IBM plays XML card in effort to beat Oracle
Published: 08 Jun 2006 12:55 BST
IBM is expected to announce Thursday that DB2 9 will be available at the end of July and to detail some previously undisclosed features, including support for the Web development framework Ruby on Rails.
Bob Picciano, IBM vice president of data servers, also hinted at some features planned for follow-up releases to DB2 9, including easier administration and closer integration with service-oriented development frameworks. The biggest technical breakthrough with DB2 9 is the software dedicated to handling XML-formatted information, Picciano said.
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