The Informix Zone - marketing

Informix Success Story

Spokey — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:14:05 +0200

Bell Micro have released a new Informix success story. Download it here. (Adobe Acrobat reader required.)

IBM Database Magazine

eherber — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:56:23 +0200

IBM Database Magazine

Some interesting articles from the current issue of the IBM Database Magazine:

Informix@Facebook

eherber — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:58:42 +0200

Informix@Facebook

You probably heard about or are already a member of one of the largest online communities and social networking website: Facebook.

Visit Facebook and become a member of the Informix Group and IDS Fanpage:

Facebook - Informix Group

IDS is EveryWhere - Join the Revolution !

eherber — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:27:33 +0200

IDS is Everywhere - Join the Revolution !

Do you remember when you received the last poster, sticker, cup, briefcase or other material with INFORMIX advertising on it ?

I guess it is a long long time ago back in the nineties.

But hang on - 'Hastes makes waste' - there is new nice stuff produced by the IIUG and IBM. Those of you who took part in the the IIUG 2008 conference might have already received the new IBM Informix poster IDS is Everywhere. 24/7:

Ambuj Goyal's letter about IDS 11.5

eherber — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:31:27 +0200

Dr. Ambuj Goyal's letter about IDS 11.5

Dr. Ambuj Goyal - the manager of the IBM Information Management Division - wrote another letter to customers and business partners that emphasizes once again IBM's deep commitment to IDS and it's superior technology:

Ambuj Goyal: IBM IDS 11.5

Excerpt:

The announcement of Informix Dynamic Server ® 11.5, formerly code-named ‘Cheetah 2,’

IDS 11.5 on YouTube

eherber — Sun, 25 May 2008 19:44:00 +0200

IDS 11.5 on YouTube

Learn more about IDS 11.5 and it's outstanding high availability and scalability architecture by visiting YouTube:

IBM wirbt für Informix auf Heise

eherber — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:43:31 +0200

IBM wirbt für Informix auf Heise

(german content)

Nachdem bereits in den letzen Wochen auf diversen Internet-Seiten englischprachige Anzeigen zum Informix Dynamic Server erschienen sind, nimmt die Präsenz des Themas "Informix" auch in Deutschland weiter zu.

Erstmalig nach vielen Jahren wird IDS direkt von IBM in einer Online-Anzeige auf dem prominenten Heise Newsticker beworben:

IBM 'Cheetah 2' mauls data costs

eherber — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:10:24 +0200

IT Week: IBM 'Cheetah 2' mauls data costs

Excerpt:
The upgraded IDS, version 11.5 can deliver low-cost continuous data availability across clustered data centers. It can be configured to give high availability using commodity hardware set up as a cluster, and automatic workload balancing to optimise network connections to additional servers wherever they are located.

Read the complete press release here...

Intelligent Enterprise: IBM Informix Upgrade Enhances Clustering, Database Management

IBM Uncages Cheetah 2 Data Server

eherber — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:37:48 +0200

IBM Uncages Cheetah 2 Data Server

Excerpt:
"When the Informix team started on the continuous availability feature they already had a lot of experience with high availability and replication techniques," said Bernie Spang, director of data severs for IBM. "Likewise, the DB2/Z team had a long history of developing shared disk solutions. These two teams came together to think about how to get the best of both worlds. The result is the continuous availability feature … is now fully available in release 11.50."

IBM Helps Clients Reduce Data Management Costs With New IDS

eherber — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:46:16 +0200

IBM Helps Clients Reduce Data Management Costs With New IDS

Excerpt:
"The new IDS 11.5, code-named "Cheetah 2," is tuned to enable customers to enhance business performance on cluster server environments using information management techniques inspired by IBM's mainframe systems. As a result, IDS is the first non-mainframe data server to provide clustered data centers with low-cost continuous data availability and disaster recovery -- regardless of geographic location or distance between backup data center sites."