There are two new analyst papers available that describe the cost benefits of IBM Informix. The 2nd report from ITG compares Informix with Microsoft's SQL Server.

Here are the direct links to the PDF files without any registration hassles:

• IBM Informix Database Server - A Forrester Total Economic Impact Study

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

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.