Good article on IBM developerWorks about the Informix Flexible Grid feature:

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/data/library/techarticle/dm-1106informixflexgrid/index.html

Hopefully new customers discover the unique Informix Flexible Grid technology and it's advantages over commodity databases especially in interaction with Cloud Computing.

Here is a good starting place with many useful links as well as explanatory notes and graphics for everybody interested in learning more about one of the Informix "sweet spots":

• Knowledge Collection: Informix Enterprise Replication

IBM has just released IDS Version 11.50.xC5. This version contains the following new features:

• High Availability
• Configuring RS Secondary Server Latency for Disaster Recovery
• Administration
• Forcing the Database Server to Shut Down
• Enhanced Support for Multibyte Character Strings
• New default for the INFORMIXTERM environment variable for terminal set up on UNIX
• onconfig Portal: Configuration Parameters Listed by Functional Categories

The version 2.26 of the Open Admin Tool has just been released.