THE ULTIMATE DATA SERVER--PREVIEW THE COST-SLASHING NEW FEATURES OF DB2 9.7 The DB2 9 technology platform is a cutting-edge hybrid database server that offers industry leading storage optimizations, scalability, availability, and more. DB2 9.7 takes the cost savings, ease of use, and security of DB2 9.5 to the next level. This succinct guide will help you eliminate business barriers and gain an inside view into the key features that will save your business time and money with the ultimate database server--DB2 9.7. This book, together with IBM DB2 9 New Features (McGraw-Hill, 2007), provides you with the comprehensive knowledge you need to get started with the latest DB2 release. Try the new features by downloading DB2 Express-C 9.7--it is free to develop, deploy, and distribute (with no user and database size limitations) and features pureXML technology. Go to ibm.com/db2/express.