In January there will be two Informix Chat with the Lab events. The first one is a repetition of an event from October 2011. The event discusses the advantages of Informix as backend for business software in conjunction with Genero.

Two notes to IBM:

1)
Is there no other software vendor left that bets on Informix and is willing to talk about it ?

2)
Informix voted#1 in customer satisfaction is now about 3 years ago. VendorRate - the company that created the opinion poll - seems to have gone, at least the website doesn't exist aynmore for about 2 years or so. But IBM

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Aller guten Dinge sind 3: Dreimal Informix Workshop in Frankfurt

Auch in 2012 bietet die IBM wieder kostenlose Workshops rund um das Thema INFORMIX an. Den Anfang macht die Banken-Metropole Frankfurt wo gleich drei Informix-Workshops im Monat März stattfinden. Zur Zeit ist von IBM noch kein Anmelde-Link verfügbar. Sobald die Anmeldeseiten von IBM freigeschaltet sind, erhalten Sie hier auf der Informix Zone den entsprechenden Link:

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Neue Ausgabe des IBM/Informix Newsletters

Im Newsletter-Archiv befindet sich die neueste Ausgabe des INFORMIX-Newsletters.

Inhaltsverzeichnis der Ausgabe:

• Aktuelles
• TechTipp: Rechteverwaltung (Teil 4: Spalten-Ebene)
• TechTipp: Rechteverwaltung (Teil 5: Rollen)
• TechTipp: Rechteverwaltung (Teil 6: Hierarchische Rechtevergabe)
• TechTipp: Einfache Benutzung von “SmartMart” für den Informix Warehouse Accelerator . 7

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Neue Ausgabe des IBM/Informix Newsletters

Im Newsletter-Archiv befindet sich die neueste Ausgabe des INFORMIX-Newsletters.

Inhaltsverzeichnis der Ausgabe:

• Aktuelles
• TechTipp: Health Advisor im OAT
• TechTipp: Rechteverwaltung (Teil 1: Einführung)
• TechTipp: Rechteverwaltung (Teil 2: Instanz-Ebene)
• TechTipp: Rechteverwaltung (Teil 2: Datenbank-Ebene)
• TechTipp: Rechteverwaltung (Teil 3: Tabellen-Ebene)

Title: Informix Support for the Popular Columnar Databases
Date: Thursday, December 15, 2011
Time: 11:30 AM - 13:00 PM (Central Time), 17:30h Germany
Presented By: Mark Jamison (IBM)
Registration: Informix Support for the Popular Columnar Databases

Description:

 
This chat highlights the IBM Informix Warehouse Accelerator that adds 
support for columnar databases in Informix warehouse environments. 

I'm happy to announce a new Informix blog today:

• Informed Mix - Random Postings about IBM Informix

The blog is written by Ben Thompson an UK based Informix DBA with many years of Informix experience.

For your convenience Ben's blog has been added to Informix Zone (right side) and will also be re-published on planetIDS.com.

I believe that Ben's postings will be an enrichment for the worldwide Informix community and wish him a successful start with his new blog.

Title: Implementing Data Encryption With IBM Informix
Date: Thursday, November 17, 2011
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM (Central Time), 17:30h Germany
Presented By: Mark Jamison (IBM)
Registration: Implementing Data Encryption With IBM Informix

Description:

 
In the growing regulatory requirements for privacy regarding Health 
insurance, it is becoming increasingly necessary to encrypt data 
"at rest". In this chat, we will discuss the reasons why IBM DEEE + 

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Neue Ausgabe des IBM/Informix Newsletters

Im Newsletter-Archiv befindet sich die neueste Ausgabe des INFORMIX-Newsletters.

Inhaltsverzeichnis der Ausgabe:

• Aktuelles
• TechTipp: SQLHOSTS – die Option „g=Gruppe“
• TechTipp: SQLHOSTS – die Option „g=Gruppe“ und Replikation
• TechTipp: OAT – Zugriff auf Datenbanken mit Locales aus dem ILS
• TechTipp: Built-in Tasks and Sensors (Teil 2)

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Informix Workshops der IBM

Die IBM bietet im November zwei kostenlose Workshops zum Thema Informix an. Der 1. Workshop geht über zwei Tage und behandelt das Thema Informix Ultimate Warehouse Edition sowie Informix Warehouse Accelerator.

Der 2. Workshop umfasst einen Tag und beleuchtet die Informix Zeitreihen-Datenbanktechnologie (Informix Timeseries).

Beide Workshops finden in der IBM Niederlassung Düsseldorf statt.

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Auf den Webseiten der Deutschen Informix User Group stehen Fotos und Präsentationen vom 58. IUG Workshop (Hamburg) zum Ansehen bzw. zum Download bereit:

• Fotos vom IUG Workshop und Stammtisch

Title: Latest Informix Performance Features
Date: Thursday, October 20, 2011
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM (Central Time), 17:30h Germany
Presented By: Sanjay Menon, Director of Business Development (Century Software), Mark Rees, Chief Technology Officer (Century Software)
Registration: Century Financials Software – The Advantage For Informix Customers

Description:

 
While IBM® Informix® is the database software voted #1 in customer satisfaction, 

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Neue Ausgabe des IBM/Informix Newsletters

Im Newsletter-Archiv befindet sich die neueste Ausgabe des INFORMIX-Newsletters.

Inhaltsverzeichnis der Ausgabe:

• Aktuelles
• TechTipp: SQLHOSTS
• TechTipp: SQLHOSTS – Wildcard im Hosts Eintrag
• TechTipp: SQLHOSTS – die Option „b=Buffer for Communication“
• TechTipp: ONCONFIG - DBSERVERNAME mit Option
• TechTipp: ONCONFIG - DBSERVERALIASES
• TechTipp: ONCONFIG - NETTYPE

AMTSybex, a UK based energy service company, has published a Smart Meter benchmark based on IBM Informix Timeseries technology. The results are quiet impressive and demonstrate the predominance of the Informix technology regarding the handling of time stamped data:

• MDM offers scalability to 100 million smart meters
• Sink or Swim with Smart Meter Data Management

Title: The Hidden Challenge in Meter Data Management
Date: Tuesday, September the 27th
Time: 09:00 AM Pacific Time, 12:00 PM Eastern Time (18:00h Germany)
Duration: 60 Minutes
Hosted by: Information Week

The rapid rollout of smart meters as part of the Smart Grid adoption 
by utilities companies has been nothing short of impressive. However,
as the meters are turned on, utilities are often ill-prepared to manage 

Title: Data Management for a New Generation with IBM Informix
Date: Tuesday, October the 4th, 2011
Time: 10:00 AM Pacific Time (Los Angeles) / 1:00 PM Eastern Time (New York City) / 19:00h Germany
Duration: 60 Minutes
Hosted by: IBM, Tom Rieger / Scott Whalen

This session is designed for new and existing Informix users to learn 
why Informix is still is the best solution, from the most mundane of 

Title: Informix Update Webcast for Business Partners
Date: Tuesday, October the 11th
Time: 09:00 AM - 10:00 AM Eastern Time (15:00h Germany)
Duration: 60 Minutes
Hosted by: Ted J. Wasserman (IBM Informix Marketing)

This is a special webcast we will be holding exclusively for our 
business partners to go over recent announcements and give you a 
preview of what is coming in the rest of 2011.

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Neue Ausgabe des IBM/Informix Newsletters

Im Newsletter-Archiv befindet sich die neueste Ausgabe des INFORMIX-Newsletters.

Inhaltsverzeichnis der Ausgabe:

• Aktuelles
• TechTipp: ONCONFIG – DBSPACETEMP (Teil 1: Prallelisierung)
• TechTipp: ONCONFIG – DBSPACETEMP (Teil 2: Größe der DBSpaces)
• TechTipp: ONCONFIG – DBSPACETEMP (Teil 3: Transaktionslog)
• TechTipp: Environment - FORCE_DDL_EXEC
• TechTipp: SQL Funktion SIGN()

Title: Latest Informix Performance Features
Date: Thursday, September 29, 2011
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM (Central Time), 17:30h Germany
Presented By: Jeffery McMahon, IBM Informix Developer (IBM)
Registration: Latest Informix Performance Features

Description:

 
This presentation will cover several 11.70 performance features. 
Reduce index overhead by using Forest of Trees and Disable 
Foreign Key Index features. Take advantage of connectivity 

There is a new whitepaper available that describes the benefits of IBM Informix Timeseries technology for collecting and analyzing massive amounts of timestamped data:

Build smart metering solutions with IBM Informix TimeSeries

Andrew Ford from the IIUG board of directors wrote an intersting article about the potential of the IBM Informix timeseries solution in the energy industry:

Title: All about Informix Private Server and Mapped Users
Date: Thursday, August 25, 2011
Time: 11:30 AM - 13:00 PM (Central Time), 17:30h Germany
Presented By: David Desautels, IBM Informix Developer (IBM)
Registration: All about Informix Private Server and Mapped Users

Description:

 
In the 11.70 release, Informix has introduced the ability to install and run as a 
"Private Server",i.e. without access to user root or user informix. Since running