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What is IBM Db2?

Built to run the world’s mission-critical workloads. Designed by the world’s leading database experts, IBM Db2 empowers developers, enterprise architects, and data engineers to run low-latency transactions and real-time analytics equipped for the most demanding workloads. From microservices to AI workloads, Db2 is the tested, resilient, and hybrid database providing the extreme availability, built-in refined security, effortless scalability, and intelligent automation for systems that run the world.

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Product Description

IBM® Db2® is the database that offers enterprise-wide solutions handling high-volume workloads. It is optimized to deliver industry-leading performance while lowering costs.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

Extreme Availability
Mission critical environments require continuous availability and tolerance for failure. Deploy availability enabling you to run your workloads without interruption.

Built-in Refined Security
Security is at our core. Protect your data with in-motion and at-rest encryption, extensive auditing, data masking, row/column access controls, role-based access and more. No one knows your data like you do. Let’s keep it that way.

Effortless Scalability
Db2 grows with you. Scale up and out as your workloads evolve and your performance needs change.

Intelligent Automation
Managing your database deployments has never been easier. Db2’s built-in container operators automate your most time-consuming database tasks, while keeping your business running. Build apps while taking advantage of our advanced workload management automation and ML-optimized query engine. Do Less, build more.

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IBM offers a wide range of technology and consulting services; a broad portfolio of middleware for collaboration, predictive analytics, software development and systems management; and the world's most advanced servers and supercomputers.

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Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/17/2017

"Excellent"

3.5/5

What do you like best about IBM Db2?

A great piece of kit which is easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

It can be system hungry at times but on decent IT platforms, it performs well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/15/2016

"DB2 Review "

1/5

What do you like best about IBM Db2?

DB2 is a very performant database system. I've used it on mainframes mostly which has it's own set of idiosyncrasies compared to a normal server version. It stores data quickly and uses a very standard set of SQL unlike Oracle who has tried to get everyone on their version SQL forever. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

It's old, which in a lot of cases makes it preferred, especially in DB's, you want all of the bugs worked out. In this case though, it's behind the times on a lot of newer features. It's only for enterprise customers, there is no way to work it into a small budget company's app. There is no auto sequence for id's, you have to query some sequence table and put it in the id column, you could use a trigger I guess but it could easily be done for you like oracle or others. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Government Administration

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/2/2016

"DB2 on z/OS for SAP "

5/5

What do you like best about IBM Db2?

We have over 75 SAP systems running on DB2 for z/OS. DB2 never crashes, the IBM tools for maintenance are acceptable, and scalability and availability are unmatched. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

My main dislike is there is not 3270 GUI emulator. You have to know how to navigate on a mainframe to support DB2 for z/OS, and that skill is hard to find these days. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering IBM Db2:

Just give it a try...specifically versus Oracle. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM Db2 solving and how is that benefiting you?

We need a database to run out ERP system. We already had onsite expertise and DB2 met all the requirements. The biggest benefits ante availability and scalability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Asha S.

Child Care Provider

Accounting

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

2/29/2016

"Best Database Management Software Bundle"

5/5

What do you like best about IBM Db2?

It's highly reliable, scalable and provide for the best reliability that business currently need. Normalization capabilities are built in with makes it much easier to get the task on hand completed without having to spent time on normalizing data or fields. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

It would be nice to have it enabled with multiple web tools to make it easier to manage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering IBM Db2:

Its simple, easy to use and powerful database management software package that has all the required tools right out of the box. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM Db2 solving and how is that benefiting you?

It provides for configuring storage while improving efficiency and performance Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shaifali G.

Quality Assurance Associate

Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5/12/2016

"DB2"

4/5

What do you like best about IBM Db2?

Its improved performance to fetch data and availability for newer data call handling. The single table view that it provides and on demand supply of stored procedures. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

DB2 automation tool does not works simply which was promising simplied automation. It does not directly unloads from flash memory which takes time for copy to copy sequential process.

Its longer recovery time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Automotive

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/14/2016

"Multii Platform Support"

2.5/5

What do you like best about IBM Db2?

DB2's key feature is that it can run on multiple platforms which is great in an environment overflowing with AIX, HP-UX, and Linux platforms. The fact it comes bundled with an OS saves the admin a lot of setup time since performance is already optimized. Self tuning memory management is like autopilot for our DBA to allocate memory in the right places, tuning our small db for the best performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

When partitioning a table space, difficulty arises in updating indexes. You must delete a row and insert it with new values. Key values must be known and defined ahead of time as once they are committed, you can not roll them back. DB2's language is not as robust as Oracle. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/6/2016

"software engineer"

3.5/5

What do you like best about IBM Db2?

Robust in features, seamless integration. Fairly easy to learn to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

Can be buggy at times and there is a learning curve coming from other, similar products. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/3/2016

"Database for Enterprise"

5/5

What do you like best about IBM Db2?

Ease of administration and integration with other IBM products. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

None. It is solving our business requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Medical Practice

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/20/2016

"Great database management"

4/5

What do you like best about IBM Db2?

Easy to use, although familiary with SQL and other programs probably really helps Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Db2?

Clunky but I believe all managers appear that way, difficult to integrate off PC for myself Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Banking

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/6/2016

"Great for simple dbs"

3/5

What do you like best about IBM Db2?

We use microsoft sql server for big picture stuff but I use DB2 for small dbs. Great for running simple queries. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.