Database Reference
In-Depth Information
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Enterprise Resource Planning
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Customer Relationship Management
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Data Warehousing
Being a leading DBMS product, DB2 provides a wide range advantages. The
following are some of the more widely acclaimed advantages of the DB2 UDB suite:
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The product is recognized as one of the leading DBMS suites in
the industry.
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DB2 provides a comprehensive and at times innovative
implementation of SQL.
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The DB2 suite includes a number of front-end RAD tools that all
seamlessly support DB2.
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The DB2 UDB handles large databases very effectively.
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DB2 UDB handles distributed databases and object databases
quite well.
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DB2 UDB facilitates the construction and management of small,
medium, and large data warehouses.
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DB2 UDB facilitates communication with other databases.
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The DB2 UDB hosts a comprehensive system catalog, thus
allowing it to effectively handle complex databases consisting of
different types of objects.
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DB2 UDB provides a user interface that encourages experts, while
facilitating novices.
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DB2 facilitates seamless integration of various products.
The DB2 suite is marketed for major modern operating systems including i5/OS,
Windows, AIX (IBM's implementation of UNIX), Solaris, Linux, HP-UX, and Mac OS-X.
The following are the DB2 UDB product editions currently marketed:
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DB2 UDB Everyplace Edition
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DB2 UDB Personal Edition
