No one needs to ever use an open source database. With Informix you can get a free download, and the best User group to help you use and support it. The new out of the box configurations for version 14.10+ start up your instance with an excellent start up configuration. Informix Developer’s Edition…(Read More)
IIUG BoD election has finished. We’re waiting for official statement anouncing the new Board Members…(Read More)
Explaining the new IBM and HCL partnership on Informix…and why it is good for you. Check out this article from Matthias Funke from IBM explaining why the partnership is a positive move. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/explaining-new-ibm-hcl-partnership-informixand-why-good-funke?trk=v-feed&lipi=urn%3Ali…(Read More)
Friends, I have some very exciting news to share with you today. I am very pleased to announce that IBM and HCL are entering a strategic partnership to jointly develop and market the IBM Informix family of products. We are building on a history of collaboration between the two companies. The new partnership combines IBM…(Read More)
There are still a number of 2017 Informix Roadshows in our future. Check out these links to see North America as well as France, Belgium and Brazil. Check out the schedule. I just attended the 12.10 new features sessions and it was ROCKING! North America: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang…(Read More)
If you plan to register for the 2017 IIUG Informix event, you should ask about attending the Client Advisory Council meeting on Sunday. Event to be held at the following time, date, and location: Sunday, April 23, 2017 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM (EDT) Marriott City Center, Raleigh 500 Fayetteville St Raleigh…(Read More)
There is a new release specifically for 32-bit operating systems that fixes 30 known bugs that you are likely to hit. Abstract: UC8W1 of Informix Enterprise Edition v12.10 for Linux running on x86-based 32-bit hardware. See machine and release notes for hardware and software requirements. (Jan 31 2017) https://www-945…(Read More)
The largest gathering of Informix users is coming in April. Register before January 31 for an Early Bird Discount. If you aren’t already, get an IIUG Membership so you get an additional $150 discount. Three days of presentations and two Half day tutorials all for less than 1K. Find out more at the events…(Read More)
Check out the new White Paper on IBM Informix in the Cloud. [download id=”5452…(Read More)
Late in October, from the 24th to the 27th, I flew to WoW. To make sure we are on the same page, WoW stands for World of Watson. This is the latest rebranding of the IBM conference, which you may have known as DMTC (Data Management Technical Conference), IoD (Information on Demand), and Insight (this…(Read More)
The International Informix Users Group is here to support the User community. We need to know what topics we can present at our IIUG 2017 Event. Please shape the content of this years conference by taking the following survey: Survey of Topics to Present…(Read More)
This week marks the “first” large World of Watson, the new IBM conference, renamed after IOD (Information on Demand) and Insight. It is also a great occasion for the Board to meet with users and other IBM Champions. From left to right: Tom Beebe (Board of Directors, IBM Champion), Vicente Salvador (Board of Directors, IBM…(Read More)
IBM and IIUG have scheduled the Informix on Cloud webcast for September 26th 2016. Title: Using IBM Informix on the Cloud Date: Monday, September 26, 2016 Time: 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time Duration: 1 hour Does your business depend on core database solutions for mission critical operations? Are you considering or are you already…(Read More)
Yesterday, during Cisco Live – Cisco’s big yearly event, Informix was named “Best IoT Database” by Cisco. It may not sound like a big deal at first, but the IoT (Internet of Things) business is growing everywhere. It made sense to have a dedicated database in this field, which has specific needs. Informix remains a…(Read More)
Bloor Research published a white paper, which discusses the suitability of the IBM Informix database and its for deployment within Internet of Things (IoT) environments. These IoT environments may require processing at the device level and will certainly require such capabilities in gateways and at the centre. A consistent processing environment – both operational and analytic…(Read More)
IBM™ recently released IBM FlashSystem™, a dedicated box for Analytics. IBM has benchmarked it with Informix™. Here are the highlights: Manage the challenges of highly variable applications with IBM Informix databases. Accelerate business-critical applications with IBM FlashSystem storage. Achieve 48 times better NoSQL performance with IBM Informix and IBM FlashSystem together…(Read More)
Miguel Carbone, CEO of MC Software (Sao Paulo, Brazil) briefly talks about his experience and motivations at IIUG 2016. As you will discover, the use of a razor or shaving cream is not compulsory at an IIUG event.  …(Read More)
Click here to see the knowledge base: 12.10.xC6 New Features…(Read More)
IBM Informix Hypervisor Edition V11.70: Optimizes Informix Ultimate Edition V11.70 for deployment into virtualized environments Provides an Informix Hypervisor with deployed functionality on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for the IBM Enterprise Linux Server and AIX For ordering, contact your IBM representative, an IBM Business Partner, or IBM Americas Call Centers at 800…(Read More)
This is primarily a maintenance release. There are, however, some enhancements around HTML5 Support along with BAM templates and some other smaller items. A new client called the Web Hybrid Client is also introduced. There is a What’s New document for this release and the IBM download site has also been updated with the…(Read More)
Joachim Badde the CIO of Westfleisch describes his new Informix solution as: “High-volume meat production is a logistical challenge. This new solution provides us with critical business data from our nine meat-production locations much faster and more reliably than before.” Read the complete Informix success story on IBM’s website…(Read More)