Last Update: 2009-07-04

• IDS V11 Special
• Press Releases and Success Stories
• Demos
• Documentation
• Virtualization and Cloud Computing
• Data Warehouse and Compression
• Embedding IDS
• Support
• Development
• Migration
• Software
• Education
• Community
• Others

• IDS V11/V11.5 Special

  • Visit the IDS V11/V11.5 (Cheetah/Cheetah2) Resource Outline

• Press Releases and Success Stories

  • Press Releases
  • Partner Success Stories

• Demos

  • IDS enables Telecommunications Technology Demo
  • IDS enables Retailing Technology Demo
  • Self-Running Demo: Enterprise Replication
  • Self-Running Demo: MACH11- High Availability
  • IDS High Availability Data Replication Demo

• Documentation

  • IDS Information Roadmap for Administrators
  • IDS 11.5 Onconfig Overview (PDF)
  • IDS 11.5 Information Center
  • IDS 11 Information Center
  • IDS 10 Information Center
  • Informix Documentation Library
  • Informix Unleashed (Online-Book)
  • IBM Redbooks
  • Migrating from Oracle to IBM Informix Dynamic Server on LUW
  • Embedding IDS: An Introduction
  • IDS V11.5 - Extending Availability and Replication
  • Customizing IDS for your Environment
  • Security and Compliance Solutions for IBM IDS
  • IDS V11 - Advanced Functionality for Modern Business
  • IDS V10 - Superior Data Replication for Availability and Distribution
  • IDS V10 - Extended Functionality for Modern Business
  • Powering SOA with IBM Data Servers
  • Developing PHP Applications for IBM Data Servers
  • Transitioning: Informix 4GL to EGL
  • Using IDS with WebSphere
  • Database Performance Tuning on AIX

• Virtualization and Cloud Computing

  • IDS Virtualization Support
  • The Informix Virtual Appliance
  • IBM Cloud Computing Space
  • IDS Cloud Overview
  • Amazon EC2 Offerings
    • IBM developerWorks: Cloud Computing with AWS
    • IBM Informix Database in the Cloud
    • Amazon Machine Image - IDS 11.5 Developer Edition Linux 32-Bit
    • Amazon Machine Image - IDS 11.5 Express Edition Linux 32-Bit
    • Amazon Machine Image - IDS 11.5 Workgroup Edition Linux 64-Bit
    • Flash-Demo: Getting started with IDS and Amazon Web services
    • Flash-Demo: High Availability Demo
    • Flash-Demo: The Informix Spatial data in the Cloud

• Data Warehouse and Compression

  • IBM Informix Warehouse Website
  • PDF: Informix Warehouse Feature
  • PDF: Datewarehousing on IDS
  • PDF: Informix Warehouse Feature V11.50 Offerings Packaging
  • IBM Informix Compression Website
  • IBM developerWorks Article on Compression
  • PDF: Whitepaper IDS Compression
  • Knowledge Collection: Informix Data Compression and Storage Optimization

• Embedding IDS

  • Embedding Informix Dynamic Server

• Support

  • IDS Interoperability with other IBM products
  • Informix MustGather Documents
  • OS Requirements for IDS
  • The freedom of Linux - The power of Informix
  • Fix Central (Download Fixes)
  • Passport Advantage (Download Software based on existing contract)
  • IDS Support
  • Informix Product Lifecycle
  • Informix Platform Availability
  • Informix Release Notes
  • Technotes
    • Special: Informix Data Compression and Storage Optimization
    • Special: IDS 11.5 Migration
    • Special: IDS 11 Migration
    • Special: IDS 10 Installation
    • Special: IDS 10 Migration
    • Special: IDS 10 Performance Tuning

• Developing with Informix

  • IDS Application Development - Getting Started
  • Migrate to the new IBM Data Server Drivers
  • IDS Developer Code Exchange
  • IIUG - Software Repository
  • IIUG - Developer's Desktop Newsletter
  • IBM Informix Application Development
  • IBM Informix DeveloperWorks
  • IDS Developer and User Forum
  • Download Informix Client SDK
  • Talking with Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby to IDS
    • Download: Perl DB-API DBD::Informix
    • Download: PHP DB-API PDO_INFORMIX
    • Download: Ruby DB-API Ruby-Informix
    • Download: Ruby on Rails - Informix Adapter

• Migration

  • Upgrade to IDS 11 Now
  • IDS Migration Station
  • Oracle to IDS Porting Guide
  • IBM Migration Tool Kit (MTK)
  • Migrating to IBM data servers using the MTK

• Software

  • Informix Virtual Appliance
  • OAT - Open Admin Tool for IDS
  • IBM IDS 11.5 Free Developer Edition
  • Informix Download Overview at IBM
  • IDS Time Limited Full Version at IBM
  • IDS 10 Free Test Edition at IIUG
  • AGS Serverstudio (IDS System Management Tool)
  • Cobrasonic (IDS System Management Tool)

• Education

  • IBM Education Assistant
  • Informix on Campus Blog
  • Informix on Campus Wiki
  • The IDS Detective Game
  • Installing IDS 11.5 on Mac OS X 10.5
  • IDS Developer Edition Wiki
  • Informix Podcasts
  • IDS Experts Blog
  • Informix Training Courses
  • IDS Certification
  • Informix Webcasts (Chat with the Lab)

• Community

  • planetIDS - Blog Aggregator
  • Facebook - Informix Group
  • Facebook - IIUG Group
  • Facebook - IDS Server Fanpage
  • Spokey's Blog at The Informix Zone
  • The Ask Spokey Forum at The Informix Zone
  • Pradeep Kutty's Blog about Informix Tech Support
  • Cathy Elliot: Informix Voices
  • Guy Bowerman's Blog at IBM DeveloperWorks
  • Jacques Roy's Blog at IBM DeveloperWorks
  • Rajesh Nair: Informix and Virtual Worlds
  • Bell Micro - The Informix City
  • Fernando Nunes - Informix technology blog
  • Gerardo Santana - Ruby/Informix
  • Gerardo Santa - Informix/Ruby - Gems are forever
  • Carsten Haese - Connecting the Informix and Python Community
  • Kibok Kim - The Korean Informix Blog
  • Newsgroup comp.databases.informix (via Google)
  • Informix Magazine
  • Informix Technical Blog (nameless author)
  • Informix Technical Blog (Obnoxio the Clown)
  • IBM Database Magazine (formerly DB2 Magazine)
  • International Informix User Group (IIUG)
    • IIUG Insider Archive
    • IIUG Developer's Desktop Newsletter
    • IIUG Software Repository
    • Conference Schedule
    • IIUG Conference Presentation Download
  • Informix Germany User Group (IUG)

• Others

  • IDS 11 Edition Comparision
  • Informix@Wikipedia
  • Informix Feature Request List