A new issue of the IBM Database Magazine has been released.

There are three Informix related articles included:

• Mirav Kapadia: Think Inside the Box
• Stuart Litel: Big News for Informix

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Im Nachgang zur Veröffentlichung der kostenlosen Informix-Varianten hier noch der Link zu einem Newstickereintrag auf heise.de von gestern:

• Kostenfreies Informix fuer den Produktiveinsatz

Schön, dass nun auch über Informix gesprochen wird !

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Heute ist ein bedeutender Tag für die weltweite Informix-Gemeinde: IBM hat soeben ein neues Preis- und Lizensierungs-Modell für die Informix-Datenbank bekanntgegeben !

Hier hat sich das Engagement der weltweiten Informix-Gemeinde und insbesondere der Deutschen IUG gelohnt. Immer wieder hat die Deutsche IUG ein attraktiveres Preis- und Lizensierungs-Modell für Informix bei den Verantwortlichen der IBM mit Nachdruck eingefordert. Nun trägt diese Arbeit Früchte.

Hildebrand, an energy consulting company, has developed an innovative new software solution that allows the exact tracking of energy consumption at homes. The solution is based on Informix Dynamic Server and exploits the Informix Timeseries DataBlade technology. The results are really impressing.

Excerpt:

"IBM software delivered spectacular results. In the first proof-of-concept 

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databasepro Magazin: Feinschliff per Fixpack

Die akuelle Ausgabe Mai/Juni 2010 der Zeitschrift databasepro enthält meinen neuen Artikel zu Informix 11.50:

There will be special Informix event before the IOD EMEA conference in Rome begins.

Important:
The event is free, wether or not you are a registered IOD conference attendee.

Date: Monday, May 17, 2010
Time: 16:30 – 19:30
Location: Marriott Park Hotel via Colonnello Tommaso Masala, 54, Lobby Level - Room Bernini 5

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Heute freue ich mich exklusiv auf der Informix Zone die offizielle deutsche Übersetzung des offenen Briefs von Robert D. Thomas, Vice President, Worldwide Business Development IBM Information Management, zu veröffentlichen.

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and solution services company that offers simple, yet powerful and affordable, hosted
Software-as-a-Service and Cloud (SaaS|Cloud) computing governance, risk management and
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Their KISTrack® SaaS|Cloud technology platform has been selected by Brevard County, Florida
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The Informix Zone is pleased to announce a brand-new Advertising Offering. Benefit from our excellent Google Ranking and advertise your offers and services on the Informix Zone. There is no better place on the Internet for your Informix related advertisements !

On Tuesday this week the 1st of several worldwide events with the motto Discover the New Face of Informix has taken place in New York City. It seems that it was a huge success.

Bruce Weed wrote a detailed report about the event. Let me just quote a single, but important sentence from my point of view:

"As I mentioned in the beginning I felt the event was very successful, 

LiveTime Software, a leading provider of ITIL certified Web 2.0 Service Management,
Help Desk and Customer Support Software, today announced support for IBM's
Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 11.

Event I

This is a virtual event. So people worldwide should be able to attend. The main focus of this event is IBM Data Management and more specifically DB2 and IDS. As far as I can see from the agenda, Informix will have emancipated coverage through the event.

Informix Speakers will be:

A new issue of the IBM Database Magazine has been released.

There are two Informix related articles included. One from IIUG president Stuart Litel and the other one from Informix Datawarehouse Specialist Lester Knutsen:

• Stuart Litel - IIUG User View: To IOD or IIUG?

According to an article on net-security.org a Moscow-based company will publish several security flaws among different products from IBM and other vendors during this month.

Informix is also named in the article:

• Software testing firm says no to responsible disclosure

Excerpt:

According to Brian Krebs, among the disclosed vulnerabilities there 
will be those that affect Web servers such as Zeus and Sun; Mysql, 

“With IDS’s zero maintenance HDR solution I can rest easy at night 
knowing that each critical database engine has a hot standby that 
can be quickly brought into service in the event of a hardware or 
operating system failure,” says Andrew Ford, senior DBA, 
NetworkIP Integration

• Read the complete success story here...

I won't call it a Wake-Up Call this time as the IBM Press Department has proved to be in hibernation regarding Informix related issues throughout the year. So we don't want to disturb them in their well-deserved quietness :-)

However there is excellent news: IBM Informix has achieved the Vendor of the Year 2009 award by VendorRate:

Informix, the IBM database product family, repeated as
Vendor of the Year for 2009. Since their initial appearance in

The Konkan Railway chose IBM's Informix Dynamic Server to improve its 
services and cut down on redundant manual procedures so as to improve 
operating efficiency.

"With the Railway Application Package system running on IBM software, Konkan 
Railway has significantly improved its ability to analyse, maintain and 
present data, helping to reduce the likelihood of passenger delays and 
cultivating better decision-making. Additionally, by automating the 
light-switching at stations with train arrival-departures, the system 

A new issue of the IBM Database Magazine has been released.

There are two Informix related articles included. One from IIUG president Stuart Litel and the other one from Informix veteran Lester Knutsen:

• Stuart Litel - Uptime, Conference Time, Revenue Time

Oracle's database sales declined - But there is more than a single truth...

You will have probably already read about the considerable decline in Oracle's database business in the first quarter of their fiscal year:

• ZDNet: Oracle's database business gets SAP'd
• Bloomberg: Oracle Falls After Database Revenue Misses Estimates

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1:0 für IBM Informix Technologie

Viele Fussball-Fans fordern schon seit längerem die Einführung eines Torlinien-Schiedsrichters oder einer Tor-Kamera. Immer wieder kommt es zu kniffligen Situationen, wo die Schieds- und Linienrichter innerhalb Sekunden-Bruchteilen auf Tor oder Nicht-Tor entscheiden müssen. Diese schwierige Entscheidung zu treffen ist sicherlich nicht beneidenswert und hat in der Vergangenheit des öfteren zu hitzigen Diskussionen während und nach des Spiels geführt.