Combines IBM Db2 database and Amazon RDS to help businesses
manage data with flexibility, security, and scalability to help
unlock greater value
ARMONK,
N.Y., Nov. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE:
IBM) announced today at AWS re:Invent 2023 that it has been
working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) on the general availability
of Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for Db2, a fully
managed cloud offering designed to make it easier for database
customers to manage data for artificial intelligence (AI) workloads
across hybrid cloud environments.
Businesses are turning to AI to unlock insights that can lead to
more informed decisions, automation of repetitive tasks, and
greater efficiencies. These AI technologies are powered by massive
amounts of data that require modern data stores residing on
cloud-native architectures to provide scalability, cost
optimization, enhanced performance, and business continuity.
Amazon RDS for Db2 customers now have the option to modernize on
premises, on AWS, or to deploy a hybrid cloud architecture, to
optimize AI workloads. For customers moving to AWS, Amazon RDS for
Db2 can help them to migrate their existing, self-managed Db2
databases to the cloud — helping to automate time consuming
database administrative tasks such as provisioning, backups,
software patching, and monitoring.
"Digital transformation is a strategic imperative for nearly
every one of our clients. By working with AWS to bring Db2 to
Amazon RDS, we're helping companies prepare for the next generation
of applications, analytics, and AI workloads that will power the
modern economy," said Dinesh Nirmal,
Senior Vice President of Products, IBM Software. "IBM and AWS are
redefining the possibilities of cloud database innovation, removing
the complexity of modernization and empowering organizations to
realize the full potential of their data."
Amazon RDS customers have seen significant business value by
moving to a fully managed service. Results of an AWS and IDC study
of RDS users found study participants who moved to a managed
database on Amazon RDS were able to manage on average up to
60%1 more databases per DBA and estimated an average of
39%1 lower database operational costs over three years –
enabling DBAs to focus on high value work like application
modernization or query optimization.
"We are pleased to collaborate with IBM to make it easier for
customers to manage and modernize the highly-regarded and trusted
IBM Db2 database in the cloud," said Jeff
Carter, VP Databases & Migrations, AWS. "For over a
decade, Amazon RDS has offered hundreds of thousands of customers
proven operational expertise, security best practices, and
best-in-class managed database services for their mission-critical
workloads. With Amazon RDS for Db2, customers can offload
time-consuming database administrative tasks, such as provisioning,
backups, patching, and monitoring, and use Amazon RDS multi-AZ
deployments for high availability and durability. Customers can
also easily take advantage of the broad portfolio of AWS services,
including ability to accelerate their generative AI
priorities."
Amazon RDS for Db2 combines the operational expertise and ease
of use of Amazon RDS to automate database administration with IBM
Db2's decades of experience running mission critical workloads for
some of the largest banks, supply chain operations, and
retail/e-commerce businesses in the world. Many long-time customers
who participated in the private beta already see the value of this
offering and are looking forward to accelerating productivity and
modernization initiatives.
"The IT leaders at our cross-industry clients see this as a
compelling value proposition," said Frank
Fillmore, owner of The Fillmore Group, an IBM business
partner that participated in the beta. "Amazon RDS for Db2 brings
together the foundational expertise of IBM in relational database
technology and the cloud innovations of AWS to help deliver the
best of deployment efficiency, elastic scaling, and cost
savings."
As Amazon RDS for Db2 customers accelerate their modernization
and AI initiatives, they will be able to leverage an array of IBM's
integrated data and AI capabilities on AWS to manage data and scale
AI workloads. This includes IBM's entire portfolio of commercial
databases, data fabric solutions, and watsonx data, AI, and select
AI governance capabilities — all of which can help customers build,
scale, and run the next generation of trusted AI applications.
Amazon RDS for Db2 customers will now be able to unify, transform
and share transactional data for AI, using Amazon RDS for Db2's
native integrations with Db2 Warehouse and watsonx.data open data
lakehouse on AWS.
For more information on how to get started with Amazon RDS
for Db2 visit https://aws.amazon.com/rds/db2/
Additional Resources:
Connect with an IBM and AWS
expert on Amazon RDS for Db2
1 IDC Amazon Relational Database Service Delivers
Enhanced Database Performance at Lower Cost
https://pages.awscloud.com/rs/112-TZM-766/images/IDC_Amazon_RDS_Delivers_Enhanced_Database_Performance_at_Lower%20Total_Cost.pdf
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