Big Blue's Db2 11.5 upgrade adds drivers to artificial intelligence languages as well as natural language queries and visualizations. For IBM, the move to meld the database with data science ...

Along with some fine-tuning around the edges, IBM's DB2 Universal Database 7.2 unfurls several areas of new or enhanced connectivity that make it easier to connect DB2 to other enterprise data ...

Big Blue could "potentially offer" a free starter edition of DB2, as part of a strategy to win over developers to its database product.