Third-Party Support for IBM^® Db2

ROBUST SUPPORT FOR YOUR Db2^® ENVIRONMENT
– MIGRATE AT YOUR OWN PACE, IN YOUR OWN WAY

For enterprises that require solid, high-scale, resilient databases, DB2 has always been the technology of choice. If you’re like a lot of companies, Db2 is deep in your architecture.

The rapid shift toward cloud poses some important challenges for owners of mature Db2 implementations. Not all are suitable for a speedy migration to cloud.

Some Db2 implementations are mandated to migrate, but run into delays as interdependencies are worked out. Others are simply not suitable for cloud and need to be maintained years into the future.

This can make Db2 seem like an unusually high overhead on the IT budget over time. Not to mention that with IBM’s rapid move to cloud, support for Db2 installations is waning – and with it goes the deep expertise you need to securely migrate products to the cloud.

OEM mandated requirements to upgrade Db2 deployments in time for EoS dates can amount to significant cost and risk, which is an unwelcome message in cost-pressed IT shops.

THERE IS A STABLE AND AFFORDABLE WAY FORWARD FOR Db2

What if you could gradually implement Db2 migration strategies while getting expert, independent IBM^® support to maintain the stability of your Db2 environment – and not just that but also expert advice on how to successfully move Db2 to a next-gen architecture?

This is exactly what we do at Origina.

Origina offers a particularly skillful brand of third-party software support that dedicates a team of over 600 independent IBM^® support specialists to your IT health with an eye on how to best move you forward from legacy to cloud.

This means you can take your time migrating Db2 with solid support whenever you need it. All our support experts have been working with IBM^® products for at least 15 years – some even contributed to the original Db2 code – that’s right, back to the 70s!

We understand Db2’s intricacies and interoperability challenges, and can swiftly resolve any issue on any version to keep your environment stable, secure and compliant at all times.

A HOLISTIC VIEW OF YOUR BUSINESS AND IT CONTEXT

Origina’s team doesn’t just keep your enterprise systems up and humming with 99% uptime. We get onboard with your business as a TPSM partner that understands your particular challenges and keeps a perpetual eye on your IBM^® environment.

We save our customers hundreds of thousands on OEM upgrades they don’t need, provide solid advice on how to best migrate HCL^® Domino^® and other business-critical systems, and free up teams and budgets to focus on short-and long-term priorities.

Our customers enjoy:

• Optimized performance of their IBM^® estate – regardless of product versions
• Proactive reviews of license entitlements that keep them in front of audits
• Expert advice on how to manage legacy product installations and migrations
• Single-contact support with dedicated, independent IBM^® product experts
• As much as 50% off their annual IBM^® S&S spend
• Simplified IT that sheds superfluous software and processes
• Contractual flexibility and the freedom to do decommissions

WE KNOW ALL THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT Db2

Db2 is the badge given to the original large scale industrialized standard-setting enterprise database, along with a family of associated technologies. Its development delivered the standards under which most database structures and technologies have since been based.

Db2’s origins go back to the IBM research labs of the early 70s – and our independent Global IBM^® product experts have been working with the product ever since. They understand Db2’s intricacies and interoperability challenges and have skillfully supported hundreds of companies with delicate legacy environments.

Initially, and for the first 20 years or so of its existence, Db2 was tightly bound to a strictly relational model, mandating limitations on how end-user applications of that time were designed and implemented. With the addition of object-relational features via the acquisition of Informix and its Universal engine, and later non-relational structures like JSON and XML, it evolved significantly to the point where it has retained its class-leading credentials across nearly all aspects of database technologies.

With the advent of the various technology leaps in open systems, cloud technologies, and big data, it has evolved each time to take advantage of the available processing power, and versions are now available for Z mainframes (the original version), Linux/Unix/Windows, VSE & VM, IBM cloud and AWS platforms.

Db2 PRODUCT PACKAGES

Db2 has many associated packages and components – a subset are listed here: (excluding ZOS components)