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IDS 11.5 boosts Informix's "Always On" Reputation

eherber — Thu, 22 May 2008 20:25:17 +0200

IDS 11.5 boosts Informix's "Always On" Reputation

There is a new article about IBM's high availability cluster database published in the IBM Database Magazine. The article has been written by Informix specialist Carlton Doe who is also the author of the IDS 11 E-Book.

The article discusses the enhanced functionality available in IDS 11.5 which turns Informix into an always available database cluster cloud:

Report from Int. Informix User Conference 2008

eherber — Wed, 14 May 2008 23:43:23 +0200

Report from Int. Informix User Conference 2008

A little delayed but hopefully still interesting: Here is my report about the IIUG conference 2008 that took place in Kansas City, Kansas, USA at the end of April.

The days before the conference

My girlfriend and I stayed for one week in Chicago - The Windy City - before driving to Kansas City. Chicago is a great city with a lot of interesting places and we really enjoyed our stay. The Lake Michigan coast is beautiful and I liked the many bicycle tracks around it (see photo below). There a lot of bikers in the Chicago area, so the sports outfitters offer - beside the traditional focus on basketball, baseball... - also hiqh-quality bike wear. As a passionate mountainbiker and with the for European's convenient currency rate, I really enjoyed shopping :-) We also went to the local Apple store several times and I was amazed about the buzz around the Apple products. The IDS MAC port could be a real clever move by IBM, if they are able to attract the application developers. In the meantime we're now also proud owners of a MacBook :-)

IBM 'Cheetah 2' mauls data costs

eherber — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:10:24 +0200

IT Week: IBM 'Cheetah 2' mauls data costs

Excerpt:
The upgraded IDS, version 11.5 can deliver low-cost continuous data availability across clustered data centers. It can be configured to give high availability using commodity hardware set up as a cluster, and automatic workload balancing to optimise network connections to additional servers wherever they are located.

Read the complete press release here...

Intelligent Enterprise: IBM Informix Upgrade Enhances Clustering, Database Management

IBM Uncages Cheetah 2 Data Server

eherber — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:37:48 +0200

IBM Uncages Cheetah 2 Data Server

Excerpt:
"When the Informix team started on the continuous availability feature they already had a lot of experience with high availability and replication techniques," said Bernie Spang, director of data severs for IBM. "Likewise, the DB2/Z team had a long history of developing shared disk solutions. These two teams came together to think about how to get the best of both worlds. The result is the continuous availability feature … is now fully available in release 11.50."

IBM Helps Clients Reduce Data Management Costs With New IDS

eherber — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:46:16 +0200

IBM Helps Clients Reduce Data Management Costs With New IDS

Excerpt:
"The new IDS 11.5, code-named "Cheetah 2," is tuned to enable customers to enhance business performance on cluster server environments using information management techniques inspired by IBM's mainframe systems. As a result, IDS is the first non-mainframe data server to provide clustered data centers with low-cost continuous data availability and disaster recovery -- regardless of geographic location or distance between backup data center sites."

Jaduka Launches Content Fulfillment and Transaction Services for Mobile Media

eherber — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:15:45 +0200

Jaduka Launches Content Fulfillment and Transaction Services for Mobile Media

Excerpt:
"At the heart of Jaduka's new content fulfillment and transaction services is its
award-winning IBM Informix Database Solution (IDS), including high availability
data replication, enterprise replication, fragmentation, parallel data query, and
other proprietary functions that enhance stability and performance. Jaduka's IDS
provides instant access to hundreds of millions of end-user accounts and the

IBM Database Business Keeps Growing

eherber — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:11:48 +0200

IBM Database Business Keeps Growing

eWeek.com:
IBM officials said the company's database business, bolstered by last year's releases
of DB2 9.5 and IDS 11, enjoyed a solid first quarter of 2008.

Good to see and hear that IBM now names the cow that is giving the milk:

MediaSpan Embeds IBM IDS Software

eherber — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:42:25 +0200

MediaSpan Embeds IBM IDS Software

Excerpt:
"The IDS implementation is a perfect example of MediaSpan customers benefiting from our extensive industry experience and long-standing relationships, including the one with IBM," said Dr. F.R. Campagnoni, MediaSpan Chief Executive Officer. "IDS allows us yet another option to offer our publishing clients -- one that is very cost effective, yet using one of the best database systems available."

Informix seeks developers

eherber — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:35:48 +0200

Informix seeks developers

A new article written by David Norfolk a senior analyst at Bloor Research can be found here:

Bloor: Informix seeks developers

Interesting to notice is that for Mr. Norfolk, as well as for many others, IBM's positioning of IDS and DB2 overlaps and isn't really understandable.

Informix Partners Making Waves

eherber — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:24:43 +0100

Informix Partners Making Waves

If you are looking for some interesting references about how IBM partners are using the superior Informix technology to support their business, here is a good compilation of ongoing success stories:

Learn how Informix Partners drive value

Distribute it and spread the news about IDS !!

If you haven't had the chance to download the upcoming IDS 11.5 release within the scope of the open beta, I encourage you to do it now.