John Patrick: IBM's Internet Chief Prognosticates About The Future Of Big Blue And The Internet
The linked article is not about DB2. It is about the Next Generation Internet (NGI), and I thought that it may be of interest to many of you - Mike Swift.

IDUG 2000 Technical Symposium - Toronto, Canada, 6-7 November
The IDUG Technical Symposium is a departure from the classical IDUG conference. It offers two days of in-depth seminars by leading DB2 experts and IBM DB2 developers. In addition, IBM Fellow and Director of Database Integration, Dr. Patricia Selinger, will deliver a keynote presentation providing insights to the latest developments in DB2 technology across all platforms. - Mike Swift.

"IBM Beats Out MICROSOFT" (VARBusiness, 10/16/00) and related news reports
DB2 was voted best overall Database Software and won in all three sub-categories for Products/Pricing, Support and Partnership in VARBusiness magazines annual "Report Card". These is an excellent result from the Value Added Resellers (VAR) community, and an indicator of DB2's strength in the marketplace and the effectiveness of IBM's DB2 business partner programs. - Mike Swift.

New fronts open in database war
ALTHOUGH THE database market is clearly mature, e-commerce, content management, and integrated business intelligence are causing many larger IT shops to more closely examine their database platforms, which figure to be the driving forces for those initiatives.

Oracle9i—Is it more fluff than stuff?
Larry Ellison can lose a couple of billion on paper any bad day in the market or come out the loser on a bad yet highly publicized bet, but the computer industry is surely doomed if he ever stops believing in his company.

Is Oracle's E-Biz Presence Overstated?
If you have been paying attention to Oracle Corp.'s {ORCL} hard-to-miss advertising campaign, you probably figure that the software giant's leap into e-business justifies its lofty valuation. After all, even the squirrels in Central Park have by now heard Oracle's oft-stated claim to be the "worlds largest provider of software for e-business," a boast that is supported by Oracle's many magazine ads and roadside billboards, which flatly state that "96% of the Fortune e-50 run Oracle."

IBM dismisses 9i as 'publicity stunt'
London - So Oracle wants to be taken seriously as an application server? According to Paraic Sweeney, IBM's vice president of business transformation in the application and integration middleware division, Oracle's 9i database and application server software announcement in San Francisco last week was a "pure-play publicity stunt."

Oracle8i 'Three-To-Five Times' More Expensive Than DB2
Database users should use Oracle Corp's "expensive" database pricing to haggle for lower licensing or move to alternative platforms, according to analyst Meta Group. Meta claims Oracle's recently introduced power unit pricing model for the 8i makes it three to five times more expensive for an organization to purchase this database than IBM Corp's DB2, which uses a per-processor pricing model and was introduced in May last year.

New functions for DB2 Version 6
New functions available through APARs, make DB2 more accessible, scalable, available, manageable, and extensible. Additional APARs are available for Version 5.

IBM packs features into DB2
IBM is following Microsoft Corp.'s lead and readying a midyear upgrade to its DB2 Universal Database that includes a host of new features.

IBM DB2 on Intel Architecture (IA-64) to Meet e-business Needs for Years to Come
The Intel Itanium** processor will deliver availability, performance, and scalability for enterprise-class applications. A 64-bit version of DB2 will take advantage of more main memory to provide outstanding performance.

IBM Overtakes Oracle In Database Race
IBM took the lead in the database market in license revenue for 1998, mostly due to strong sales of its mainframe DB2 database and fast growth on its Unix and NT DB2 versions.