2010 IIUG Informix Conference

Technical Sessions

The schedule will consist of three full days of 60-minute sessions in five concurrent tracks, providing you with ample opportunity to gain insight into a variety of must-know topics.

You'll pick up pointers from your favorite speakers, as well as from some who are new to the IIUG Conference. If you're a first time attendee, you'll find interesting sessions no matter which way you turn. If you're a Conference veteran, you'll still come away with loads of good information, just as in years past.

Here's a list of sessions by topic. Follow the links below for Conference and session detailed information:

Availability

Secure Availability of Public Finances with IBM IDS-CAF -- Cesar Jiminez, Secretaria Finanzas Gobierno de Jalisco; Carlos Garcia, Secretaria de Finanzas
New Replication/Availability Functionality since 11.50xC1 -- Madison Pruet, IBM
Combining HDR and ER for the ultimate HA production environment -- David Summers, IBM

Application Languages

Programming java UDR's -- Sergio Ferreira, Moredata
Slithering Snakes! Using Python with IDS -- Nicholas Geib, IBM; Andrew Ford
Informix Dynamic Server can be Groovy -- Adam Hattrell, IBM
New Informix Features for Application Developers. -- Mark Jamison, Information Management
Informix 4GL Functions Usage in the GUI Environment via Web-Services -- Srinivasan R Mottupalli, IBM
Optimistic Concurrency in IDS -- Prasad Mujumdar, IBM
Adding Predictive Search (like google suggest) into Your Web Applications on IDS. -- Keshava Murthy, Informix Development
Using Open Source Languages With Informix Databases -- Darryl Priest, Advanced DataTools Corp.; Tom Beebe, Advanced DataTools Corp.
A Brave New World: IDS and Open Source -- Jacques Roy, IBM
Understanding DRDA Features and Benefits -- Jacques Roy, IBM

Application Performance

Replay your Informix Production Transaction Load on Your Test System -- Russ Clancy, GSN Digital
Best Practices for Informix Developers -- Art Kagel, Advanced DataTools Corp.
Always Online: Modifying Your Server and Database Schema While Keeping Your Apps Online -- Uday Kale, IBM
Beyond Mach 11 and Compression. The 'forgotten' features and add-ons of IDS... -- Alexander Koerner, IBM Germany
Best Practices for Using SPL -- David Link, West Corp.
Informix Compression - Disk Speed Really Matters! -- Marty Lurie, IBM
The Basics of Writing and Utilizing C User-Defined Routines -- John Miller, IBM
Optimistic Concurrency in IDS -- Prasad Mujumdar, IBM
Use EXPLAIN_SQL with any Tool -- Fernando Nunes, IBM

Application Tools

Good Health, Genero and IDS in the Cloud--First Steps Towards a New Application Delivery Model -- Laurent Galais, 4J's; Mark Bennett, Mitchell & McCormick
Using IDS with the Go Programming Language -- Jonathan Leffler, IBM
Disposable Dashboards - Mix and Mash Dashboards in a Day with Informix and IBM Mashup Hub -- Rajesh Nair, IBM
Data Modeling -- Jack Parker, Verizon
Exploiting Hierarchical Queries to discover hierarchical relationship in your data -- Vinayak Shenoi, IBM; Ajaykumar Gupte, IBM
A Peek into the Lab - Informix Development and Agile Practices -- Mukta Singh, IBM

Auditing, Security and Regulatory Compliance

Protecting Your Data Through Data De-Identification -- Alex Cheng, Administaff / DataVantage
IDS Security Best Practices -- Dave Desautels, IBM; Jonathan Leffler, IBM
IDS Security Best Practices: PCI Compliance -- Jonathan Leffler, IBM; Mark Jamison, IBM
Understanding Information Governance -- TBD, IBM

Case Studies and User Experience

Development of DataBlades for Managing Scientific Data -- Mike Dunham-Wilkie, Barrodale Computing Services
Intrado and Informix helping to save lives. -- Chris Cartellone, Intrado; Dennis Allen, Intrado
Performance Tuning for Informix applications -- Khem Chander, Wal-Mart Stores Inc;
Using Informix to Break into a New Market -- Steve Johnson, Centric iSolutions, Inc.
Implementing SDS (Shared Disk Secondary) Tips and Tricks -- Jeff Filippi, Integrated Data Consulting, LLC
How to Migrate 100's of Applications, 1000's of Servers and over One Petabyte of Data! -- Mac Horn, Spencer and McCall Consulting, Inc.
Getting the Best out of Support -- Pradeep Kutty, IBM; Charles Gonsalves, IBM
How IDS can turn an ordinary sports event into a Smart Sports event -- Alexander Koerner, IBM Germany;
Mine Your Own Business -- Pradeep Natarajan, IBM; Pradeep Natarajan, IBM
Using Informix and the Entity Framework -- Michael Payne, The Rawlings Company; Doug Compton, The Rawlings Company
Using Enterprise Replication for Workload Partitioning -- Rick Rabe, Hilton Worldwide
How IBM solidDB In-Memory Database Technology Benefits Informix Users with Extreme Speed -- Ari Valtanen, Information Management
Help Yourself with SQLTRACE -- Hyun-Ju Vega, IBM Informix Support
IDS and Telecom Industry in China; Guo Rong Sun and Young-Yi Tan, IBM China Development Lab

Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence

End-to-End Analytics -- Building and reporting through Informix/Cognos --Ron Flannery, One Point Solutions
Best Practices for Using the Informix Warehouse ELT Tooling -- Veronica Gomes, IBM
Overview of the IBM Smart Analytics Optimizer for IDS -- Frederick Ho, Informix Development; Keshava Murthy, IBM
Building Data Warehouses with IBM Informix -- Lester Knutsen, Advanced DataTools Corp.
How's Your BI? - Building your BI platform with Informix Warehouse and Cognos Express -- Rajesh Nair, IBM

Database Admin, Monitoring, Performance and Tuning

PDQ Not Just "Pretty Darn Quick" -- Jeffrey Bohm, IBM
To Log or Not to Log - Everything About Database Logging -- Jeffrey Bohm, IBM
Using the Onpladm Tool for Informix High-Performance Loader -- John Carlson, The Home Depot
Physical Database Design: Best Practices -- Tom Girsch, Hilton Worldwide
Informix and Disk Level Encryption : The (D)ata (E)ncryption (E)xpert solution -- Mark Jamison, Information Management
Using the IBM Support Assistant for Performance Tuning -- David Jay, IBM Corp.
Performance Tuning In Depth the Next Generation -- Art Kagel, Advanced DataTools Corp.
Exploring the Sysadmin Database - Performance Montoring and Tuning -- Lester Knutsen, Advanced DataTools Corp.
IDS Indexing -- Scott Lashley, IBM
Informix in the Everyday World - Moving from 10 to 11 -- Mike Magie, SAIC/USDA
Understanding Auto Update Statistics -- John Miller, IBM
The ins and outs of AIO, KAIO, DIRECT I/O, and CONCURRENT I/O -- Rakesh Naik, IBM
The Autonomics of Informix Dynamic Server 11.5 -- Rakesh Naik, IBM
Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Checkpoints - II -- Darin Tracy, IBM
OAT: Behind the Scenes -- Erika Von Bargen, IBM
Climbing the Performance Pyramid -- Spokey Wheeler, IBM
Informix Health Check and Performance Tuning -- Young-Yi Tan and Guo Rong Sun, IBM China Development Lab

Emerging Technology

Cloud Computing with IDS -- Guy Bowerman, IBM
Integration : Informix and other IBM Products -- Mahesh Dashora, IBM; Atul Khachar, IBM
Smart Meter Monitoring . Why Timeseries is the Only Option -- Simon David (Cosmo), IBM-UK
Developing Eclipse Applications that Embed Informix Management -- Lance Feagan, Informix
WebSphere for Informix - You have a need to know! -- Marty Lurie, IBM
Best Practices for Running Informix Instances in a VMware ESX Server Environment -- Sreeni Paidi, IBM IM Technology Ecosystem
Informix is not for legacy applications -- Jean Georges Perrin, GreenIvory;

Migrations and Upgrades

Conversion Guard - Making it easier than ever to migrate between IDS versions -- Scott Lashley, IBM
Upgrading Hardware and IBM Informix Dynamic Server with Zero Downtime -- Ron Privett, IBM; Andrew Ford, NetworkIP

New Features

Everything you wanted to know about External tables in IDS -- Khaled Bentebal, ConsultiX
Enterprise Class Embeddability -- Guy Bowerman, IBM
An Introduction to the New Features in IDS 11.5 . Kevin Brown, IBM
Reduce your IT costs with IBM System x Informix Cluster Configuration -- Cindy Fung, IBM; Lester Knutsen, Advanced DataTools Corp.
Accelerating your Business with IDS -- Srinivasan R Mottupalli, IBM
IDS Backup and Restore -- New Features, Tips, and Insights -- Hyun-Ju Vega, IBM Informix Support