DB2

IBM's DB2 for database engine/server designed to help your organization leverage analytics for improved performance, better decision making, ease database administration, lower data management costs, and streamline development.

Being available on Linux, UNIX and Windows operating systems, and optimized to deliver industry-leading performance, DB2 is the database of choice for robust, enterprise-wide solutions, specifically designed to handle high-volume workloads.

Among its features, we can mention autonomics, BLU acceleration, data warehouse analytics, high availability, NoSQL support, performance optimization, pureScale, pureXML, SQL compatibility, storage optimization, time travel query, and security.

DB2 is distributed in the following editions: Advanced Enterprise Server Edition, Enterprise Server Edition, and Express Edition.

What is new in this release:

• A new aggregate function LISTAGG (from Oracle), multiaction triggers, writable BEFORE triggers, default arguments for functions, and non-constant LIKE patterns.
• DB2 Text Search (based on Lucene) has been updated.
• It is now faster and more configurable.

Limitations:

• Free for up to 90 days.