The presentations from the IIUG conference 2010 are now available for download on the IIUG website.

You have to log in to the members area in order to download them.

If you are interested what is happening at the IIUG conference which is currently taking place in Kansas City, please check the following URL's:

• Blog Entries covering the IIUG conference
• Twitter Feeds covering the IIUG conference

Just one excerpt:

"There was a lot of excitement around Rob's key note as he outlined our strategy and 

After the harsh but necessarily criticism regarding IBM's Informix strategy, it seems that things come in motion.

I just read the Editorial of the IIUG Insider January 2010. While Gary's words might sound harsh, he is exactly expressing the feeling and opinion of the worldwide Informix community.

We have all seen those statements and promises on Powerpoint slides as well as directly from IBM executives how seriously IBM takes Informix and how great IBM's strategy for Informix is. However the reality speaks a different language:

Please submit your presentation idea, if you are interested in speaking at the IIUG 2010 conference next year:

• IIUG 2010 - Main Conference Site
• IIUG 2010 - Call for Speakers

The deadline for submissions is the November 1, 2009.

I'm happy to post the announcement of the IIUG Conference 2010 here on The Informix Zone:

Announcing the 2010 International Informix Users Group (IIUG) Conference

The International Informix Users Group (IIUG) will host the third annual Informix Conference April 25 – 28, 2010 at the Overland Park Marriott hotel in Overland Park, KS (Kansas City).

The presentations from this years IIUG conference are now available at the IIUG website. You have to log in to the members area in order to download them.

If you want to see some photos from the conference, please check Spokey's excellent conference report.

Since other people have been much better than I at blogging and liveblogging the event, I thought I'd calm down for a couple of days and collect my thoughts before blogging this.

So, the key things were:

1. The organisation was incredible. Everything just worked and the whole board, but especially Cindy Lichtenauer deserve praise for the flawless deployment of everything.

2. The presentations were excellent. I learned something worthwhile out of every single presentation I delivered (even my own, because it turned out that Madison Pruet and Cary Wahlmeier came to watch and were able to answer all the difficult questions! :-) There was a really wide range of topics and they were all really useful.

The unsurpassed Frenchmen Jean-Georges Perrin uploaded a whole bunch of conference pictures to Facebook.

Just wondering if they are gambling with IBM about the Informix Marketing budget :-)

Here are the direct links (you need to have a facebook account to watch the photos) :

• IIUG Conference: Day 0

I wish my Informix friends a great and successful conference ! Unfortunately I'll not be able to join the conference as some private things are currently prior-ranking.

Enjoy your stay at the conference, talk to other users about IDS technology and participate in the bunch of technical workshops offered.

Just want to pick up a good idea from Gumby that appeared recently in the Informix Newsgroup.

A message from my friend Art Kagel regarding the IIUG 2009 Conference:

I'm sending this to all of my contacts, both in my capacity as a member of the International 
Informix Users' Group and as CTO of Oninit, to remind you all that the 2009 IIUG Users' 
Conference is coming up fast.  In a difficult economy we as business people cannot afford to 
lose our edge and one great way to keep honed is constant training.  The half and full day 

Just want to comment on the benchmark issue that has been discussed in the recent edition of the informative IIUG Insider newsletter:

Excerpt from IIUG newsletter:

1. DB2 is already being benchmarked, so adding Informix as a competing database would 
make one of these be second best, and that would be bad press for IBM.

2. Many of the companies that choose Informix over Oracle did so after performing their 

IIUG Board of Directors Election

IIUG members can now nominante candidates for the IIUG Board of Directors for 2009. The nominantion started on Jan the 14th and ends on Jan the 28th 2009. Election Timeline:

• 04 Jan 2009 Nominations Open
• 28 Jan 2009 Nominations Closes
• 11 Feb 2009 Election Announced
• 28 Feb 2009 Start of Election

IIUG Conference 2009 - Don't miss it !

Have you already registered for the greatest Informix ONLY event in 2009 ? The IIUG 2009 Conference

This is by far the best place to meet many many internal and external Informix experts, Informix developers and Informix support people. The IIUG Conference is an excellent place for exchanging know-how and experience around the IBM Informix products as well as establishing social contacts. Hear from customers around the world how they use IDS to power their businesses and achieve a competetive advantage.

Reminder: Informix Tech Day in Strasbourg

Update 2009-01-11 - Final Agenda

Here is the final Agenda for the Informix Tech Day:

• Agenda Informix Tech Day

Reminder: Two important Informix Events in Europe

Next week there will be two interesting and important Informix Events in Europe:

The 1st one takes place on Wednesday the 12th here in Germany and is organized by the local German Informix User Group and Cursor AG.

• Germany: 49. Workshop of the German Informix User Group

2008 IBM Informix vNext Survey

Don't miss this great opportunity. Vote for the features that you want to see in IDS vNext:

• http://www.iiug.org/2008_survey

This is a great chance to prioritize your favorite IDS feature wishes and perhaps formulating new ones.

Please vote now !

IIUG 2008 - Presentation Download

The Int. Informix User Group has provided all presentations from this years IIUG conference in their member area for download. Remember that membership in the IIUG is free ! If you aren't already a member - join the IIUG !

Here is a list of all the great presentations from the Informix Experts available for download at the IIUG website. Become a member and access the member area to download them (Note for existing members: You might need to update your profile in order to be allowed to download the presentations):

IDS is Everywhere - Join the Revolution !

Do you remember when you received the last poster, sticker, cup, briefcase or other material with INFORMIX advertising on it ?

I guess it is a long long time ago back in the nineties.

But hang on - 'Hastes makes waste' - there is new nice stuff produced by the IIUG and IBM. Those of you who took part in the the IIUG 2008 conference might have already received the new IBM Informix poster IDS is Everywhere. 24/7: