IBM highlights details of new 'Stinger' database software

As a result, organizations can slash development time when building next-generation applications, increase efficiencies and focus more on aligning their technology to support their strategic business initiatives.

With today's announcement, IBM is delivering the open beta of the next version of its DB2 Universal Database, code named Stinger. "This new software delivers 200 new features that fundamentally ease database administration, broaden support for popular application development environments and boost system performance," said Bashar Kilani, Manager of IBM Software Business, Middle East, Egypt and Pakistan. "It will make it possible for database administrators (DBA) in this region to complete complex jobs 6.5 times faster than if done manually."

Highlights of today's news include the following features:
• Breakthrough autonomic computing features for automatically deploying, configuring, maintaining and optimizing DB2 on the fly.
• Support for three-dimensional geospatial data that is "location" and "time and space" aware that enables customers in industries including government and transportation to build next-generation spatial applications. Restaurant chains or retailers, which sometimes use spatial data to identify new business opportunities, can also benefit from the new technology.
• Extension of IBM's Linux clustering leadership with new features that automatically partition and optimize large databases on many servers in just a few minutes instead of hours.

Stinger will become generally available later this year.