I just received the latest edition of the IIUG Insider newsletter. It contains harsh criticism addressed at IBM:

• IIUG Insider August 2010 - Editorial

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Neue Ausgabe des IBM/Informix Newsletters

Im Newsletter-Archiv befindet sich die neueste Ausgabe (08/2010) des INFORMIX-Newsletters.

Inhaltsverzeichnis der Ausgabe August 2010:

• Aktuelles
• TechTipp: ONPERF
• TechTipp: XTREE
• TechTipp: INFORMIX mit lokalen und LDAP Benutzern unter Linux
• WebTipp: Problem Resolution Page
• WebTipp: Support Toolbar
• Versionsinfo: 11.50.xC7W1 ist verfügbar

IBM seems to have "silently" published a new eBook covering the flexible cluster configuration options of Informix.

Draft Version: IBM Redbook - IBM Informix Developer's Handbook

A new IBM Redbook is currently under development:

• IBM Informix Developer's Handbook

My friends from oninit have created a new website focusing on the free Informix editions:

• http://www.freeinformix.com

The website contains a helpful Informix Application Development tutorial that describes the Informix database architecture and how to configure application development tools to access the Informix database.

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Für alle, die sich näher für das Thema Informix interessieren, bietet die pirAMide Informatik GmbH die Veranstaltung „Informix Tankstelle“ an. Die Informix Tankstelle ist ein Seminar, in dem Vorträge zu verschiedenen Bereichen zum Thema Informix gehalten werden. Seit dem Start in 2009 ist die Veranstaltung gewachsen und findet immer mehr Zuspruch aus der Informix Welt.

A new issue of the IBM Database Magazine has been released.

There are three Informix related articles included:

• Mirav Kapadia: Think Inside the Box
• Stuart Litel: Big News for Informix

• Date: Thursday, August the 26th
• Time: 1.5 hour, 10:30 AM Pacific, 0:30 PM Central, 1:30 PM Eastern, 6:30 PM London, 7:30 PM Berlin/Paris
• Title: Informix Post End of Service Support Options and Upgrade Best practices
• Speaker: Al Martin(Director; WW Data Management Support); Charles Gonsalves
  (Sr. Manager; WW Informix Support, IBM,), Ron Privett (Sr.Engineer,
  Americas Down Systems and Diagnostics Team.), Chris Fender (Program

IBM changed the pricing and packaging for Informix on Juli the 20th. You'll find further details on the websites listed below:

• IIUG: New Informix Packaging and Pricing
• Andrew Ford: The New Phone Books's Here! Informix Repackaging and Repricing - Part Duex

Good to see that some fresh blood reduces the average age of the Informix community :-)

• Nick Geib- Enhancing the Informix database to meet the changing needs of businesses today

IBM has published a brand new Redbook about migrating from Microsoft SQL Server to IBM Informix.

• Migrating from Microsoft SQL Server to IBM Informix

From the table of contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Architecture overview
• Chapter 3. Migration methodology
• Chapter 4. SQL considerations

IBM has put together an excellent list of valuable resources for IBM Informix business partners and all other Informix interested parties.

You'll find the Wiki entry here:

• Quick Reference Tool for Informix Business Partners

While checking the Informix URL List for dead links, I discovered a valuable URL from Informix Tech Support that provides helpful information as well as tips and tricks around Informix:

• Informix Problem Resolution (Tech Notes)

If you are new to Informix, check this URL as it contains a lot of small and handy tips around Informix that are updated frequently.

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Neue Ausgabe des IBM/Informix Newsletters

Im Newsletter-Archiv befindet sich die neueste Ausgabe (07/2010) des INFORMIX-Newsletters.

Inhaltsverzeichnis der Ausgabe Juli 2010:

• Aktuelles
• TechTipp: SERIAL / SERIAL8 / BIGSERIAL
• TechTipp: SEQUENCE
• TechTipp: ONCONFIG - SEQ_CACHE_SIZE
• TechTipp: DRINTERVAL bei RSS
• Hinweis: Ultimate- Growth- Innovator-C- Developer Edition

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• Editorial
• Nouvelle politique de packaging et de prix pour les produits Informix.
• Retour sur l’IIUG Informix Conference 2010
• Résultats du Concours d’optimisation UGIF
• Lettre de Robert D. Thomas, Vice President, Information Management, IBM Software Group
• Informix 11.50.xC6 certifié pour SAP
• Technique: Reconstruction de sysmaster lors d’une migration en 11.50.xC6
• Technique : Dynamic Listen Threads

We have heard it so many times from IBM: "No we won't ever ever advertise individual products...."

However it seems to me that for certain products IBM finds subtle ways to bypass their own policy:

• http://db2news.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/db2-advertising-campaign/

Excerpt of the Advertisement Text:

"What exactly does a benchmark mean? For the last five years, IBM DB2® has spent more time

For all of you working with Informix in combination with IBM Websphere, the following IBM RedPaper might be interesting and helpful. It covers the definition of data sources and contains a good description for performing those tasks in Websphere with IBM Informix as database backend:

When an application or WebSphere® component requires access to a database, 
that database must be defined to WebSphere as a data source. Two basic 
definitions are required. First, a JDBC™ provider definition defines an 

If you think about creating database powered Geospatial solutions, the following presentation from Mark Ashworth (IBM Informix Extensibility Architect) might be interesting for you:

• Geospatial for Defense and Border Security

• Date: Tuesday, July the 13th
• Time: 1.5 hour, 10:30 AM Pacific, 0:30 PM Central, 1:30 PM Eastern, 6:30 PM London, 7:30 PM Berlin/Paris
• Title: Best Practices for Running Informix in VMWare vSphere Virtual Environments
• Speaker: Sreeni Paidi (IBM)

You can register for the webcast here

                        
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