Db2 13 makes z/OS debut, promises AI, hybrid cloud features

In the first major upgrade since 2016, IBM is releasing a basket of updates for the edition of its well-established Db2 relational database for the z/OS mainframe operating system. The latest tweaks are designed to use machine learning to make systems more efficient to manage and operate. One consultant with long-standing …

[Anonymous Coward]

Family fun

IBM has three different mainstream Db2 releases in the family which shares basically nothing.

Db2 for z/OS (announced here)

Db2 for IBM i (does not have a version in the normal sense as it is integrated in the OS)

DB2 for LUW (Linux/Unix/Windows)

So the question when other family members reach version 13 does not mean anything much for the included functionality.

[Anonymous Coward]

IBM Marketing?

Some companies Excel in marketing and not in development.

IBM excels in development and not in marketing.

I have worked with Db2 since it replaced VSAM (look it up children) and have always found it to be a very good and extremely bulletproof database that nobody ever hears about.

I sometimes wonder if IBM's marketing department thinks that beating the drum refers to the old drum storage machines?