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  • IBM Patches a Slew of Security Vulns in Db2 Web Query

    January 10, 2024 Alex Woodie

    If you haven’t started your migration off Db2 Web Query, you might want to accelerate your planning, as IBM last week disclosed a slew of security vulnerabilities in the soon-to-be-discontinued product, two of which are the critical variety and four of which have high severity ratings. IBM has issued patches for all of the flaws for the product running on IBM i 7.4 and 7.5.

    On January 3, IBM disclosed a total of eight security vulnerabilities in Db2 Web Query, the IBM i-based data warehousing and business analytics tool that it OEM’ed from TIBCO’s Information Builders subsidiary, and which …

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  • IBM Finally Comments On Db2 Web Query For i Withdrawal

    November 13, 2023 Timothy Prickett Morgan

    A little more than a month ago, in announcement letter AD23-0691, IBM abruptly announced the end of marketing for all variations of the Db2 Web Query for i data analytics tool.

    At the time, neither IBM nor its partner, TIBCO Software – which is part of Cloud Software Group, a conglomerate that owns TIBCO (which bought Information Builders and Spotfire), JasperSoft, and Citrix Systems (which includes products from Citrix, NetScaler, ShareFile, and XenServer) – had anything to say about the partnership between IBM and TIBCO/Information Builders coming undone.

    But something has happened between Big Blue on the one hand …

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  • IBM, TIBCO Remain Mum on Db2 Web Query Future

    November 1, 2023 Alex Woodie

    While Db2 Web Query users are left hanging in the wind without any official way forward to protect their investments in the product, IBM and TIBCO have yet to make any public announcements about how to support these IBM i customers moving forward.

    IBM shocked the midrange last month when it announced the sudden end of life of Db2 Web Query, the IBM i-based analytics tool that was largely based on an OEM (original equipment manufacturer) version of the WebFOCUS product originally developed by Information Builders and now owned by TIBCO.

    The October 10 announcement – the same day …

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  • Db2 Web Query Customers Left In The Lurch

    October 23, 2023 Alex Woodie

    The sudden collapse of the OEM agreement between IBM and TIBCO for Db2 Web Query has left users of the product in a difficult position. Where will they get technical support, updates, and fixes? Should they abandon the software? Can they sue somebody if something happens to their systems?

    These are some of the questions that IBM i shops who adopted Db2 Web Query are asking themselves in the wake of IBM’s stunning October 10 announcement to kill off the product. Effectively immediately, IBM stopped marketing and selling the IBM i product, which was an OEM version of Information …

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