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

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 + 

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, 

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.

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 

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 

Title: All about the Connection Manager
Date: July 20, 2011
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM (Central Time)
Presented By: Nicholas Geib (IBM Informix Developer)
Registration: All about the Connection Manager

Description:

 
The Connection Manager is a valuable tool for controlling what server a 
client connects to and ensuring a cluster continues to operate in the 
event of a failure. With the release of CSDK 3.70.xC3 it has been 
significantly enhanced. 

Title: Unravel the Mysteries of Informix's New Offerings & Features
Date: June 30, 2011
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM (Central Time)
Presented By: John F. Miller III - STSM, Embedability Architect (IBM)

Here you can register for the event...

Description:

 
This chat covers the new product offerings and new features
that have been introduced in the last year since Informix 
v11.70.xC1. You will hear about the exciting performance enhancements, 

Date: May 18, 2011
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM (Central Time)
Presented By: Jerry Keesee (IBM), Steve Trosi (IBM)
Title: LIVE from IIUG Conference Kansas City

Here you can register for the event...

Description:

 
Join us LIVE at the International Informix Users Group 4th Annual Conference 
to hear Jerry Keesee's Keynote Address. Jerry Keesee, Director of Informix 
Database Development, leads the Informix database portfolio software 

• Title: Discover Informix TimeSeries Event
• Event Date: May 19, 2011
• Event Time: 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM (Central Time)
• Location: IBM Leawood Office - 11550 Ash Street Suite 350 Leawood, KS 66211-7813
• Hosted By: Ted Wasserman (IBM)
• Presented By: Gary Proctor(IBM)Business. Development. Executive. - WW Informix Channel Sales Leader, Joseph Veleeparambil (IBM)Senior Manager, Informix Competitive Technologies and Enablement

• Date: Thursday, April the 21th
• Time: 1.5 hour, 8:30 AM Pacific, 10:30 AM Central, 11:30 AM Eastern, 16:30 London, 17:30 Berlin/Paris
• Title: IBM Informix Genero
• Speaker: Shawn Moe - Technical Product Manager, Informix Application Development Tools and Technology (IBM)

You can register for the Informix webcast here

Date: Thursday, April 14, 2011
Time: 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET
Duration: 60 Minutes
Speakers: Fred Ho (Program Director, IBM), Lester Knutsen (President Advanced DataTools)

Register for the 'Combining OLTP and Extreme Data Warehouse Performance' Webcast here...

Data warehouses are growing rapidly, with vast amounts of data, greater 
numbers of users, increased query complexity, and user demands for 

There will be two IBM webcasts this week especially for IBM Informix Business Partners. The webcasts focus on the two new IBM offerings that have been announced last week:

Informix Ultimate Warehouse Edition

Americas, EMEA:

• April 5, 2011 @ 10:00 Eastern (New York City)
• Register here for the webcast...

Asia/Pacific:

• April 5, 2011 @ 20:00 Eastern (New York City)

On March the 24th there will be an important Pre-Announcement webcast for IBM Business Partners. In this webcast IBM will announce a new product that has the potential to change the game for Informix. If you haven't already read the newest IBM Informix Business Partner Newsletter I encourage you to do so. The column from Steve Shoaf (Informix Sales Leader) gives you a hint of what will be announced at the webcast.

• Date: Thursday, March the 17th
• Time: 1.5 hour, 8:30 AM Pacific, 10:30 AM Central, 11:30 AM Eastern, 16:30 London, 17:30 Berlin/Paris
• Title: Upgrading to Informix 11.7
• Speaker: William Wheeler (IBM)

You can register for the Informix webcast here

• Date: Tuesday, February the 15th
• Time: 1.5 hour, 8:30 AM Pacific, 10:30 AM Central, 11:30 AM Eastern, 16:30 London, 17:30 Berlin/Paris
• Title: Enhanced Application Development with Informix 11.7
• Speaker: Jacques Roy (IBM)

You can register for the Informix webcast here

• Date: Thursday, January the 27th
• Time: 1.5 hour, 8:30 AM Pacific, 10:30 AM Central, 11:30 AM Eastern, 16:30 London, 17:30 Berlin/Paris
• Title: Informix Storage Provisioning
• Speaker: John Lengyel (IBM)

You can register for the Informix webcast here

• Date: Thursday, November the 18th
• Time: 1.5 hour, 8:30 AM Pacific, 10:30 AM Central, 11:30 AM Eastern, 17:30 Berlin/Paris
• Title: Informix Flexible Grid
• Speaker: Kevin Brown (IBM Informix Architect)

You can register for the Informix webcast here