Overview

Gartner names IBM a Leader in 2020 Magic Quadrant for Cloud Database Management Systems

Gartner recognizes our rich and mature cloud database portfolio, ability to execute and completeness of vision.

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Market-leading data and app protection

IBM-managed cloud databases feature native security capabilities powered by IBM Cloud Security, protecting data in-flight and at-rest.

Extensive portfolio of cloud-native databases

Our commercial and open source databases support any data you bring to IBM Cloud: structured, unstructured, SQL, NoSQL, event, IoT, blockchain, and data lake.

Enterprise-tested, easy-to-use cloud databases

Our cloud databases are underpinned with a design philosophy of global hybrid cloud scale and take advantage of the elasticity and flexibility of the IBM Cloud, built and run on Kubernetes.

Enabled for distributed cloud

Select databases on IBM Cloud are now enabled by IBM Cloud Satellite for distributed cloud workloads. Deploy them anywhere: on-premises, edge locations or other clouds.

Cloud databases by use case

SAP, ERPs, CRMs and ledgers

Use relational databases to power systems of record

IBM Cloud® Databases for PostgreSQL

A powerful, open source, highly customizable object-relational database

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IBM Cloud® Databases for EnterpriseDB

A database engine that optimizes the built-in features of PostgreSQL and offers compatibility with Oracle databases

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IBM® Db2® on Cloud

A fully managed, highly performant relational data store running the enterprise-class IBM Db2 database engine

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Web and mobile apps

Build applications that scale to millions of users worldwide

IBM® Cloudant®

A scalable JSON document database for web, mobile, IoT and serverless applications

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IBM Cloud® Databases for MongoDB

A JSON document store with a rich query and aggregation framework

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IBM Cloud® Databases for DataStax

A scale-out NoSQL database built on Apache Cassandra, designed for high availability and workload flexibility

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Developer tools

Use fit-for-purpose databases to power cloud-native distributed applications

IBM Cloud® Databases for Elasticsearch

A full-text search engine with the indexing strengths of a JSON document database

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IBM Cloud® Databases for Redis

A blazing fast, in-memory data structure store, used as a database, cache and message broker

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Confidential data

Take control of your highly sensitive data by storing it in a tamper-proof environment

IBM Cloud® Hyper Protect DBaaS for PostgreSQL

A fully managed Postgres database hosted in a Hyper Protect environment

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IBM Cloud® Hyper Protect DBaaS for MongoDB

Fully managed Mongo Enterprise Server database hosted in a Hyper Protect environment

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Business intelligence

Deploy lightning-speed analytics to help your business make the right decision faster

IBM® Db2® Warehouse on Cloud

An elastic database warehouse built for high-performance analytics and machine learning

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Case studies

See how some of our customers have realized the benefits of IBM Cloud databases

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2mee Ltd.

IBM Cloud and IBM Garage™ help 2mee augment human communication by projecting hologramic images on digital devices.
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Exxon Mobil Corporation

IBM Cloud powers the first smartphone app offered by a major fuel retailer to make digital payments at the pump.
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Etihad Airways

Etihad is personalizing air travel and giving guests more choices by migrating to the IBM public cloud.
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The Masters

IBM and the 2020 Masters built the best experience in golf using IBM Cloudant.
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Profility

Profility improved post-acute care for patients using highly secure cloud-based analytics.
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Ehrhardt + Partner Group

EPG's AI logistics platform helped predict order handling demand and cover workload peaks.
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Canon Europe

Canon Europe's digital transformation to cloud helped improve the customer experience.
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The Seafood Innovation Cluster

The Cluster used data science in the cloud to keep Norway’s salmon populations healthy.
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Active International

IBM Cloud Databases helped Active International grow revenue with high-quality targeted media campaigns.

Training and certification

IBM Cloud Professional Architect

Build database skills through courses within the IBM Cloud Professional Architect curriculum.

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IBM Cloud Professional Developer

Build database skills through courses within the IBM Cloud Professional Developer curriculum.

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