Highlights: Join IIUG at IBM TechXchange 2025 – Call for Speakers
Welcome to the International Informix Users Group (IIUG) Insider! Designed for IIUG members and Informix user group leaders, this publication contains timely and relevant information for the IBM Informix community.
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Editorial
The IIUG board of directors is welcoming Anup Nair. Anup worked with Informix from 1996 to 2013.
Anup has worked at IBM as CTO/Principal, Account Technical Leaders, Industry Markets, North America. He is now Principal Technical Product Manager GTM-Informix & IIUG Board Member.
We are sure Anup is going to make a big contribution to the IIUG and the IIUG Board of Directors.
We are looking forward to working with him.
Gary Ben-Israel
IIUG Insider Editor
IIUG Board of Directors
gary@iiug.org
Highlights
Join IIUG at IBM TechXchange 2025 – Call for Speakers
October 6-9, 2025
Orlando, FL USA
Join IIUG at IBM TechXchange 2025 – Call for Speakers
We are excited to announce that the International Informix Users Group (IIUG) will be participating at IBM TechXchange 2025, the largest gathering of developers, technologists, and business practitioners from around the world. This year’s conference promises to be the biggest ever, with thousands of attendees convening in Orlando.
Share Your Expertise and Claim Your Complimentary Pass:
As a speaker, you’ll have the opportunity to share your technical product journeys, use cases, and lessons learned with IBM’s most engaged technical audience. By speaking at TechXchange 2025, you’ll not only gain exposure and development opportunities, but also receive a complimentary conference pass (a $1,599 value).
Benefits of Speaking:
- Collaboration Opportunities: Connect with experts and solve your most challenging technical problems together
- Exposure & Development: Showcase your expertise and build your professional brand as a technical expert
- Bring a Colleague: Additional complimentary passes are available for client speakers to bring a teammate
Session Types:
We invite you to explore the following session types:
Key Dates:
Mark your calendars with the following key dates:
| Session Type | Description | Duration |
| Technology Breakouts |
In-depth, technical sessions on IBM products, architectures, client case studies, and best practices |
60 minutes |
| Tech Talks | Quick, interactive discussions on use cases and special topics regarding IBM technologies | 20 minutes |
Key Dates:
Mark your calendars with the following key dates:
- April 11: Proposal submission deadline for IIUG
- June 3: Acceptance notifications sent to IIUG
- July 24: Session schedule released to IIUG
Don’t miss this opportunity to share your expertise and connect with the IBM community. Start your submission now and complete your proposal any time before the deadline.
We look forward to seeing you at IBM TechXchange 2025!
The IIUG Board of Directors
Conference Corner
IBM TechXchange Conference 2025 – Orlando, FL, USA
The next IBM TechXchange Conference is scheduled for October 6-9th 2025 in Orlando FL, USA.
LAST CHANCE: 40% off Ends March 12
For details about TechXchange 2025, IBM TechXchange Conference 2025 – Orlando, FL – October 6-9.
Rhonda Hackenburg
IIUG Board
Informix Corner
Compare the IBM Informix v.15 editions – IIUG
To quote a commonly used phrase: “Your needs may vary.” Regardless of the data processing requirements, the “Stronger, Faster and more Flexible” IBM Informix has the right blend of technological capabilities and feature options to provide a cost-effective, robust, and scalable foundation on which to build
Karen Qualley
HCL
New Social Media Content
Mary Schulte – ACTIAN – User Friendly External Smartblobs Using a Shadow Directory
Informix Tech Talks on YouTube
Upcoming Informix Tech Talks
March currently has no scheduled Tech Talks.
Rhonda Hackenburg
IIUG Board
Last Informix Tech Talks Replay
Replay of the Last Informix Tech Talks: User-Friendly External Smartblobs – Mary Schulte of Actian – a division of HCL Software- February 2025
Informix Tech Talks YouTube Channel
Our YouTube Channel now has:
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546 subscribers (8 new subscribers)
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112 videos (1 new video)
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21,883 views (458 additional views)
Informix Tech Talks YouTube Channel Videos
Past Informix Tech Talks Replays
In Search of Tech Talks Speakers
We are looking for additional speakers and especially any new speakers to share your Informix knowledge with our user Community via the IIUG Tech Talks. We will assist you in preparing for your Tech Talks presentation by prerecording your session. This will allow you to be available to answer any questions that come up in the chat during you presentation.
If you are interested in producing a 15 – 45-minute presentation, please contact either Art Kagel or Rhonda Hackenburg for additional information.
Rhonda Hackenburg
IIUG Board
Informix Training
Free Informix Tutorials Videos – a step by step approach to using Informix Database Servers are available at https://advancedatatools.com/tech-info/informix-tutorials/
RFE Corner
IBM has an RFE – Request For Enhancements website.
Please visit the RFE site to vote for your favorite enhancements and place new requests. It is friendly and has a nice look and feel.
Recent
https://ibm-data-and-ai.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/INFX-I-659
Reset the serial value in the partition page if the table no longer has a serial column
Request is to provide an Informix version with ASLR turned on.
Popular (Over 50 votes)
Informix should be able to change owner on tables and any other objects
If user=informix creates all database and all tables, then programmer creates table but user=informix cannot change it. Only drop it.
Votes: 107 (+0)
Created: December 24, 2018
Status: Future consideration
Backup Individual database, not entire instance
Need a mechanism, similar to ontape, to backup a live database (as opposed to entire instance), without locking it.
Votes: 93 (+0)
Created: December 24, 2018
Status: Future consideration
IBM Informix Forum Corner
Join and visit the IBM Informix community forum
Recent Posts:
RE: Migration from Informix 9 to Informix 15, JDBC Problem with float in prepared statements
RE: Changing the owner of a database
RE: Informix 14.10.FC11 and IBM PowerHA SystemMirror(HACMP)
How to restrict SPL and tiggers source code from odbc/jdbc request ?
RE: Help with Informix 14.10 configuration
Gary Ben-Israel
IIUG Board
Informix Resources
IIUG Website
Not a member, become an IIUG member and keep updated on all things Informix. It’s free.
IBM Informix Community
Not a member, join the IBM Informix community and connect with other Informix data experts.
Blogs
Art Kagel – Informix My-View
Mary Schulte – ACTIAN *** New *** User FriendlyExternal Smartblobs Uins a Shadow Directory
IBM Informix RFE
IBM Informix RFE – Informix Requests for Enhancements.
Technical Articles
Oninit Group: https://www.oninitgroup.com/technical-articles/
WAIUG (Washington Area Informix User Group) Tech Tips
Over 10 Years of Informix Webcast Replays
Over 30 Years of Informix Blog Posts
Social Media
| YouTube | X (Twitter) |
IIUG’s own Art Kagel was recently features on the Tech Sharmit Podcast to talk about his life and involvement with Informix and database systems.
Catch the podcast here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l81pLa7i-J0)
Forums, Groups, Videos, and Magazines
Informix Marketing channel on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/informixmarketing?feature=results_main
Closing and Credits
The International Informix Users Group (IIUG) is an organization designed to enhance communications between its worldwide user community and IBM. The IIUG’s membership database exceeds 25,000 entries and enjoys the support and commitment of IBM’s Information Management division. Key programs include local user groups and special interest groups, which we promote and assist from launch through growth.
Sources: IIUG Board of Directors
IBM Corp.
Editors: Gary Ben-Israel, Rhonda Hackenburg
For comments, please send an email to gary@iiug.org or rhonda@iiug.org