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Db2 redux: Wrinkly old database gets 200 shiny new features -- and AI

Apple silicon support, faster queries, new cluster management software, MongoDB and Snowflake compatibility... and "capabilities for new applications"? Stranger things have happened at sea.

Db2 12.1 is shiny and new/

Your venerable Db2 database may be old and wrinkly but you can now chat to it like you would with the cool kids on the database block, using – you guessed it – generative AI; with IBM saying that it added a massive 200 new features to its Db2 12.1 release this month, including new support for Snowflake, Oracle 23ai, MariaDB, MongoDB, SAP, and AI capabilities.

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