IBM's latest version of Db2 includes a new AI-powered Database Assistant for contextual recommendations, integration with watsonx and more than 200 new features.

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.