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IBM wirbt für Informix auf Heise

eherber — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:43:31 +0200

IBM wirbt für Informix auf Heise

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Nachdem bereits in den letzen Wochen auf diversen Internet-Seiten englischprachige Anzeigen zum Informix Dynamic Server erschienen sind, nimmt die Präsenz des Themas "Informix" auch in Deutschland weiter zu.

Erstmalig nach vielen Jahren wird IDS direkt von IBM in einer Online-Anzeige auf dem prominenten Heise Newsticker beworben:

48. Workshop der Deutschen Informix User Group (IUG)

eherber — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:40:19 +0200

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48. Workshop der Deutschen Informix User Group (IUG)

Der 48. Workshop der deutschen Informix User Group findet am 18.06. in Hamburg statt. Wie immer steht ein interessanter Themen-Mix auf der Agenda.

Mehr Informationen finden Sie auf der Homepage der deutschen IUG:

Report from Int. Informix User Conference 2008

eherber — Wed, 14 May 2008 23:43:23 +0200

Report from Int. Informix User Conference 2008

A little delayed but hopefully still interesting: Here is my report about the IIUG conference 2008 that took place in Kansas City, Kansas, USA at the end of April.

The days before the conference

My girlfriend and I stayed for one week in Chicago - The Windy City - before driving to Kansas City. Chicago is a great city with a lot of interesting places and we really enjoyed our stay. The Lake Michigan coast is beautiful and I liked the many bicycle tracks around it (see photo below). There a lot of bikers in the Chicago area, so the sports outfitters offer - beside the traditional focus on basketball, baseball... - also hiqh-quality bike wear. As a passionate mountainbiker and with the for European's convenient currency rate, I really enjoyed shopping :-) We also went to the local Apple store several times and I was amazed about the buzz around the Apple products. The IDS MAC port could be a real clever move by IBM, if they are able to attract the application developers. In the meantime we're now also proud owners of a MacBook :-)

Draft Version: IBM Redbook - IDS 11.5: Extending Availability and Replication

eherber — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:04:28 +0200

Draft Version: IBM Redbook - IDS 11.5: Extending Availability and Replication

IDS 11.5: Extending Availability and Replication

The new draft is based on the already published Redbook IDS 11: Extending Availability and Replication which covered IDS 11. The following chapters contain updated and additional information regarding IDS 11.5:

Chapter 7 - Updatable Secondary servers

Kostenloser Workshop zu IDS 11.5 (Cheetah 2)

eherber — Wed, 07 May 2008 08:36:04 +0200

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Kostenloser Workshop zu IDS 11.5 (Cheetah 2)

Das sagenhafte Comeback der Kultdatenbank geht mit IDS 11.5 in die nächste Runde. Hierzu bietet die IBM Deutschland einen weiteren, kostenlosen Workshop an, der einen Überblick zu den neuen Informix Funktionalitäten bietet:

Newsletter Mai 2008

eherber — Wed, 07 May 2008 08:04:13 +0200

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Neue Ausgabe des IBM/Informix Newsletters

Im Newsletter-Archiv befindet sich die neueste Ausgabe (05/2008) des INFORMIX-Newsletters.

Inhaltsverzeichnis der Ausgabe Mai 2008:

Aktuelles
Presseartikel zu Cheetah2 am 28.04.2008
TechTipp: Laden von Daten - onpladm (Teil 2)
TechTipp: Violation Tables
TechTipp: IDS11 - Erstellen von Tasks
Aufruf: Senden Sie uns Ihre TASKS
IBM SWG IM Services - Ihr direkter Draht zur Produktentwicklung

The Informix Blogsphere expands further

eherber — Sun, 04 May 2008 23:17:56 +0200

The Informix Blogsphere expands further

A new Informix blog is born:

Jacques Roy: Informix and Computing

Jacques Roy is an acknowledged Informix Expert for many many years. He wrote several books, articles and whitepapers about IDS. I had the pleasure to attend his presentation - Using the IBM Common API for IDS Web Applications - at IIUG 2008. He is a great presenter and I'm looking forward to his upcoming blog entries. Good to see that the Informix Blogosphere is further expanding.

Informix - IBM's Wachstumsmaschine

eherber — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:52:57 +0200

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Informix - IBM's Wachstumsmaschine

Auszug:
"IDS ist zu einer Wachstumsmaschine für IBM geworden", bestätigt Carl Olofson, Analyst bei dem Marktforschungshaus IDC. Mit der Übernahme von Informix hat sich IBM vor ein paar Jahren ein weiteres relationales Datenbanksystem ins Portfolio geholt. Das Produkt passt offenbar besser als von manchen erwartet.

Hier geht es zur Pressemitteilung...

IBM 'Cheetah 2' mauls data costs

eherber — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:10:24 +0200

IT Week: IBM 'Cheetah 2' mauls data costs

Excerpt:
The upgraded IDS, version 11.5 can deliver low-cost continuous data availability across clustered data centers. It can be configured to give high availability using commodity hardware set up as a cluster, and automatic workload balancing to optimise network connections to additional servers wherever they are located.

Read the complete press release here...

Intelligent Enterprise: IBM Informix Upgrade Enhances Clustering, Database Management

IBM Uncages Cheetah 2 Data Server

eherber — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:37:48 +0200

IBM Uncages Cheetah 2 Data Server

Excerpt:
"When the Informix team started on the continuous availability feature they already had a lot of experience with high availability and replication techniques," said Bernie Spang, director of data severs for IBM. "Likewise, the DB2/Z team had a long history of developing shared disk solutions. These two teams came together to think about how to get the best of both worlds. The result is the continuous availability feature … is now fully available in release 11.50."