In case you missed it, IBM today revealed that More than 500 Solution Providers Adopt DB2 in less than 12 Months. This is actually referring to companies who originally built software solutions that worked with Oracle Database, and who now have enabled their solutions to work with IBM DB2.
You might wonder why they did this. Well, first of all, it’s now relatively easy to do. Just look at these quotes:
DB2′s PL/SQL compatibility is excellent. We’re looking forward to integrating the current dual source code base into a single one. This will increase our development and testing productivity. In addition, SQL compatibility is significantly improved. We ran an Oracle-version program ‘as is’ on DB2, and the test result was better than we expected. The compatibility level that DB2 9.7 achieved is amazing.
—Masahiko Kudo, Works Applications (Japan)
The IBM DB2 9.7 compatibility is amazing — and there are no queries or DB2-specific code in our applications! Everything is compatible with Oracle and DB2 9.7.
—Gene Ostrovsky, VP Research and Development, ExactCost
As a migration specialist, the new DB2 9.7 PL/SQL compatibility features help Oracle users migrate to DB2 seamlessly. These features drastically reduce the time required for migration efforts and significantly lower overall costs. The custom Perl scripts and defined manual workarounds, which I previously relied on for database porting services, are now obsolete. DB2 9.7 allows native support of PL/SQL, weak typing, enhanced locking methods and a vast array of other features designed to make database migration virtually effortless.
—Axel Puerner, Puerner Unternehmensberatung
Secondly, these companies now find it easier to sell their software solutions in IT environments that have, for whatever reason, standardized on IBM software or standardized on IBM DB2. It is a much easier sales process for these companies when they support the software that is already being used in that environment.
And finally, these companies get to partner with IBM, who have award winning partner programs that can help them market and sell their software products. For more information about the awards won, see Industry honors for IBM PartnerWorld.