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DB2 for Linux Overview

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Overview Linux is a revolutionary Open Source platform that is stable, secure, scalable and powerful, it offers today's businesses the flexibility to innovate for success. IBM DB2 Universal Database (IBM DB2 UDB) for Linux is the most scalable database in production today. Its embrace of open standards like Java and XML, and integration with many open source products such as Apache, PHP, Perl and Python make it the preferred database management system on Linux. This session will discuss the value IBM DB2 UDB for Linux offers to customers and business partners for today's mission-critical applications, while discussing the capabilities, advantages, and solutions available with IBM DB2 UDB on the Linux platform.

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Publisher	IBM
Live Date	14th November 2003 01:15 GMT
Format	Webcast
Topics	Linux Server OS, Database Management

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