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29 July 09 - Wall Street Journal - IBM to Acquire SPSS, Adding to Acquisitions... Read
11 February 09 - InformationWeek - IBM Drifts Slowly Toward Mainstream Cloud Computing... Read
11 February 09 - CNNMoney.com - IBM to Deliver Software via Cloud Computing With Amazon Web Services... Read
07 January 09 - Huliq News - IBM Power Servers Helps Bank of Chengdu Build Up Core Banking System.. Read
04 December 08 - Steeleye - Multicarta achieves 99.997% uptime for its Informix-based Credit Card Authorization Centre... Read
16 October 08 - VendorRate - Informix Earns Top Customer Satisfaction Score on VendorRate in Q3... Read
14 August 08 - IIUG.org - Sellout Expected for the 2009 IIUG Informix Conference... Read
29 April 08 - IntelligentEnterprise.com - IBM Informix Upgrade Enhances Clustering, Database Management... Read
29 April 08 - itweek.com - IBM 'Cheetah 2' mauls data costs... Read
28 April 08 - eWeek.com - IBM Uncages Cheetah 2 Data Server... Read
28 April 08 - CNNMoney.com - IBM Helps Clients Reduce Data Management Costs With New Informix Dynamic Server... Read
09 April 08 - CNNMoney.com - MediaSpan Embeds IBM Informix Dynamic Server Software for Delivering News to Print, Web and Wireless Devices... Read
08 April 08 - IT-Director.com - Informix seeks developers... Read
18 February 08 - marketwire.com - Icarus Studios Partners With IBM to Upgrade Performance, Availability for Its Online Games... Read
17 January 08 - eWeek.com - IBM Adds Mac Support to IDS for Higher Education... Read
17 January 08 - informationweek.com - Lotus Notes For iPhone Signals Closer Ties Between IBM, Apple... Read
16 January 08 - marketwire.com - IBM Informix Dynamic Server to Deliver Support for Mac OS X... Read
16 January 08 - internetnews.com - IBM's IDS to Support Mac Platform... Read
28 June 07 - REG Developer - IBM and Informix tie down Cheetah... Read
27 June 07 - CBRonline.com - IBM corrects its own Informix customer figures... Read
14 June 07 - vnunet.com - IBM changes spots with Informix 'Cheetah' database... Read
14 June 07 - eChannelLine - IBM expands scope for IDS... Read
14 June 07 - Resellernews - IBM: Informix database alive and kicking... Read
13 June 07 - DB2 Magazine - Cheetah is now out of the gate... Read
12 June 07 - IBM - IDS 11 release announcement (pdf)... Read
12 June 07 - ChannelWeb Network - IBM Uncages IDS 11, Aka Cheetah, Database... Read
12 June 07 - eWeek.com - IBM's 'Cheetah' Ready to Pounce... Read
12 June 07 - InformationWeek - IBM Unleashes 'Cheetah' Database... Read
12 June 07 - WebWire - IBM Strengthens Database Portfolio With New Informix Dynamic Server... Read
12 June 07 - Intelligent Enterprise - IBM Unveils Informix Upgrade... Read
12 June 07 - ComputerWeekly.com - IBM's Cheetah IDS makes leap to better data centre clustering... Read
12 June 07 - ebiz - IBM Unveils Next Generation Informix Dynamic Server... Read
12 June 07 - computerworld.com - Will 'Cheetah' help IBM's Informix chase down market share?... Read
12 June 07 - Internetnews.com - No Data Can Outrun This 'Cheetah'... Read
12 June 07 - de.internet.com - IBM neuer Datenbank-Server mit Codenamen Cheetah ist fertig... Read
12 June 07 - verifox.de - IBM stärkt Datenbank-Portfolio mit neuem Informix Dynamic Server... Read
12 June 07 - golem.de - Informix 11 vorgestellt... Read
12 June 07 - Computerwoche.de - IBM stellt neue Informix-Version vor... Read
12 June 07 - IBM.de - IBM stärkt Datenbank-Portfolio mit neuem Informix Dynamic Server... Read
12 June 07 - Heise - IBM gibt Informix 11 frei... Read
25 May 07 - Taiwan.CNET.com - Local Taiwan Informix user group established... (Chinese language) ... Read
18 May 07 - ChannelWeb Network - IBM Musters Partners For Cheetah Release... Read
18 May 07 - eWeek.com - IBM Looks to 'Cheetah' to Speed Up Blade Servers... Read
7 May 07 - DB2 Magazine - SQL Shortcuts - Use these tricks to generate IDS SQL scripts... Read

End of Support Dates
IDS 7.31 - 30 Sep 2009
IDS 9.40 - 30 Apr 2009
IDS 10.00 - 30 Sep 2010
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IBM Announces New Email Support For Upgrading to IDS 11

To help Informix users facing End of Support dates for earlier versions of IDS, IBM Informix support announced a new email alias address to answer questions or concerns for upgrading from any version of IDS to IDS 11. This email address is monitored by IBM / Informix support, so send your questions and concerns to:

getids11@us.ibm.com

IBM technical support will answer you directly...

(02 June 2009)

What's Your Version?

IBM has announced End of Support (EOS) dates for the following IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) and Informix 4GL products:

April 30, 2009  IDS Version 9.40
September 30, 2009  IDS Version 7.31
September 30, 2010  IDS Version 10.00; Informix 4GL 7.31

Take a look at the resources that can help you plan to move to a new version. You can get to the following resources and more from: http://www.ibm.com/software/data/informix/upgrade/.

Overview of upgrading or migrating IDS:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27012095
Read this short overview to learn what is involved in upgrading or migrating to the latest version of IDS.

Trial: Informix Dynamic Server Enterprise and Developer Edition:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/downloads/im/ids/learn.html
Download a free trial version of IBM Informix Dynamic Server Enterprise Edition or a no-charge version of IDS Developer Edition. Or, develop your applications on Amazon EC2, an Amazon Web service, using a public version of Informix Dynamic Server 11.50: Developer Edition, Express Edition and Workgroup Edition.

Informix Upgrade Portal:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21259394
Get tips, tricks, planning information and everything you need to get started planning your move to a newer version of IDS.

Premium Upgrade Plan:
http://www.ibm.com/software/data/support/change-mgmt.html
Explore the added level of expert, personalized assistance that is offered by IBM Premium Support.

IDS Information Center:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/idshelp/v115/index.jsp
View the most up-to-date technical information from the Web-based IDS Information Center by click Migrating and Upgrading. That section contains the same topics as the PDF version of the Informix Migration Guide. With the information center, you can also:

  • Find links on the home page to other useful sources of information, such as product lifecycle news.
  • Search the topics from your browser search menu with a search plugin.
  • Subscribe to updates in the information center with RSS feeds.

If you can't find the information that you're looking for, contact getIDS11@us.ibm.com or use the feedback links provided on www.ibm.com.