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Next Informix Tech Talk Title: Updated Informix SQL Performance Tuning Tips for Informix Developers by Jeff Filippi Date: Thursday, June 16, 2022 Time: 2:00 PM EDT Description: Learn how to improve your Informix SQL statements to optimize performance on your Informix Database system. Bio: Jeff has worked with Informix products for 30 years and specializes in… Continue reading Informix TechTalk: Updated Informix SQL Performance Tuning Tips for Informix Developers by Jeff Filippi

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Registration is now open for IIUG World 2021!  Register before September 1, 2021 to take advantage of the Early Bird Price of $150.  Registration will be $199 after that. Your paid registration includes: Access to two Certification Preparation Tutorials held after IIUG World 2021 One complimentary pass to take the newly released Official IBM Informix… Continue reading IIUG World 2021 Registration is now open!

1.  Webinar title:  Latest enhancements in IBM Informix 14.10xC6  Speaker:  JC Lengyel Description:  Join us for an overview of Informix 14.10xC6 enhancements.  We’ll give you a preview to enhanced performance, security and availability in the latest release.  Click here for replay 2.  Webinar title: IIUG/IBM xc6 Webcast – Kernel, Enterprise Replication and SQL features Speaker: … Continue reading Informix xc6 Webinar series replays are available online

The IIUG is happy to announce three webcasts to be given in June! 1.  Webinar title:  Latest enhancements in IBM Informix 14.10xC6  When:  June 17, 2021 at 11 am Eastern (June 17, 2021 15:00 GMT) Speaker:  JC Lengyel Description:  Join us for an overview of Informix 14.10xC6 enhancements.  We’ll give you a preview to enhanced… Continue reading June is xc6 month! The IIUG will be cohosting a series of 3 webcasts on the latest release of Informix.

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Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2021 between 10:30am-11:30am (Eastern) Webinar title: “Looking Ahead with IBM Informix in 2021” Description: Join IBM Informix Offering Management to hear the 2021 plans for IBM Informix. The team will also share how it listens to clients and partners by reviewing requests for enhancements submissions. We look forward to updating you!… Continue reading Don’t miss the Looking Ahead with IBM Informix in 2021 Webinar!

New Informix Tech Talks by the IIUG on YouTube Channel   We are launching a new channel on YouTube for Informix Users!   This will be a place for Informix how-to videos. More information will be coming soon.   First Informix Tech Talks: Three ways to capture data changes when they happen! by Art Kagel… Continue reading IIUG announces Informix Tech Talks on YouTube Channel

>Informix Fanatics – I hope this message finds you all healthy and safe. IBM Data and AI has been executing on our strategy to win the client journey in Hybrid Cloud and AI. We are achieving this by : Helping clients making ALL data accessible and ready for AI. …supporting all data types and workloads,… Continue reading Letter from IBM GM: Daniel Hernandez

Below is the link to the replay for the Containers and Modernization Webinar that took place on November 10th. This webinar discussed Containerization of software provides several benefits in ease of deployment, security, automation, portability and other areas. This webinar will provide an introduction to IBM Informix containers including the newly released certified container running… Continue reading Replay for the IBM Informix – Containers and Modernization Webinar is now available

Below is the link to the replay for the GSKit to OpenSSL Webinar that took place on October 21st. This webinar discussed the deployment and security advantages of using OpenSSL in the Client, and how to convert an existing key store so the clients and server can utilize them. REPLAY LINK  

The IIUG is accepting nominations for the Board of Directors 2020 elections.    While the IIUG Board is a voluntary entity, it would be advisable for you to understand what is expected of you if you are elected.   The IIUG Board meets three times a year; all meetings are mandatory. Two meetings are held… Continue reading IIUG announces 2020 Elections for Board of Directors

The IIUG and IBM are pleased to announce two new technical webinars that will take place within the next two months. These events will occur on the following dates and times: IBM Informix – From GSKit to OpenSSL Webinar October 21 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am   We will discuss the deployment and security… Continue reading IIUG and IBM announce two new technical webinars

The original IIUG Forum history is back online and available for searching! You can get there from the Members’ Page Menu or, once you have logged in as a member, this URL will also work: International Informix Users Group We are working with IBM and the third party that manages the new IBM Community Forums… Continue reading Original IIUG Forum history is back online!

The IIUG and IBM are pleased to announce a series of webcasts covering the features released in Informix v.14.10.xC4W1, including some that didn’t make it into the documentation! These events will occur on the following dates and times: July 29, 2020 at 10 am Central (July 29, 2020 15:00 GMT) Topics: CSDK and IHQ August… Continue reading IIUG and IBM announce Informix v.14.10.xC4W1 Technical Deep Dive webcast series!

Dear Informix friends,   It has been some time since snapshots regarding the state of Informix and the means of representing Informix users were taken. For that purpose, the IIUG (International Informix Users Group) Board of Directors has devised a short survey regarding those two subjects. The idea behind this survey is to better shape… Continue reading IIUG Survey 2020 – Your voice needs to be heard!

We hope you were able to attend IBM’s Virtual User Group Days held May 19 and 20, 2020. There were a lot of great sessions during this 2-day event. IBM has made the session replays available for the next 90 days. Therefore, if you couldn’t make the event or, you missed a session or maybe… Continue reading IBM Virtual User Group Day Session Replays are available

A 2-Day Event Featuring 96 Hours of Content from IBM Customers and Experts May 19th & 20th, 2020 | 8AM to 4:30PM (ET) A Virtual User Group Event Join like-minded users for a unique 2-day virtual event experience. Learn about new and existing technologies for the products you love, from a company you know. Choose… Continue reading Virtual User Group Days Agenda is now available

We need you to help show you love of Informix.  DBTA has opened up their Annual voting for information management solutions, products, and services.  Hurry a place you vote, voting closes Wednesday, May 8th.  Thanks for your support. Vote here

Join IBM and friends for a fun, online day of workshops, hands-on labs, and sessions by leading experts. Opportunity to connect 1:1 with speakers. Learn about the technologies you use every day, or find a new User Group to connect with.  Informix is being featured the afternoon of May 19th.  More details to follow. More… Continue reading Informix to be included in IBM Virtual User Group Days May 19-20, 2020

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Hello IIUG Members and Informix Enthusiasts! Just a quick update on the IIUG and our plans for 2020.     As an international organization with Board members around the world, we’ve been working virtually since the organization’s founding to provide the Informix community with Technical Events and important Informix updates. That work continues today.    We… Continue reading Update on IIUG Events for 2020

Due to increasing uncertainty surrounding the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak and to help protect the health and safety of our members, volunteers, and speakers, IIUG will be postponing the Tech Days in Bengaluru and Chennai India. Please check back for more information on the new schedule; we will update this page and the events calendar as we… Continue reading IIUG Informix Tech Days in India have been postponed

Date and time: March 24th, 1pm Eastern/12pm Central Title: Informix 14.10 for App Dev Speaker: Brian Hughes, Informix Software Engineer, HCL Software Description: Explore the breadth of connectivity options from your applications to your data. In this session, we will cover the various drivers, connection endpoints, new features, and future direction for enabling applications and… Continue reading Registration now open for 3 upcoming webinars

REGISTRATION INFORMATION WILL BE COMING SOON! Date and time: March 24th, 1pm Eastern/12pm Central Title: Informix 14.10 for App Dev Speaker: Brian Hughes, Informix Software Engineer, HCL Software Description: Explore the breadth of connectivity options from your applications to your data. In this session, we will cover the various drivers, connection endpoints, new features, and… Continue reading IBM announces next 3 Informix webinars in series planned for this year

February 18, 2020 – 10:00 AM Eastern time With minimal or zero downtime to your applications, with simple command or using a phased approach, automate data migration across operating systems/platforms, setup replication between on-prem Informix instance to a cloud database instance. Nagaraju Inturi Software Engineer HCL Software https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=reg20.jsp&referrer=&eventid=2180416&sessionid=1&key=F5644A482BC9474F6FC66CD7BA9F2AAD&regTag=&sourcepage=register  

The IIUG is excited to announce the first in a series of Worldwide Informix Tech Day Events. The IIUG will be coming to you in 2020! The first two locations are: March 24 – Bengaluru, India March 26 – Chennai, India EXPAND YOUR HORIZONS Take control of your data, gain new insights from it, and… Continue reading IIUG Announces First in Series of Worldwide Informix Tech Day Events to take place in India

Advanced DataTools are pleased to announce a 2020 Webcast series for Informix DBAs: “Informix Tutorials”. They will discuss configuration, disk layout, backups, performance tuning, and high availability disaster recovery implementation. The Informix Webcasts are based on over 30 years of experience managing and tuning database systems. The webcasts will be presented by Lester Knutsen, Art… Continue reading Coming in 2020 – Free Informix Tutorials Webcast Series!

We kick-off our 2020 Informix webcast series with the latest options for Remote Encryption Key Storage available in Informix 14.10.   Register here and bring your questions for JC, John Lengyel, on: Jan 21, 2020 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM (ET)          

Good news for everyone! The old website migration was completed on October 28, 2019. This was announced in September at IIUG World 2019 in Los Angeles. It was to be completed in Q4 and we are happy to confirm we’re on schedule and the migration has been completed. After a couple of days without service,… Continue reading 2019-10: Old website migration completed

Informix 14.10.xC2 is already available for download. The following list is the most recent report of defect fixes for customer-reported defects in 14.10.xC2 releases. APAR ABSTRACT IT28600 LINUX INTERNAL STACK UNWINDING DURING ASSERTION FAILURES MAY CAUSE RECURSIVE EXCEPTION FAILURES IT28752 CREATE SP INCLUDING A CREATE FUNCTION STATEMENT FAILS IN GETVARTYPE INSTEAD OF RETURNING A -201… Continue reading Informix 14.10.xC2 available

Patrice Favennec of Hilscher, an IBM business partner, shares why IBM Informix is their database of choice for industrial IoT and sensor data, reducing their storage by nearly 80%. Hear how Hilscher and IBM are delivering new layers of insight to L’Oreal and other clients with IoT sensors and edge analytics of shop floor data.… Continue reading Hilscher Video – Using Informix for IoT and sensor data

Monday August 26th – 11:00 AM eastern time    REGISTER HERE In this session you will learn about: Amazon V4 Authentication Use Informix Primary Storage Manager (PSM) to backup to STDIO  Integrated Backup Encryption Using Amazon KMS/SSM as a remote key store Using a local encryption key There will be a Q&A session, come with… Continue reading Don’t miss the upcoming webinar on Informix Backups and built in encryption – Aug. 26th

The International Informix Users Group (IIUG) will be hosting a one-day event at the Avenida Empresarios 135, piso 7, Puerta de Hierro, Zapopan, Jalisco, C.P. 45116 on August 20, 2019. This event will offer in-depth technical talks, best practice presentations, and examples of new applications using IBM Informix and will offered by the IBM Informix… Continue reading IIUG Announces 14.10 Informix Tech Day in Guadalajara – August 20th!

The India Informix Day 2019 – is a one-day event hosted at IBM Client center in Bangalore (5th August), Mumbai (7th August) and New Delhi ( 9the August). Join the IBM Informix leadership team for a technical exchange covering the unmatched capabilities of Informix, including the exciting new features in the latest IBM Informix 14.10.… Continue reading IIUG announces 14.10 Tech Days in India

The IIUG Conference Planning Committee created a video to show you what you will experience at the Torrance Marriott Redondo Beach if you come to IIUG WORLD 2019! Click here to watch the video

As a valued customer of Informix, it is our pleasure to invite you to the Mexico City Informix User group meeting/Tech Day. IBM  announced the release of the next major version of Informix – v14.10.  The release of a new major version of Informix reaffirms the commitment to the future of Informix. At this user… Continue reading IIUG announces 14.10 Tech Day in Mexico City – Aug. 22, 2019

The IIUG Conference Planning Committee is pleased to announce IIUG WORLD 2019 is set to take place Sunday September 22 through Thursday September 26, 2019 at the TORRANCE MARRIOTT REDONDO BEACH (https://www.iiug.org/iiugworld/hotel.php) in SUNNY CALIFORNIA.  This is a suburb of Los Angeles.  Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Long Beach Airport (LGB) are the two… Continue reading Early Bird Registration for IIUG World 2019 is now open.

The IBM Hybrid Data Management community team is excited to announce the launch of a new Informix group. IBM Informix® is a fast and flexible database with the ability to seamlessly integrate SQL, NoSQL/JSON, and time series and spatial data. Its versatility and ease of use make Informix a preferred solution for a wide range… Continue reading The IBM Informix Community is now active!

IIUG World 2019 Conference website has all the up to date information on this years event! To go to this website click HERE

The Chicago Informix User Group will be hosting a meeting on May 8, 2019! The newest release of Informix 14.10, will be talked about in detail. For details and registration  go to this LINK

The 2019 Informix Technical Roadshows, given by Carlton Doe, will be starting in June. Focused on features in the newly released IBM Informix v.14.10, it is a one-day deep dive into enhancements in performance, security, flexibility and more. Tentative dates and locations have been set and as each location confirms, a registration link will be… Continue reading Informix 14.10 Technical Roadshows will begin in June

As usual, User Speakers will play a key role at IIUG World 2019.  Our event stands out from many other industry conferences in large part due to the vast diversity of our speakers.  While many sessions are hosted by Informix technical pros, a key component of the event is the “end user” participation.  All user… Continue reading Call for Presentations for IIUG World 2019 is now open!

IIUG World 2019 has been set. Mark you calendar! When:  September 22 – 26, 2019 Where: Torrance Marriott Redondo Beach Stay tuned for more information. Call for presentations will be announced very soon. Registration will open early May. See you in California!

  The Southeast Informix User Group will be hosting a meeting on April 17, 2019! The newest release of Informix 14.10, will be talked about in detail. For details and registration  go to this LINK  

IBM Informix V 14.10 documentations is available online in the IBM Knowledge Center. Click here to view this documentation.

Join IBM Analytics, Millind Tamaskar on April 10, 2019 for IBM’s announcement on Informix 14.10! To register for this webcast please go HERE  

The 2019 IBM Champions have been announced! You can see what is required of a champion and the new list at this website: IBM Champion Information

Long time Informix User Alexandre Marini  has published an article about the newest version of Informix! You can read it at: Alexandre’s Linkedin Article .

IIUG BoD election has finished. We’re waiting for official statement anouncing the new Board Members.

IBM Think 2019: Not Just Another Tech Conference When: Jan 3, 2019 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM (ET) Go to WebSite

Informix Server provides periodic fixes for release 12.10. The following list is the most recent report of fixes for customer-reported defects in versions 12.10.xC12W1. This report combines both Windows and UNIX-specific defect fixes, and is more current than the defect information included in the product release. Current users can download this new release from IBM… Continue reading New IBM Informix 12.10.xC12W1 Released

IBM Champion Ken Milberg has published a new article about Informix in 2018-March Edition of IBMSystems Magazine. You can read it at: http://ibmsystemsmag.com/aix/administrator/systemsmanagement/informix-database-needs/ .

Announcing IIUG World 2018, the premier technical event for all things INFORMIX! October 28 – November 1, 2018 1 Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel 2800 South Potomac Ave, Arlington Virginia, USA (map) (Washington DC area) New date, new location, same great event! The Conference Planning Committee has already started working on coordinating the event. More… Continue reading IIUG World 2018 announced for fall of 2018

Election for the new 2017 Board of Directors starts with the nominations opening today. If you’re interested in being part of the IIUG Board of directors, you can promote yourself as a candidate following instructions found at: /en/about-iiug/board/board-of-directors-election/ If you want to vote for candidates, just hold on, because Start of Election will not begin… Continue reading 2017 Board of Directors Election Process Starts

Something is changing in Informix! Informix managers are going for a different release model based on modern paradigm: “release faster, develop better”. This year 2016 we’ve seen two releases of Informix products: xC7 and xC8. And more is going on, Informix wants to go to a “continous release” model. We’ll see if this is really… Continue reading Santa gift is coming: IBM Informix 12.10.xC8 is almost out!

Click here to see the knowledge base: 12.10.xC6 New Features

G2 Crowd is the world’s leading business software review platform. In august, they have published a Relational Database report, resulting in Informix as #1. Please, take a look to the report at: https://www.g2crowd.com/categories/relational-databases

Oracle announces Golden Gate replication will now work with Informix databases. you can see the announcement at https://blogs.oracle.com/dataintegration/entry/oracle_goldengate_for_informix_is

This newsletter was shared with the IIUG community by: Prasanna Alur Mathada Competitive Technology Enablement – Informix Database Server India Software Labs – Information Management IBM Software Group amprasanna@in.ibm.com What’s Happening in Informix world – July, 2015 Newsletter IBM Informix Informix on the Leader board among databases in the G2 Crowd User Reviews G2 Crowd… Continue reading What’s Happening in Informix world -July, 2015 Newsletter