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    DB2 to Widen Reach Again

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    April 29, 2002
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      The next version of IBMs DB2 Universal Database continues its evolution as a data management system that performs beyond the bounds of a traditional relational database.

      DB2 UDB Version 8, which will begin a limited beta test in May, will deliver improved ease of use and manageability features, officials said. These include new self-management capabilities as part of IBMs Self Managing and Resource Tuning initiative,which is part of a companywide push toward autonomic computing, officials said.

      As with other releases, Version 8 will include enhancements around performance and availability as well, according to Janet Perna, IBMs general manager of data management.

      “[Well] evolve it to be the content manager and information server, and DB2 really is the core of the information infrastructure,” Perna said in an interview with eWeek. “DB2 is not only the relational store. DB2 is being evolved to manage all forms of information and to serve all forms of information.”

      The current release of DB2 UDB, Version 7.2, already stretches the boundary of a typical relational database by incorporating what IBM calls a “federated” approach. This allows the UDB administrator to manage data in other databases, such as those from competitors like Oracle Corp. and Microsoft Corp., as well as e-mail, documents and multimedia files.

      Full beta testing and general release of DB2 UDB Version 8 are slated for the second half of this year.

      Beyond Version 8, the Armonk, N.Y., developer is focusing on incorporating further XML support within DB2 as part of its Xperanto initiative. Perna said such support will come in the form of native XML support within the database engine as well as support for XQuery, a proposed standard for searching XML documents. Such Xperanto-related additions to DB2 are expected within nine to 12 months, Perna added.

      New manageability features are important to prevent the need for hiring large numbers of additional database administrators as the amount of data needing to be managed increases, said Robert Catterall, director of strategic technology at CheckFree Corp. Catterall would like the next version of DB2 to include features to automate more mundane tasks, such as backing up data, reorganizing data and gathering statistics on data.

      “Not only are we looking to do more work with the same number of people, [but] at the same time we want to exploit the skills of DBAs,” said Catterall, in Norcross, Ga. “These folks would rather get into the analysis of complex performance issues or analysis of the database or application design.”

      Matthew Hicks
      As an online reporter for eWEEK.com, Matt Hicks covers the fast-changing developments in Internet technologies. His coverage includes the growing field of Web conferencing software and services. With eight years as a business and technology journalist, Matt has gained insight into the market strategies of IT vendors as well as the needs of enterprise IT managers. He joined Ziff Davis in 1999 as a staff writer for the former Strategies section of eWEEK, where he wrote in-depth features about corporate strategies for e-business and enterprise software. In 2002, he moved to the News department at the magazine as a senior writer specializing in coverage of database software and enterprise networking. Later that year Matt started a yearlong fellowship in Washington, DC, after being awarded an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellowship for Journalist. As a fellow, he spent nine months working on policy issues, including technology policy, in for a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He rejoined Ziff Davis in August 2003 as a reporter dedicated to online coverage for eWEEK.com. Along with Web conferencing, he follows search engines, Web browsers, speech technology and the Internet domain-naming system.
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