IBM later this month plans to release Version 10 of its Information Management System (IMS), a 39-year-old database originally built to help land men on the moon. IMS is a combination hierarchical ...

IBM has announced a new tool feature designed to provide improved data access by simplifying and automating the process of cloning entire IBM IMS subsystems or databases. The IBM IMS Cloning Tool ...

On April 3, IBM announced new database software to help clients make faster decisions and better understand relationships between disparate types of data for improved decision making. With DB2 10 ...

The latest issue allows organizations to better handle IBM Information Management System (IMS) resource performance and costs, while planning wisely for the future.

MSPM supports various mainframe data sources, including Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM) files and Db2 on IBM Z, and will soon extend to IBM Information Management System (IMS) and flat files.

IBM said the tools will provide a centralized system for information analysis, data cleansing, data transformation and metadata management.