports multiple languages and frameworks used in AI to enable capabilities such as natural language querying and machine learning algorithms to provide superior performance. IBM’s database management is available through IBM Cloud Pak™ for Data, a fully integrated data and AI platform. IBM Cloud Pak for Data runs across any cloud, enabling organizations to speed innovation by more easily integrating their analytics and applications.

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Learn how AI-infused databases can meet the demand for smarter databases that deliver faster, better analytics across multiple data sources.

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This 451 Research report describes the business impacts of AI-infused data management, including improved operational efficiency and data access.

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In this IDC report, see which data types, uses and technologies work together best so you can choose the right data management solution for your workloads.

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Forbes discusses how IBM has injected AI into the latest release of its Db2 database through data science methods that inject machine learning.

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Features of IBM database management solutions

AI-infused

The AI enhancements help businesses achieve better database performance and deeper insights more quickly.

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Hybrid, multicloud architecture

With IBM Cloud Pak for Data on RedHat® OpenShift®, you can benefit from a leading hybrid cloud, enterprise container platform for an innovative and fast deployment strategy. Avoid vendor lock-in and take advantage of all cloud infrastructures with a multicloud approach.

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Scalability and availability

With IBM pureScale®, you can access your data through multiple hosts for extreme capacity and continuous availability.

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Faster querying

The infusion of AI combined with IBM BLU Acceleration® technology optimizes data platform performance with well-executed queries.

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Database products

IBM Db2 Database

IBM Db2® Database is a relational database management system (RDBMS) used to collect, store, organize and analyze data. Db2 provides users with the ability to perform transactional, analytical and warehousing functions with the data contained in the database. Db2 is available through IBM Cloud Pak for Data, a multicloud data and AI platform that provides an integrated collection of data and analytics microservices built on a cloud-native architecture. IBM Cloud Pak for Data runs across any cloud, enabling organizations to speed innovation by more easily integrating their analytics and applications.

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IBM Db2 on Cloud

This fully managed SQL cloud database offers the advanced features of an on-premises database without the cost, complexity and risk of managing your own infrastructure.

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IBM Db2 Hosted

This on-demand cloud service delivers a Db2 multiworkload SQL database in a cloud infrastructure. It offers robust performance and high availability.

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IBM Informix

IBM Informix® forges new frontiers with its unique ability to seamlessly integrate SQL, NoSQL/JSON, time-series and spatial data. Embedding Informix at the gateway level enables you to perform database operations and analytics close to the data sources to make local decisions.

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IBM Db2 for z/OS

A majority of Fortune 500 companies, including the world's top banks, retailers and insurance providers trust IBM Db2 for z/OS® to stay ahead of the competition with faster analytics, scale and speed for the mobile era. Gain up to 23 percent CPU savings with in-memory database performance.

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Open source database products

IBM Data Management Platform for MongoDB Enterprise Advanced

This document database stores data in flexible, JSON-like documents. It enables developers to build apps faster and distribute data to where it needs to be, with the freedom to run anywhere. MongoDB can also be deployed on IBM Cloud Pak for Data as an extended service.

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PostgreSQL for IBM Cloud Pak for Data

The open source SQL-based relational database of choice for developers, PostgreSQL features built-in support for high availability, backups, logging and container setup. PostgreSQL Community is natively integrated into IBM Cloud Pak for Data, giving developers the ease of Kubernetes-based containers and a complete data management lifecycle. PostgreSQL can also be deployed on IBM Cloud Pak for Data as an extended service.

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IBM Data Management Platform for EDB Postgres Enterprise

This integrated, open source-based SQL relational database solution is built for enterprise-scale data needs. It includes extended capabilities that support deployment in high-availability production environments and cost-effective non-production environments. EDB will be available soon on IBM Cloud Pak for Data as an extended service.

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Database resources

How to choose the best database deployment model

Understand the differences between the various database deployment models so that you can choose the best option for your business.

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IBM Common SQL Engine

Write a query once and run it anywhere with IBM Common SQL Engine. Protect your database management investment with flexibility and portability.

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Related products

IBM Cloud Pak for Data

Modernize how you collect, organize and analyze data, and infuse AI throughout your organization with a fully integrated data and AI platform, built on the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform.

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IBM Db2 Tools

Leverage a suite of database management tools that support integrated design, development, testing, monitoring, migration and administration of database systems.

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