Chapter 1. Product Overview

  • DB2 Universal Database

  • DB2 Middleware and Connectivity

  • DB2 Application Development

  • DB2 Administration

  • Data Management Tools

In this chapter, you will be introduced to the DB2 Universal Database (DB2 UDB) family of products for S/390, zSeries, UNIX and Intel platforms. DB2 has the ability to store all kinds of electronic information. This includes traditional relational data as well as structured and unstructured binary information, documents and text in many languages, graphics, images, multimedia (audio and video), information specific to business needs such as engineering drawings, maps, insurance claims forms, numerical control streams, or any type of electronic information. This chapter illustrates ways to access ...

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