March 17, 1997 1:30 PM ET

IBM, SAP in DB2 development pact
By Juan Carlos Perez

IBM and SAP AG announced today at the CeBIT show in Hannover, Germany, plans to collaborate on a way to let DB2 Common Server running on Windows NT be a database for R/3 systems. This announcement underscores the rising popularity of DB2 on NT as a platform for R/3 systems. It also gives R/3 users another choice for running R/3 on DB2. A beta version of the product is slated to be available in May, with general availability expected for September. R/3 already runs with DB2 on S/390, AIX and AS/400 platforms. The companies also will open a call-in center to support users of R/3 with DB2 Common Server on NT. Located at IBM's Santa Teresa Laboratory in San Jose, Calif., the center should be up and running in the second quarter, officials said. For more information, go to http://www.csc.ibm.com/sap/. Copyright(c) 1997 Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of Ziff-Davis Publishing Company is prohibited. PC Week and the PC Week logo are trademarks of Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. PC Week Online and the PC Week Online logo are trademarks of Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. Send mail to PC Week