News
 IBM
Launches SOA-Tuned Data Server DB2 9
IBM recently unveiled its next-generation data
server, known as DB2 9, formerly code-named “Viper.”
The data server is designed to help customers manage
and access data via an information-centric approach
to service oriented architecture (SOA) with
flexibility, speed and security.
IBM is touting DB2 9 as one of its coolest data
servers by stating it’s the industry’s first data
server designed with both pure XML data management
and traditional relational data capability. DB2 9 is
expected to be the only database product able to
seamlessly manage both conventional relational data
and pure XML data without requiring the XML data to
be reformatted or placed into a large object within
the database.
This will enable customers to increase the
availability, speed and versatility of their
information, while reducing administrative costs
associated with existing data management techniques.
Add to that, DB2 9 also will significantly reduce
the complexity and time a typical developer spends
creating applications able to access both relational
data and XML repositories.
According to IBM, DB2’s XML capability will benefit
SOA implementations, which rely upon the ability to
access a myriad of data stored across multiple
formats. By freeing data from the static form it has
been forced into by relational-only database
products, DB2 can better deliver information as a
service that is readily accessed in SOA
environments.
The data system’s pure XML technology supports
XQuery, providing application developers with
seamless use of the hybrid data server. XQuery is a
powerful emerging industry standard language that is
specially-designed for processing XML data.
Application developers have the flexibility to use
XQuery, XPath, standard SQL, or all three to
retrieve data from either or both XML and relational
storage formats.
In addition breaking new ground with its pure XML
capability, DB2 Viper also will be the first data
server to support all three common methods of
database partitioning at the same time – a major
innovation in improving data management and
information availability. By simultaneously handling
range partitioning, multi-dimensional clustering and
hashing, DB2 will enable organizations to arrange
and order their information in the way that best
suits their individual business requirements and
demands.
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