LiveTime Software, a leading provider of ITIL certified Web 2.0 Service Management,
Help Desk and Customer Support Software, today announced support for IBM's
Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 11.

Event I

This is a virtual event. So people worldwide should be able to attend. The main focus of this event is IBM Data Management and more specifically DB2 and IDS. As far as I can see from the agenda, Informix will have emancipated coverage through the event.

Informix Speakers will be:

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

There are two Informix related articles included. One from IIUG president Stuart Litel and the other one from Informix Datawarehouse Specialist Lester Knutsen:

• Stuart Litel - IIUG User View: To IOD or IIUG?

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:

• Software testing firm says no to responsible disclosure

Excerpt:

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

“With IDS’s zero maintenance HDR solution I can rest easy at night 
knowing that each critical database engine has a hot standby that 
can be quickly brought into service in the event of a hardware or 
operating system failure,” says Andrew Ford, senior DBA, 
NetworkIP Integration

• Read the complete success story here...

I won't call it a Wake-Up Call this time as the IBM Press Department has proved to be in hibernation regarding Informix related issues throughout the year. So we don't want to disturb them in their well-deserved quietness :-)

However there is excellent news: IBM Informix has achieved the Vendor of the Year 2009 award by VendorRate:

Informix, the IBM database product family, repeated as
Vendor of the Year for 2009. Since their initial appearance in

The Konkan Railway chose IBM's Informix Dynamic Server to improve its 
services and cut down on redundant manual procedures so as to improve 
operating efficiency.

"With the Railway Application Package system running on IBM software, Konkan 
Railway has significantly improved its ability to analyse, maintain and 
present data, helping to reduce the likelihood of passenger delays and 
cultivating better decision-making. Additionally, by automating the 
light-switching at stations with train arrival-departures, the system 

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

There are two Informix related articles included. One from IIUG president Stuart Litel and the other one from Informix veteran Lester Knutsen:

• Stuart Litel - Uptime, Conference Time, Revenue Time

Oracle's database sales declined - But there is more than a single truth...

You will have probably already read about the considerable decline in Oracle's database business in the first quarter of their fiscal year:

• ZDNet: Oracle's database business gets SAP'd
• Bloomberg: Oracle Falls After Database Revenue Misses Estimates

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1:0 für IBM Informix Technologie

Viele Fussball-Fans fordern schon seit längerem die Einführung eines Torlinien-Schiedsrichters oder einer Tor-Kamera. Immer wieder kommt es zu kniffligen Situationen, wo die Schieds- und Linienrichter innerhalb Sekunden-Bruchteilen auf Tor oder Nicht-Tor entscheiden müssen. Diese schwierige Entscheidung zu treffen ist sicherlich nicht beneidenswert und hat in der Vergangenheit des öfteren zu hitzigen Diskussionen während und nach des Spiels geführt.

There is a new press release that describes how TrafficMaster developed a solution based on IDS for smarter driving:

Excerpt:

"Trafficmaster is able to provide drivers with real-time route planning 
and more accurate estimated arrival times than ever before with the 
help of the IBM Informix data base technology," said Stuart Berman, 
Executive Director, Trafficmaster. 

This is an urgent Wake-Up Call for the IBM Press/Marketing Department:

In case you haven't noticed it, Informix - a product of IBM - has once again being among the top rated "vendors" in Q2/2009 in the popular performance ratings offered by VendorRate:

Excerpt.

“Microsoft was cruising along with satisfactory scores in earlier reports but it 
simply fell off a cliff in this quarter,” said Rick Schaefer, CEO of VendorRate. 

IDS is well known for it's unmatched reliability. Reliability is an important factor for many businesses. But it is even more important if people's health is to be at risk. One example of such a critical system is the US 911 emergency network that is powered by IDS for many years know. But there is more:

The new IBM Database Magazine contains two stories written by Informix veterans Stuart Litel and Lester Knutsen:

• Stuart Litel: Insider Info on the IIUG Informix Conference
• Lester Knutsen: Cool New Stuff for Informix

2010-03-15
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15.03.2010

After the sudden death of the IBM Database Magazine, a new magazine called the IBM Data Management Magazine will soon launch it's first edition.

Thank you to Amit Patel, Jeff Jones and Steven Miller from IBM for informing The Informix Zone about the plans for the new magazine. As soon as the new magazine will be available, I'll add it as an RSS newsfeed to The Informix Zone.

Good to know that the "mouthpiece" for IBM data servers will survive under a new name.

Here is the original email I've received as an IBM Database Magazine subscriber:

I just read that the IBM DatabaseMagazine will no longer be published:

• Kim Moutsos: A Fond Farewell

That's an interesting timing. IBM just announced the new DB2 9.7 version and the formerly named DB2 Magazine goes away. Not very clever (:-

Some interesting views from Paul Vallee, chairman of database support services provider The Pythian Group, about the currently stopped takeover of SUN by IBM:

Excerpt:

A stronger MySQL wouldn't hurt DB2's new customers, since there aren't many, 
Vallee said, nor would it cause many existing customers to consider a lengthy, 
tricky migration.

MySQL could hurt Informix, which IBM acquired in 2001 to help it regain the database 

As I browsed thru the current issue of the german computerweek, I saw a picture of my old chief Thomas Garmhausen und a short summary about the history of his company "Garmhausen & Partner". I started my professional career about 20 years ago at "Garmhausen & Partner".

Read what Irshad Raihan - IBM worldwide competetive strategy lead data management - has to say about the new IDS Warehouse feature:

• The Informix Warehouse is Here!