IBM to Add Native XML for DB2

IBM (Quote, Chart) is developing a new XML-based storage manager for its database software, highlighting what one analyst said is an industry shift toward recognizing the database as a significant part of the infrastructure again.

IBM will likely make the native XML (define) storage manager available in the next version of its DB2 Universal Database for 2005, said Jeff Jones, director of strategy for data management solutions in IBM's Software Group.

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