Please take a look at the late-breaking Informix in a Box program offered by IBM:

• IBM Wiki: The Informix in a Box Program

Today I'm happy to introduce the new Informix on Campus Blog. You might have already read about the progress that IBM is making regarding the Informix Academic Initiative in the current IIUG Insider Newsletter and in the new Informix Voices Blog.

Informix on Campus Program

We all heard heard about IBM's revised database strategy directly from IBM executives thru several webcasts or during the IIUG 2008 conference. IDS is now an emancipated data server and is the flagship database for OLTP as well as integrated solutions.