Ubuntu binds an IBM database to a cloud service

IBM and Canonical, sponsors and creators of the Ubuntu project, announce a new virtual application that will bind IBM's DB2Express-C Database Service on the Ubuntu cloud platform. "This virtual cloud application, composed of AUbuntu and DB2Express-C, will allow users to quickly and easily create DB2 applications in private and public cloud environments," says NeilLevine, vice president of business services at Canonical ". DB2Express-C is IBMDB2

IBM and Canonical (sponsors and creators of the Ubuntu project) announce a new virtual application that will bind IBM DB2 Express-C Database Service on the Ubuntu cloud platform. Neil Levine, vice president of Canonical business services, said: "This virtual cloud application, composed of AUbuntu and DB2 Express-C, will allow users to quickly and easily create DB2 applications in private and public cloud environments ".

DB2 Express-C is a free community version of IBMDB2. It will run in the latest long-term support version of Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) In Canonical. According to Canonical, this service will also be suitable for developers and business partners in small and medium-sized enterprises and companies with multiple branches.