IBM Informix  - Revised Software License Terms

(IBM Announcement ENUSZP13-0404 - 10.09.2013)

The terms and conditions in the software license for various Informix editions are revised to improve clarity and remove certain restrictions on the use of the products.

Informix Advanced Workgroup Edition:

• The Informix Warehouse Accelerator component can be used in conjunction with another Advanced edition.
• You can now use HDR, RSS, and SDS with the same terms that apply to Informix Workgroup Edition.
• Prohibited components are explicitly listed for clarity. In the previous license, the prohibited components could be found in the Informix Workgroup Edition license (a supporting program).
• The previous limit of 1600 in PVU pricing is lifted.

Informix Advanced Enterprise Edition:

The Informix Warehouse Accelerator component can be used in conjunction with another Advanced edition.

Informix Workgroup Edition, Informix Innovator-C Edition, Informix Express Edition:

Partitioning is no longer mentioned in the license. Partitioning entitlement remains enforced in the product, as before.

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Abkündigung der FUSSSI Lizenzierung für Informix Produkte und Migration auf AUSI Lizenzen.

(IBM Announcement ENUSZP13-0367 - 09.07.2013)

IBM Informix Software withdrawal selected products

Effective November 12, 2013 , IBM will withdraw from marketing the following products licensed under the IBM nternational Program License Agreement. A replacement product and availability date is listed if one is available.

Informix Choice Edition is being discontinued. Clients with existing Informix Choice Edition entitlements will have their entitlements automatically migrated to Informix Growth Edition. Clients requiring a migration to an product should contact their renewal representative.

The Floating User Single Session Single Install (FUSI) licensing metric is being discontinued. Clients with existing entitlements based on the FUSI metric will automatically be converted to the Authorized User Single Install (AUSI) metric at the rate of two AUSI's per FUSI. Clients requiring a migration to an alternate metric or product should contact their renewal representative.

The JDBC driver is being discontinued as a standalone product. Clients with existing entitlements for the JDBC driver will be automatically migrated to the Client SDK, which now includes the JDBC driver.

IBM Informix Enterprise Hypervisor Edition V12.10
delivers rapid deployment and provisioning of IBM Informix servers

(IBM Software Announcement ENUS213-283, dated June 4, 2013)

Overview:

IBM Informix Enterprise Hypervisor Edition V12.10 continues to support the deployment of Informix Enterprise Edition database server by IBM PureApplicationTM System and VMware ESX environments managed by IBM Workload Deployer.

Informix Enterprise Hypervisor Edition V12.10 combines IBM Informix Enterprise Edition and supported operating systems, and is optimized for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server and AIX . It can take the form of a single database server or a member of a cluster of database servers.

By deploying and running Informix Enterprise Hypervisor Edition in virtualized environments, you can better utilize hardware, which may ultimately reduce hardware, power, cooling, and real estate costs. Increased hardware utilization allows a single machine to be partitioned into multiple smaller virtual machines, each of which can run an instance of Informix Enterprise Hypervisor Edition.

IBM Informix V12.10 - Simply Powerful

IBM Informix V12.10 delivers enhancements for operational analytics, specialized workloads,
and the private cloud, while continuing to advance core database capabilities

(IBM Announcement ENUSZP13-0191 - 26.03.2013)

IBM Informix V12.10 provides a powerful, reliable, and low-cost data platform for mission-critical business environments. Informix V12.10 builds on the proven capability of Informix with improvements in all areas, including support for online transaction processing (OLTP) and analytic workloads, IBM Informix TimeSeries and spatial data, and enhancements to Flexible Grid. Informix continues to provide the highest possible levels of performance and reliability in a cost-effective and simple to administer platform that is ideal if you need continuous availability of critical data resources.:

IBM Informix V12.10 delivers new functions, increases integration between functions particularly IBM Informix Warehouse Accelerator and IBM Informix TimeSeries, and retains expected levels of reliability. It delivers new levels of performance for both online transaction processing (OLTP) and analytic workloads. The Informix high availability features have significant enhancements. Taken as a whole, V12.10 helps you more efficiently meet business requirements and helps partners grow with minimal complexity as well as helps lower computing costs.

IBM® Informix® V12.10:

• Solves the Big Data challenge of sensor data, such as RFIDs, smart meters, and built in sensors
• Enhances performance for both online transaction processing (OLTP) and analytic workloads
• Provides easy-to-use interface to smart devices when on the go
• Makes it much easier to move applications from other database systems
• Reduces cost and risk for private cloud and distributed enterprise deployments via enhancements to Flexible Grid technology
• Provides new SQL compatibility with other leading database systems making it much easier to port applications to Informix and take advantage of the power and cost savings of Informix
• Is easier to embed in applications and devices
• Makes deployment simpler
• Delivers enhanced warehouse management infrastructure for increased manageability and performance
• Contains integration and simplification of management and administration

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