IBM Db2 Database

IBM Db2 Database

Modernize your existing capabilities: All data, anywhere with IBM Db2 for IBM Cloud Pak for Data.

What is IBM® Db2®?

IBM Db2 is a family of data management products, including the Db2 relational database. The products feature AI-powered capabilities to help you modernize the management of both structured and unstructured data across on premises and multicloud environments. By helping to make your data simple and accessible, the Db2 family positions your business to pursue the value of AI.

Now you can experience the enterprise readiness of Db2 products on an integrated data management and analytics platform, IBM Cloud Pak® for Data . Most of the Db2 family is available on the platform, either as an add-on or an included, data source service making virtually all of your data available across hybrid or multicloud environments to fuel your AI applications.

Deliver any data, anywhere

To support fast insights, you need a flexible data management foundation powered by modern technologies and agile enough to deliver data anywhere it’s needed.

IBM® Db2® Database on IBM Cloud Pak® for Data combines a proven, AI-infused, enterprise-ready data management system with an integrated data and AI platform built on the security-rich, scalable Red Hat® OpenShift® foundation. Derive insights with machine learning embedded into query processing. Cut costs with the multimodal capability that eliminates the need for data replication and migration. And enhance agility by running Db2 on any cloud vendor.

Db2 Database benefits


Enterprise ready	Developer ready
Reduce storage requirements by 47% and increase compression rates by 39%¹. Align with the latest NIST and FIPS standards.	Integrate with up to 10 modern programming languages. The REST service enables interaction with Db2 data from your web, mobile or cloud application.

Cost effective	Resilient and consumable
Use data virtualization to reduce data extraction and transformation requests between 25% and 65%². Multimodal data management can save an additional USD 200,000³.	Reduce operational overhead costs by up to 26%⁴. Reduce infrastructure and application development platform costs by an average of 38%⁵ using cloud-native databases and platform integration.

Industry-leading performance

Potential for 30% improvement in transactional response time⁶ with fast data retrieval and queries plus disk space compression

Advanced protection

Advanced authorization, encryption at rest and in transit, and comprehensive security controls for managing GDPR compliance

Continuous availability

Auto resynchronization and recovery plus clustering with IBM pureScale® to keep business running 24×7

Automated administration and tuning

Automatic setup, optimization, diagnostics and management of the database environment to save DBA time and cut maintenance costs

Multiple data types and languages

Flexible environment, integrates with multiple platforms plus supports NoSQL, pureXML, Graph and JSON; Java, .Net, Ruby, Python, Perl and more for building robust apps