IBM announced End of Service Date for IDS 7.31, 9.40 and 10.00
IBM announced End of Service Date for IDS 7.31, 9.40 and 10.00
The end of service date for the mainstream IDS Versions 7.31, 9.40 and 10.00 has been announced by IBM:
- IDS 7.31: 30-Sep-2009
- IDS 9.40: 30-Apr-2009
- IDS 10.0: 30-Sep-2010
- IBM: Detailed End of Service Date
This is a good time now to think about upgrading to the latest and greatest release of IDS: Version 11. IDS 11 is IBM's flagship data server for high-end OLTP as well as integrated solutions. Migrations from 7.31, 9.40 and 10.0 to IDS 11 are fast and easy. Their is no need to unload data, necessary conversion steps are done automatically by IDS. The actual upgrade can be done in minutes.
Here are few, valuable resources regarding upgrading to IDS 11:
- OS Requirements for IDS 11
- IDS 11 - Why upgrade ?
- IDS Infocenter: Migrating to IDS 11
- An Architect's View of new Features in IDS 11
- IDS 11 - Certification Tutorials
- IDS Experts Blog
If you are looking for more in-depth information about IDS 11, please check the fresh updated Cheetah resource outline at The Informix Zone:


