January 2010

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Informix@Mac

Submitted by eherber on Wed, 2010-01-27 14:47

For those who are interested in running IDS on the Mac, here are some helpful articles about installing and accessing IDS thru PHP on the Mac:

Webcast - Top 10 reasons to consider IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC and SQLJ for IDS servers

Submitted by eherber on Wed, 2010-01-27 10:39

Webcast: Top 10 reasons to consider IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC and SQLJ for IDS servers

  • Date: Wednesday, Feb the 24th
  • Time: 1.5 hour, 8:30 AM Pacific, 10:30 AM Central, 11:30 AM Eastern, 4:30 PM London, 5:30 PM Berlin/Paris
  • Title: Top 10 reasons to consider IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC and SQLJ for IDS servers
  • Speaker: Satheesh Bandaram (IBM)

You can register for the webcast here...

What are your plans regarding deploying IDS in the Cloud ?

Submitted by eherber on Fri, 2010-01-22 19:59
We already did it
6% (1 vote)
We think about it, but haven't started yet
44% (7 votes)
We have no plans in that direction
50% (8 votes)
Total votes: 16
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Meet the Panther

Submitted by eherber on Fri, 2010-01-22 10:59

The beta program for IDS 12 - Codename Panther - is starting soon. Take the opportunity to explore the new features of this new IDS release which will probably be released in the third quarter this year.

Participating in the beta program gives you direct contact to the IBM Informix lab. You can explore the new functionality in your environment and see how it could improve your current and future installations of IDS.

From the Beta Program invitation letter:

IBM Produkt Verbesserungsvorschläge

Submitted by eherber on Tue, 2010-01-19 13:52

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Sicher haben Sie sich in Ihrem 'Informix-Leben' in bestimmten Situationen gefragt, ob es nicht Sinn machen würde, wenn die Datenbank für das jeweilige Problem eine elegante Lösung anbieten würde.

Deshalb freuen ich mich, im Namen der Deutschen IUG, die Verfügbarkeit einer neuen Web-Eingabemaske bekanntzugeben mit der Sie Verbesserungsvorschläge (Feature Requests) zu den Informix-Produkten erfassen können:

Informix Data Warehouse Webcasts

Submitted by eherber on Tue, 2010-01-19 12:38

For those interested in building Data Warehouses with Informix as database platform, the following series of webcasts hosted by IBM Informix Business Partner Advanced DataTools might be interesting:

Newsletter Januar 2010

Submitted by eherber on Sun, 2010-01-17 18:13

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Neue Ausgabe des IBM/Informix Newsletters

Im Newsletter-Archiv befindet sich die neueste Ausgabe (01/2010) des INFORMIX-Newsletters.

Inhaltsverzeichnis der Ausgabe Januar 2010:

  • Aktuelles
  • TechTipp: IDS 11.50.xC6 ist verfügbar
  • TechTipp: OAT 2.27 - Language Path
  • TechTipp: IDS 11.5 - External Tables
  • TechTipp: Update Statistics (Teil 1)
  • TechTipp: INFORMIX, The GREEN DATABASE

New features in IDS 11.50.xC6

Submitted by Spokey on Thu, 2010-01-14 17:01

Cosmo has sent me a fantastic write up, outlining all the new features in IDS 11.50.xC6. I thought I'd share some of it with you:

Using an RSS Server to Take a Backup

It is now possible to make an archive of an instance from an RSS server. This will help reduce the I/O load on the primary server. The backup is no different to one made on the primary and can be restored to any node within the cluster.

Informix Security Flaws ?

Submitted by eherber on Thu, 2010-01-14 09:43

According to an article on net-security.org a Moscow-based company will publish several security flaws among different products from IBM and other vendors during this month.

Informix is also named in the article:

Excerpt:

According to Brian Krebs, among the disclosed vulnerabilities there 
will be those that affect Web servers such as Zeus and Sun; Mysql,

Informix Bootcamp 2010 Schedule

Submitted by eherber on Wed, 2010-01-13 20:37

The schedule for the 2010 Informix Bootcamps has been published by IBM. You can find it on the following website. Don't be confused due to the header that says 2009 Schedule and Registration Information. The dates for each location are for 2010. The website also shows an agenda for this free of charge event: