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  • 1.) Feature Request Update Editionen (08.04.2025)
     

    • Workgroup: 32 GB -> 128 GB
    • Express: 8 GB -> 16 GB
    • Innovator-C: Allow HDR Secondary
    • Distributed SQL/NoSQL for all Editions
    • Partitioning for all Editions

    Feature Request

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    Informix Monitoring

    relaxed - thanks to the CURSOR Informix Team

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    Admin-Scout

    the best tool for Informix administrators

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Informix Monitoring and Administration

Thank you for your interest in our administrative services for your Informix databases.

Scout-Admin and Scout-Ultimate are our standard packages.
The service descriptions are for your orientation.

Of course you will have individual expectations -
therefore: let's just talk about your requirements!
You can reach us, your contact persons Erik Stahlhut, Juergen Storch,
directly at +49 641 4 00 00 - 321

Alternatively - send us your contact details and we will call on you!

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Request for Informix Support or Services

Thank you for your interest in our support services for Informix databases.

Ad-hoc support or taking over specific tasks to solve problems!
Call us, let's talk about your challenge!
You can reach us, your contact persons Erik Stahlhut, Juergen Storch,
directly at +49 641 4 00 00 - 321

Alternatively - send us your contact details and we will call on you!

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Informix Online Workshops

Thank you for your interest concerning our Informix Online Workshops.

Of course you will have individual expectations -
therefore: let's just talk about your requirements!
You can reach us, your contact persons Erik Stahlhut, Juergen Storch,
directly at +49 641 4 00 00 - 321

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Request for services

Thank you for your interest in our Services for your Informix databases.

The specified service packages are standard offers.
The service descriptions are for orientation purposes only.

Of course you will have individual expectations -
therefore: let's just talk about your requirements!
You can reach us, your contact persons Erik Stahlhut, Juergen Storch,
directly at +49 641 4 00 00 - 321

Alternatively - send us your contact details and we will call on you!

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Your data will be used exclusively for the provision of information material or to maintain contact. Use for other purposes, access by third parties or disclosure to third parties will not take place. You can find our privacy information here!

Informix Monitoring with our Admin-Scout

Thank you for your interest in our Admin-Scout Monitoring Tool for your Informix databases.

Of course you will have individual expectations and questions -
therefore: let's just talk about your requirements!
You can reach us, your contact persons Erik Stahlhut, Juergen Storch,
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Alternatively - send us your contact details and we will call on you!

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Latest articles about Informix

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The Informix Newsletter 2026/Q1:Informix Newsletter is a spark plug

Highlights of the Issue:
  • TechTipp: Ergänzung "InPlaceAlter" Task
  • TechTipp: Task "auto_crsd"
  • TechTipp: ONCONFIG - NET_IO_TIMEOUT_ALARM
  • TechTipp: UTL_File Package (Datablade)
  • ...

Read the whole article and view the Informix Newsletter online here!

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Informix Feature RequestIBM Informix Feature Request

Vote now for an upgrade of the editions!

The limitations of the smaller Informix editions have long been outdated and an obstacle to the future-oriented use of Informix. As part of Informix Technology Days 2024, a call was made to product management to review and upgrade the limits. There has been no response from IBM to date.

The colleagues from CURSOR-XPS therefore addressed the upgrading of the editions again at this year's Technology Days. The proposal to submit a feature request to IBM together with the IUG was welcomed by both the participants and the speakers and support was promised.

You can also support this feature request!

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Technology Days 2025IBM Informix Tage 2019

IBM TechXchange: Informix Technology Days 2025
on March 12th/13th, 2025, at IBM Watson Center in Munich.

Informix Technology Days 2025:
like last year, at the same place but one day earlier and one major release further!
Two days of lectures and hands-on labs with discussions about IBM Informix.

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Obituary - Carlton Doe

We were saddened to have heard of Carlton Doe's death.

Carlton came to IT in the 1980s. He began working with the Informix database as a 4GL developer, administrator and consultant. His high technical understanding, communication skills, and passion for advancing projects, made him a globally recognized expert on Informix over the course of his professional life.

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Admin-Scout 4.0
Development and Release Steps

All changes up to Release 4.0
of August 2024

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NSI changes to CURSOR XPSErik Stahlhut

We have combined our service and support capabilities for high-performance databases with the system-oriented tool development of Nonne & Schneider.

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Informix Technology Days 2024IBM Informix Tage 2019

IBM TechXchange:
Informix Technology Days 2024 - on March 13th/14th, 2024 at the IBM Watson IoT Center in Munich.

After a pause caused by the Corona pandemic, we are pleased that IBM is offering the Informix Technology Days at the Watson Center in Munich again this year. The planned event is, as in previous years, aimed at decision-makers, developers, and system technicians who work with the database system in their professional daily life. IBM expressly invites all Informix users - including those who may have a potential interest in the technology - to join us.

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Admin-Scout 3.3
Informix Enterprise Replication Module

Informix ERInformix Enterprise Replication is a powerful way to replicate data assets across distributed installations and keep them consistent.

With version 3.3, Admin-Scout helps Informix administrators to set up, configure and monitor Informix Enterprise Replications.

This article provides an overview of Informix Enterprise Replication with our Admin-Scout for Informix.

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Admin-Scout 3.2
Create individual users / Test roles with the SQL-Editor

Informix compareCustomized use of the Admin-Scout thanks to the new role concept

Whereas Admin-Scout previously only knew the default users "cursoradmin" and "openadmin", the new version 3.2 allows the creation of individual users. In combination with a dedicated assignment of rights on menu level, different roles can now be built up specifically.

Checking role and rights concepts with the SQL-Editor

Administrators have to deal with roles and access rights of database users. To make it possible to check the rights of a user, the new version allows to test accesses of the SQL-Editor under a different user name

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Admin-Scout 3.2
ONCONFIG Explorer

Informix compareWith the ONCONFIG Explorer, Admin-Scout 3.2 offers a completely new module for managing ONCONFIG variables.

The goal of our development was to clearly summarize the ONCONFIG variables in one place and to present all information related to selected variables.

The ONCONFIG Explorer displays all ONCONFIG variables alphabetically sorted in a tree structure. A search field can be used to narrow down the number of hits.

For all documented variables a help button supports the quick display of the reference entry from the manual.

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Admin-Scout 3.2
New Storage Module

Informix compareThe entire storage administration clearly arranged in one module!

Admin-Scout 3.2 offers a complete overhaul and restructuring of storage management. The new module combines storage administration and reporting in one menu item. Administrators are now able to see all storage objects immediately through a hierarchically sorted object tree. A simple click provides all relevant details, sensibly organized via individual tabs.

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Admin-Scout 3.2
compare DB-objects

Informix compareAdmin Scout 3.2 offers a long-awaited feature: easy comparison of the databases' structures in different instances.

The new module compares the typical database objects such as tables, views, external tables, sequences functions and access rights, including the respective associated indexes, constraints and triggers.

This premium feature increases productivity while matching and adapting database structures and objects.

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IIUG World 2021 – Virtual Event

IIUG International Informix Users GroupIIUG World 2021 will take place October 5-7 starting each day at 10:00 am Eastern US Time!

The keynote speakers just confirmed:

  • Arvind Krishna – Chairman and CEO of IBM. Arvind has been with IBM for over 30 years.
  • Madhu Kochar – IBM Vice President, Product management, Data and AI.
  • Seth Dobrin – VP and Chief Data Officer for IBM Analytics.

Registration for this event will be $199. Register by September 1st to take advantage of the early bird price of $150.

Register today, save money and get one Informix 14.10 Administrator certification test free!

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New Informix 14.10 Certification!

Informix 14.10 Zertifizierung

IBM introduces a new certification procedure for Informix administrators. This will fundamentally change procedures and terminology. The previous certifications will no longer be offered.

IBM employee and Informix veteran Carton Doe gives an introduction to the new format and tips on preparing for the test on the Washington Area Informix Users Group website.

The first opportunities to take the new certification will be at the IIUG Virtual Technical Event in early October. For conference attendees, the opportunity for certification is included in the conference fees. Preparatory sessions will be offered by Scott Picket and Carlton Doe.

The exam is proctored and includes 60 questions from 15 topic areas. According to Carlton, the questions are geared toward a solid administrator base knowledge as required in the day-to-day use of Informix. No esoteric questions come up, he says.

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Admin-Scout 3.1 - Highlights for Developers and Admins

Version 3.1 continues the journey to new functions for developers and administrators.
Security UpdateDevelopment
  • Editing in multiple windows, parallel working with multi-tabs in the SQL-Editor.
  • SQL history accessible at any time.
  • Evaluation of dependencies and constraints for table objects.
  • Informix error numbers, direct access to IDs and descriptions.
Administration
  • Database Explorer, auto generation of archecker scripts for table restore.
  • Locked tables, which sessions keep locks and which are waiting.
  • SSH shell to the server, now simply open via "shell in a box".
Monitoring
  • Day- and Month-Reports, individual customization according to your personal requirements.
  • Performance checks, extended output with disk I/O per chunk.
  • Schema changes, logging with the new DDL-History2 Report.

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Admin-Scout 3.0 - Functional right from the start!

Admin-Scout 3.0 offers a completely revised design and up to 60% faster evaluations.
Security UpdateRevised user interface

The entire user interface of the Admin-Scout is designed more uniformly and with better performance. The access to configuration and server administration is clearly structured. Optimized table structures and scaling of the display, lead to a considerably faster page layout.

New SQL Toolbox

The version 3.0 impresses above all with the new SQL Toolbox with many powerful functions in the Database Explorer and SQL Editor. As a result the Admin-Scout offers more interesting functionalities for development and tuning of Informix databases.

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IBM Informix vulnerability CVE-2020-4799 in Spatial Datablade Module

Security UpdateA security warning was issued on October 8, 2020 (CVE-2020-4799) for IBM Informix Dynamic Server.

This vulnerability affects the Spatial Datablade Module in Informix Server versions 12.10 and 14.10.

A specific function in the Spatial Datablade can be called with an out-of-range parameter. A local user logged on with SQL privileges could use this vulnerability to attempt to execute an SQL injection. If the attack is successful, the attacker would be able to grant himself extended user rights and execute his own code

Help provides a Fix Pack that IBM has released on Fix Central.

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Informix RoadmapInformix Roadmap

IBM Informix Release Roadmap – Update March 2020

Planning for Q2 and the second half of 2020

  • Informix 14.10 for IBM Cloud Pack available
  • 14.10.xC4 Fixpack with improved backup functions for secondary’s
  • LinuxONE Platform Support
  • Last cumulative fix release for Informix 11.70
  • ...

Innovations for 2021 (under investigation)

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IBM Sub-Capacity licensing for Informix and Db2

Processor-based licensing with full- and sub-capacity in virtual environmentsprocessor sub-capacity

If Informix or DB2 are to be used in virtual environments, the question of how to calculate licenses quickly arises with processor-dependent licenses. Is a calculation based on logical resources sufficient or must the physical hardware be fully licensed?

This article is a brief summary of the various IBM sources for licensing Informix or Db2 in virtual environments. It introduces the common processor-based licensing and the associated definitions for full- and sub-capacity. This article also provides a summary of the general requirements and important information about the verification requirements when using sub-capacity licensing.

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Informix V14.10.xC2 Editions offer extended Limits

Informix 14.10. extended limitsInformix Release 14.10.xC2 of September 2019

For the Informix Developer-  and Informix Innovator-C Editions, IBM increases CPU and memory usage limits with release 14.10xC2.

The increase makes Informix even more attractive for small and medium-size applications.

The upgrade was made without a special announcement - through changes in the license terms with the release of Informix 14.10.xC2.

Customers who upgrade to this version with a new license or an update as part of their product maintenance, will benefit from the enhancements. The extensions do not apply to older releases, also because the limits are fixed in the source.

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Informix 14.10 - Client-SDK support for 32-bit applications

toolsMany applications based on Informix have two things in common: existential importance for the company and exceptionally long periods of use. It is not surprising that many long-established solutions are available as 32-bit versions.

With the introduction of Informix 14.10 in April 2019 and the current Client-SDK 4.5, HCL and IBM no longer offer 32-bit portings for the new versions.

For software engineering reasons, many 32-bit applications can only be ported to 64-bit with great effort. Will these applications not be able to run on Informix 14.10 in the future?

The main question is, will 32-bit applications continue to be supported, and if so, for how long?

CURSOR recognized this problem early and pointed out the need for a solution to IBM and HCL.

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Admin-Scout 2.3 - New Scheduler Module

schweissen 600x400cWe asked the question, which areas of an Informix database system have to be administered manually and where is it possible to set up an automated administration? The goal is to achieve increasing automation and independent optimization of the system through an interaction of sensors and tasks.

Informix provides an SQL API and corresponding commands as a basis for setting up tasks. If you are an Informix administrator and are rarely concerned with setting up and managing tasks and sensors, you will find that this can quickly become a complex challenge. Therefore, in the new version of our Admin-Scout, we have intensively addressed the topic of a task scheduler and developed a new Admin-Scout module for the administration of tasks and sensors.

The new Admin-Scout 2.3 Scheduler module offers a centralized administration of all tasks and sensors

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Admin-Scout 2.3 - Overview new features in version 2.3

Informix secure SSL connectionAlready in the last versions many improvements were introduced for the security of the Admin Scout. It was very important for us that during a login no more passwords are transferred between Admin-Scout and the browser.

Version 2.3 continues our efforts to provide increased security against data spying between Informix Server and client or our Admin-Scout.

Overview of the new features:
  • https port is now active - generating of a self-signed certificate.
  • Setting up an encrypted SSL connection on the database port.
  • Easier selection of instances - access to instances of different groups.
  • Autologon-Feature – automatic connection to a standard instance.
  • New Scheduler module - all Scheduler modules are now available in one place.
  • New module Cluster Configuration.
  • New module DBSpace Layout History.
  • Backup/Restore now with SQL Editor Files.
  • Additional reporting on the InformixHQ Monitoring Database.

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Setting up a secure SSL connection for Informix servers
and clients

Informix SSLIn public, but also in private networks, there is a potential risk that a connection between a database server and a client can be intercepted.

The best way to prevent eavesdropping is to establish an encrypted connection. Informix provides an easy way to set up secure SSL connections. Server and clients have a private key that is exchanged before the connection is established. The key is stored both on the server and on the client in an encrypted keystore.

This article describes how to set up a secure SSL connection for Informix servers and clients with a few commands.

The starting point for this article is based on the development of the CURSOR Admin-Scout. Informix administration with the Admin-Scout is done classically via a server-client connection. For us it was an important concern to secure this connection according to approved techniques. The second part of this article therefore describes how to set up an SSL connection between the database server and the Admin-Scout.

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Informix Virtual Processor Core Licensing

Simplified licensing of CPU cores with Informix 14.10Informix Virtual Processor Core Licensing

With the release of Informix 14.10, IBM offers a new licensing option. Except for special licensing models for ASL/ESA resellers, Informix installations are usually licensed by user or processor power.

Many sales partners criticize the licensing according to Processor Value Unit calculation (PVU licensing), as too complicated and too little comparable in their calculations. In software projects, the target platform is often still uncertain in the offer phase. PVU licensing cannot be offered to potential customers because the basis for a calculation is not known at this point.

Here, the new licensing of processor cores now offers a more reasonable alternative, which impresses with its simplicity of evaluation and price advantages over PVU licensing.

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European IBM Informix Days 2019IBM Informix Tage 2019

June 3 and 4 at the IBM Watson IoT Center in Munich

This year IBM is offering an international event for Informix customers from the European countries.

The two-day event scores with contributions directly from the Informix development and support departments. Among others, Informix Chief Architect, Shawn Moe, will present new features that are included in the recently released Informix Version 14.10.

Like the Informix Technology Days of the last few years, there will be in-depth lectures on technical topics. This also includes examples of new applications from Informix - especially from the Internet of Things (IoT) area. Best practice reports, directly from Informix users, complete the conference program.

On the evening of the first day a dinner is planned to enhance the networking between the participants.

Take advantage of the many opportunities to share experiences not only with other Informix customers and partners, but also with IBM and HCL employees.

Invited are all customers, partners and interested parties who are in contact with IBM Informix. As this year's event is aimed at participants from all over Europe, the presentations will be in English.

The event is free of charge, no participation fees will be charged.
Please register as soon as possible for the European IBM Informix Days 2019!

Of course the Informix team of CURSOR Service Distribution will also participate in this event.

We look forward to meeting you and invite you to join us for some exciting discussions about the use and the administration of Informix!

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IBM Informix 14.10 - Overview / IBM Solution Brief

Just in time for the release of Informix 14.10, IBM has published a new data sheet for Informix. Read an introduction to performance, enterprise replication, security or smart triggers enhancements - and why Informix is the key database for IOT projects!

You can also download and view the data sheet here.

The high-performance, low-footprint
database for analytics on the edge,
in the cloud and on premises

IBM Informix delivers:

  • Powerful, optimized time series and geospatial data management
  • Automated administration and self-management features
  • Footprints under 100 MB for easy IoT gateway embedding
  • IBM InformixHQ for collaboration and management across multiple instances
  • Integrated in-memory warehouse accelerator (Advanced Enterprise)
 IBM Informix 14.10 IBM Solution Brief - Download

Enterprise databases have always been strong when it comes to fast transaction processing and continuous data availability. Informix does this with minimal administration and the highest level of security - in a legendary way.

The Internet of Things (IoT) means new challenges, also for databases. In the future, companies will be confronted with a flood of different data and formats that can be used for analytical monitoring or as a controlling resource.

Many companies have chosen Informix, a solution capable of meeting all their transactional and analytical needs in the enterprise environment as well as in the Internet of Things context. IBM Informix is an easy to integrate, powerful database for processing SQL, NoSQL, JSON, time series or geodata as they occur in the IoT environment. Informix is up and running in minutes and accessible from virtually any desktop, laptop or mobile device. Even when deployed on thousands of devices worldwide, Informix is easy to install and manage. Minimal installation sizes - in some cases less than 100 MB - and the ability to run on distributed devices with a variety of automated management capabilities, make Informix ideal for integration into embedded systems or IoT edge gateways.

Download the IBM Informix 14.10 data sheet here!
In addition to detailed information on the new features, you will also find a table that compares the current editions, Express, Workgroup, Enterprise and Advanced Enterprise.

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Admin-Scout 2.2 - Ready for Informix 14.10

release 22 00 1080x360Important features for cluster configuration and better analysis of instances in a group
Overview:
  • Informix Control Center (ICC) - Dashboard, new tabs and additional tooltips.
  • Better overview of Informix instances of a group.
  • Detailed overview of Informix cluster configurations.
  • Visualization without Adobe Flash (separate article).
  • New SQL editor with syntax highlight (separate article).
  • InformixHQ - Memory Requirements.

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Admin-Scout 2.2 - Now 100% Adobe Flash free!

  • The CURSOR Service Distribution will release the new Admin-Scout Version 2.2 in March 2019.
  • The Admin-Scout 2.2 is the first release that is delivered without any Adobe Flash modules.
Gießen, 22 February 2019

For years, Adobe Flash was the first choice to visualize animations and sophisticated graphics in a browser. Due to recurring security issues, the use of Adobe Flash Player has long been discouraged. The IBM Informix OpenAdmin Tool also uses the Adobe Flash Player in some areas for the graphical representation of complex contexts.

Security warnings and the end of support for the Adobe Flash Player, already announced for 2020, prompted us early on to switch the graphical interface of the Admin-Scouts to the Dojo Toolkit and HTML5. We have step by step converted all relevant modules. This involved the redesign of all charts and the elaborate redesign of important modules such as the SQL-Trace or the Storage-Module.

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Informix 14.10 - Release preview

Giessen, February 2019

CURSOR Service Distribution is part of the Informix 14.10 beta testing team. The impression we have of version 14.10 can only be revealed after the official release. Some details have already been published by the International Informix User Group (IIUG). We will take this generally available information as a starting point and briefly present the most important new features.

Licensing- Informix Workgroup Edition

Allowed resources increased from 16 GB to 32 GB main memory and from 16 CPU cores to 24 cores.

Especially technology partners will be pleased with this long-awaited expansion as it significantly improves the performance and scope of the Workgroup Edition, which is an important edition for integrators.

Licensing- Informix Enterprise Edition

Storage Optimization (data compression) becomes a general part of the Enterprise Edition.

All Informix 14.10 Enterprise Edition deployments now benefit from the long-established Storage Optimization feature. For customers already using data compression, the average database size has been reduced to a quarter, resulting in faster I/O operations and faster backups.

Data compression reduces storage requirements for primary-, secondary-, backup-, and log-data while improving performance by reducing I/O operations.

Administration - faster Replication

Improved replication enables client applications to maintain virtually latency-free connectivity between primary and secondary servers. This enables faster recovery in the event of server failure.

Administration - Enterprise Replication

Set up enterprise level replication of Informix instances or databases with Enterprise Replication.

It is a single command that automates enterprise replication setup and data migration between two Informix server instances, on-premise or in the cloud. This command automates tasks such as defining the enterprise replication domain between the two servers, adding key columns for the tables, creating the required storage space for the databases, copying database schemas from the source server to the target server, creating replication definitions, and finally synchronizing data between source and target server instances, all in a transactional, flexible, tiered manner with no downtime.

Administration – InformixHQ

InformixHQ is the new web console for visualizing, monitoring and managing Informix server instances. InformixHQ is specifically designed for easy operation, scaling and optimization of development and administration requirements and is shipped as part of version 14.10.

InformixHQ provides capabilities for monitoring critical performance parameters. The monitoring system can be integrated directly into an alarm system so that administrators can be notified immediately by e-mail, Twilio or PagerDuty.

InformixHQ is scalable and can efficiently monitor all Informix database server instances within an organization.

As an Informix service and support provider, we paid special attention to the new administration tool during the beta test. We will report in detail in a later article about the state of "the emperor's new clothes".

Industry 4.0 / Logistics

Informix 14.10 improves the granularity of time series and spatial projection.

By supporting subsecond time stamps, it can be used in environments with a very fast sequence of events.

For logistics, support for additional geodetic and projective systems will be introduced. This makes it possible, for example, to track shipments in their own coordinate system.

Security

Informix 14.10 provides increased security for encryption keys and integrated backup encryption.

By supporting the Remote Key Management Server to generate encryption keys and reducing the DBA effort required to encrypt Informix backups, data protection on backup media is increased without the risk of key loss. The encryption key itself is encrypted (Envelope Encryption).

Developer - Common table expression (CTE)

The implementation of the SQL standard CTE improves the readability and maintenance of complex queries for application developers. Developers can use CTE results multiple times in a query, perform pipeline aggregations, and write powerful recursive queries. Complex queries can be divided into simple, ad hoc logical building blocks.

Informix 14.10 - When's the release coming?

IBM and HCL have not yet published a release date. Informix insiders expect release 14.10 in Q1-2019 or latest in Q2-2019.

If you don't want to miss the new release, simply register for our
Informix Release Newsletter - we will keep you up to date by e-mail.

release newsletter

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About Admin-Scout development

CURSOR Informix Support employees have more than twenty years of experience in supporting and administering Informix databases. We have been developing the Admin-Scout since mid-2015 and the first customer installations took place in 2016.

This was preceded by a set of tools (scripts) that we developed and used to support Informix installations in 24x7 support. In order to bundle our tools under a uniform interface, they were integrated into the Informix OpenAdmin Tool as "CURSOR Plug-Ins". The Informix OAT was a well-known platform through which we could make the CURSOR plug-ins available to Informix administrators in general.

In the meantime the Admin Scout has developed into a stand-alone appliance where nothing reminds of the Informix OAT.

A reworked user interface, significantly new functions - such as the Admin-Scout Dashboard - and new concepts for alerting and data security have been added. There is hardly an area that has not been revised by CURSOR Informix Support. This is especially visible in the replacement of Adobe Flash in the OAT interface or the introduction of an SQL editor with syntax highlighting.

With the release 2.2, from March 2019, the Admin-Scout will only be provided on the basis of the Dojo Framework with HTML5 and without Adobe-Flash.

In the Admin-Scout developer blog we present some new features as articles. A good overview of the enhancements can be found in the article Development and Release Steps, in which we also give a preview of the features of the next version

Do you have any suggestions or improvement requests regarding the Admin-Scout?

Simply write us a few lines in our development request form - we look forward to your suggestions

Your Admin-Scout development team.Admin-Scout request form

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Informix Flash News

 

Software (16.11.2018)

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Informix Servers

Flashes: SUSE Enterprise Linux SP4 Kernel Versions 3.0.101-108.57 through 3.0.101-108.71
Causes Informix Dynamic Server To Crash

After installing SUSE Enterprise Linux SP4 kernel 3.0.101-108.57 through 3.0.101-108.71 (inclusive), Informix Dynamic Server versions 11.50, 11.70 and 12.10 will encounter various memory corruption assertion failures and ultimately crash.

The problem seems to be resolved in kernel 3.0.101-108.74 and beyond.

 

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Informix Technology Day 2018

IBM is again organizing an Informix Technology Day - on Tuesday, 27.11.2018 in Munich!

There will be the opportunity to find out about new developments in Informix and best practices for the successful use of Informix. In addition, the Technology Day will also provide numerous opportunities to share experiences not only with other customers and partners, but also with IBM and HCL employees.

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Pradeep Muthalpuredathe / Director - WW Informix Engineering

Speakers include the following:

•  Pradeep Muthalpuredathe,
   Technology Director and Head of Engineering for Informix at HCL,
•  Shawn Moe, Architect for Informix Development at HCL,
•  Scott Pickett, responsible for Informix at IBM worldwide,
•  Martin Mählmann from the Hamburger Pensionsverwaltung,
•  as well as other speakers from the local HCL and IBM organization.

There will also be an Informix Ask the Experts session where all kinds of questions about Informix can be asked.

The event will take place at the IBM office in 81829 Munich, Hollerithstr. 1.
Registration starts at 9:00 a.m., lectures start at 9:30 a.m. The event is scheduled to close at 5:00 p.m

Participation in the event is free of charge.

Agenda - Update 19.11.2018

09:00 - 09:30 Registration  
09:30 - 09:35 Welcoming Andreas Weininger (IBM) / Elisabeth Bach (HCL)
09:35 - 10:20 Informix roadmap - Where do we go from here? (engl.) Pradeep Muthalpuredathe (HCL)
10:20 - 11:05 Some customer Informix configuration and application issues and solutions Scott Pickett (IBM)
11:05 - 11:50 Advanced Analytics with Python and Informix Andreas Weininger (IBM)
11:50 - 12:05 Update Informix Support Andreas Sperl / Piet Gaarthuis (HCL)
12:05 - 13:00 Lunch break / Networking  
13:00 - 13:45 How to use Informix as SQL/NoSQL database Martin Mählmann (Hamburger Pensionsverwaltung)
13:45 - 14:15 What should I watch for when upgrading or migrating to Informix? Holger Kirstein (HCL)
14:15 - 14:45 Push Data and Smart Trigger Andreas Legner (HCL)
14:45 - 15:15 Informix TimeSeries: Special Features and Points of Interest Martin Fürderer (HCL)
15:15 - 15:35 Coffee break  
15:35 - 16:20 What's New in Informix? (engl.) Shawn Moe (HCL)
16:20 - 17:00 Informix Ask the Experts all speakers

Registration for the event can be made by e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Please include the names and e-mail addresses of all participants to be registered in this e-mail.

Dr. Andreas Weininger
Leading Technical Sales Professional
IBM Deutschland GmbH

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Admin-Scout 1.4.4 - the new dashboard, an overview

Admin-Scout / the Dashboard OverviewThe Admins-Scout Dashboard is an extremely powerful and informative tool that gives you an overview of the state of your Informix servers
  • The Admin-Scout Dashboard is the central overview for important parameters and states.
    All Informix servers in a group are listed and the status of a server is displayed with icons.
  • The details of an instance are very useful for troubleshooting or for identifying optimization potentials. For example, it is very easy to find tables where indexes are missing or the index structure is not ideal.
  • In contrast to the OAT, the Admin-Scout offers the possibility to switch between the tabs - without waiting times and without having to start the reporting from the beginning.
This article describes the Admin-Scout Dashboard and its individual sections.

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Admin-Scout 1.4.4 - DBSpaces and Storage Report

Admin-Scout DBSpaces and Storage ReportAn Admin-Scout feature for fast analysis of DBSpaces
  • DBSpaces - key data and workload at a glance
  • shows access, page I/O, read and write times
  • view details down to single a database
  • drill-down information down to chunk level
  • DBSpace history data for storage planning
  • The Admin-Scout Storage Report provides a basic overview of all DBSpaces.

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Informix International Users Group Conference
October 28 - November 1, 2018 - Washington, DC, USA

The largest gathering of Informix DBAs, Developers and Business Partners in the world.
3 Full Days of Educational Sessions to meet all of your Informix DBA and Developer needs.
Developers

The IIUG conference enables developers to find the newest and most powerful ways to utilize Informix.

DBAs

The best technical information to maximize your Informix potential.

Managers

Learn why Informix has the lowest TCO in the industry while having some of the most powerful tools available for your business.

Call for Presentations and Early Registration are now open!IIUG-Logo

Submit your proposal to the Speaker Site today.

All Customer User Speakers receive a complimentary IIUG World 2018 pass.

Not presenting? Register before July 15, 2018 and save $275 on your pass.

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Informix Technology Day 2017

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Pradeep Muthalpuredathe / Director - WW Informix Engineering
Pradeep Muthalpuredathe present the basics of the collaboration between IBM and HCL and the roadmap for the coming years at the Informix technology day.

HCL has taken over development and support on May 1. Most of the development and support staff have agreed to a change to HCL so that the usual contacts and existing structures are available to customers.

For IBM Informix customers nothing changes in the licensing or maintenance. IBM will continue to sell Informix through the IBM channel.

We asked Informix users, IBM partners and employees about their views on the IBM/HCL partnership. The responses were very positive because it is a long-term partnership and a god perspective for the future of Informix.

Key Highlights / part of presentation Pradeep Muthalpuredathe

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IBM Informix – HCL IP Partnership (April-28-2017)

Dear Informix Partners,

below we share actual news about the IBM/HCL Informix partnership, provided today by Tomas Escobar
(WW Sales and Strategy Leader, DB2 and Informix).

Your CURSOR Service Distribution Team

Tomas Escobar:
Short overview
  • Informix Development and support teams will move to HCL and HCL will further accelerate Informix development work.
  • Nothing changes for existing customers - and there is a guarantee for next 15 years of continued Informix availability, enhancements and support.
  • IBM did not sell the IP, not the product, not the source code - we did not sell the Informix business.
  • IBM remains the point of contact for sales, contracting, licensing, pricing, support towards customers. IBM product lifecycle policies remain unchanged for Informix.

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IBM and HCL Strategic Partnership to
jointly develop and market IBM Informix (April-17-2017)

Friends

I have some very exciting news to share with you today. I am very pleased to announce that IBM and HCL are entering a strategic partnership to jointly develop and market the IBM Informix family of products.

We are building on a history of collaboration between the two companies. The new partnership combines IBM’s large Informix customer base and global sales force with HCL’s leadership in the IT services sector – accelerating the investments, evolution and adoption of Informix as a leading database – and further address the needs of an embedded database.

Effective May 1, 2017, HCL will take over development and support of the Informix product family. Product strategy, marketing and sales efforts continue to be led by IBM with HCL participating and expanding routes to market. Experience for customers remains unchanged. Existing customer agreements, first point of contact, new licenses or extensions to existing entitlements continue to be through IBM.

Let me close by expressing again my personal excitement about this new partnership as it will lead to new innovations, more delighted clients and more opportunities for our employees and partners.

Dan Hernandez, VP Offering Management Analytics IBM

Source: IIUG News User / April 17, 2017
http://www.iiug.org/en/2017/04/17/ibm-and-hcl-strategic-partnership-to-jointly-develop-and-market-ibm-informix/

Source: IBM Data Management Blog / April 18, 2017
https://ibmdatamanagement.co/2017/04/18/ibm-and-hcl-strategic-partnership-to-jointly-develop-and-market-ibm-informix/

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IBM Invitation for May 16 to Munich

Short overview: Topics / Dates / Organistation
  • The conference starts on Tuesday with a keynote. Pradeep Muthalpuredathe, the manager of Informix, will provide development and support on the new situation and an outlook on the plans.
  • A session about new features will follow.
  • IBM Informix Support gives an outlook on a possible OAT successor and an overview of undocumented features of the IDS.
  • Two lectures will deal with SQEexplain and Performance Tuning, two with Enterprise Replication and CDC.
  • Finally, a question and answer session will be held again under the ambitious motto "All questions answered", in which the participants have the opportunity to ask questions to IBM experts.

The event takes place at the IBM office in Munich, Hollerithstr. 1. The event starts on Tuesday at 10 am, registration starts at 9:30 am, the event ends at 6 pm on this day.

Participation in the event is free.

The registration can be made directly by e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
(Note: alternatively you can also use the contact function on this website).
Please provide the names and e-mail addresses of all participants.

We look forward to your registration and hope to see you in May!

Your IBM Informix team


Request for speakers and additional topics (10.03.2017)

Dear Informix friends

After the very positive response to the Informix technology days in recent years, a technology day will be held again this year. The event will be held in Munich on 16 May. Registrations will be possible from the end of March.

IBM is planning a mix of a key note with up-to-date information on product development, lectures by developers and support staff, and of course, customers will also participate with lectures.

We therefore ask you to propose topics and presentations for the Informix Technology Day. In this case, a title proposal is sufficient, possibly extended by a brief description of the content

Two types of proposals can be made

- Topics on lectures, which you would like to keep yourself
- Topics on lectures you would like to hear.

Please send your topic or lecture request to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., and also provide your contact details.

 

We look forward to your feedback and hope to see you in May!

Thanks and kind regards
Dr. Elisabeth Bach (IBM)
Techn.Support DMS / IBM Informix Advanced Support
IBM Software Group, Information Management

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IIUG 2017 – The Premier Informix Event

April 23 - 27, 2017
Marriott City Center, Raleigh, NC, USA

The largest gathering of Informix DBAs, Developers and Business Partners in the world.
3 Full Days of Educational Sessions to meet all of your Informix DBA and Developer needs.
Developers

The IIUG conference enables developers to find the newest and most powerful ways to utilize Informix.

DBAs

The best technical information to maximize your Informix potential.

Managers

Learn why Informix has the lowest TCO in the industry while having some of the most powerful tools available for your business.

Visit www.iiug2017.org for more information
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speed innovation and save costs

(IBM Announcement ENUSZP16-0499 - 27.09.2016)

IBM Informix on Cloud gives you the ability to speed innovation and save costs by choosing a cloud deployment for your workloads

At a glance

IBM Informix on Cloud delivers all of the capabilities of the Informix Advanced Enterprise server deployed in on-premises configurations but without the time and expense of a hardware purchase, system administration, and management. The cloud-delivered Informix server will be configured for OLTP workloads and also includes entitlement to Informix Warehouse Accelerator (IWA) that delivers incredible query acceleration through columnar, compressed, in-memory technology.

  • Provides database as a service on the IBM SoftLayer global cloud infrastructure
  • Comes with an OLTP preconfigured instance
  • Includes IBM Informix Warehouse Accelerator entitlement
  • Supports cloud deployments of applications that will need JSON/BSON and SQL apps simultaneously in the same database, in the same queries
  • Allows for faster deployment of innovative cloud applications due to REST interface and MQTT

Key features and benefits of Informix on Cloud are:

  • Accelerates and simplifies deployment: Reduces costs and time required to take advantage of the high-performance Informix engine that integrates TimeSeries, Spatial, NoSQL, and SQL data.
  • Seamless integration of application data:
    Delivers high-performance operational and analytic processing across the
    boundaries of cloud environments and on-premises configurations.
  • Native encryption with all configurations.
    Secure your data at rest and in flight.
  • DBMS servers sized to meet your business demands:
    S, M, L, and XL configurations.

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IBM Informix
and the Internet of Things

White Paper by Bloor
Author Philip Howard
Publish date July 2016

Informix, one of the databases offered by IBM, has a long and illustrious history. In particular, it is well known as a platform for supporting applications developed by third parties and ISVs, primarily for use in transactional environments. This is because Informix is a robust offering that combines high performance and functionality with minimal administrative requirements.

However, this paper does not discuss these features of the product in any detail. Instead, we are here concerned with the use of IBM Informix within Internet of Things (IoT) environments. Indeed, we can start by saying that IBM Informix is IBM’s database of choice for IoT deployments, which should be reassuring to any existing users that might have been concerned about continuing investment into this database product.

View White Paper on IBM Website

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Using IBM Informix on the Cloud - Webcast (26.09.2016)

Summary

Does your business depend on core database solutions for mission critical operations?
Are you considering or are you already doing business with systems in the cloud?
Join this webcast and learn about IBM's latest offerings for using Informix in the cloud.

Date: Monday, September 26, 2016

Time: 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time / (MESZ 18:00 - 19:00)

Duration: 1 hour

Speakers

Nicholas Geib
Solution Architect IBM Analytics

Nicholas develops software in and related to the IBM Informix database. He has contributed to Informix's high-availability and replication functionality and more recently helped bring Informix to the cloud.

Link to registration: http://bit.ly/2cf3KIq

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Informix Technologietage 14. - 15. Juni 2016 - IBM München

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Resümee: All questions answered! 

Dieser Punkt der Agenda war programmatisch für die gesamte Veranstaltung. So nutzten viele Teilnehmer intensiv die Möglichkeiten für Detailfragen zu technischen Problemstellungen. Eine freudige Überraschung waren die vielen Fragen zu Informix und NoSQL. Dies ist ein deutliches Zeichen dafür, dass die Öffnung für neue Standards in der Entwicklung und beim Anwender angekommen sind und Informix sich in aktuellen Projekten durchsetzt. (Umfangreicher Bericht im Rahmen des Newsletter folgt).

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14. - 15. Juni - IBM München

Mit speziellen Beiträgen der CURSOR Software AG

Informix Technologietage haben eine besondere Note. Langjährige Besucher schätzen die Gelegenheit für den direkten Austausch mit IBM Strategen, Kollegen aus dem Informix Support und natürlich mit vielen anderen Anwendern.

Die IBM lädt Sie für den 14. und 15. Juni zu den IBM Informix Technologietagen 2016 nach München ein.

Beginnend mit einer Keynote von Al Martin (IBM Vice President - Informix Development and Support) und einem Grußwort der Präsidenten der IIUG von Stuart Litel, bietet die Veranstaltung Informationen zu vier verschiedenen Themenblöcken:

  • Informix Produktstrategie - aktuelle und kommende Versionen.
    Hierzu auch ein informativer Rückblick auf die IIUG Konferenz vom Mai, mehrere Teilnehmer werden anwesend sein und von ihren Eindrücken berichten.
  • Informix Best-Practice - Anwender berichten detailliert über den kreativen Einsatz von neuen Features und den aktuellen Möglichkeiten die Informix bietet. Welche Lösungen gibt es für wiederkehrende Anforderungen.
  • Informix Support - wie können Kunden die Angebote des Informix Supports am einfachsten nutzen. IBM Supportmitarbeiter bieten Informationen aus erster Hand.
  • Informix und das Internet der Dinge - das intelligente Haus und weitere praktische Anwendungsbeispiele.
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und wir sind mit einem eigenen Beitrag speziell für Administratoren dabei:

Erstmals in einem größeren Rahmen werden wir den
Admin-Scout für Informix vorstellen,
die Best-Practice Toolbox für Informix Administratoren!

Erfahren Sie wie die Administration durch aussagekräftige Dashboards und automatisiertes Reporting vereinfacht wird, wie Sie durch vorausschauendes Monitoring und Alarmierung Engpässe und Ausfälle vermeiden und wie Sie durch die Kombination von System- und Datenbankmonitoring mehr Sicherheit gewinnen.

Weitere Infos unter www.admin-scout.com

Wir freuen uns auf Ihr Kommen und die persönlichen Gespräche und Anregungen. 

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IIUG Informix Conference 2016 / May 4 – 8
Ponte Vetra Beach, Florida, USA

www.iiug2016.org

It's still not too late to register for IIUG 2016 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA from May 4 - 8. There are still hotel rooms available at the LOW conference rate of $189 at the Sawgrass Marriott Golf Resort and Spa. You still have time to register to take advantage of the free tutorials on Sunday May 8, which are available to ALL PAID ATTENDEES, as long as you REGISTER.

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Software withdrawal and support discontinuance

IBM Informix Genero
IBM
09.06.2015

Effective on dates shown, IBM(R) will withdraw from marketing and withdraw from support the following programs licensed under the IBM International Program License Agreement: IBM Informix Genero - Program number 5725-D13

  • Withdrawal from marketing September 1,2015
  • Withdrawal from support September 30, 2016

IBM Informix Genero, an application development environment that helps customers create innovative database applications and modernize existing 4GL code, is a product IBM offers through an OEM relationship with its partner Four Js. To better serve clients and deliver the latest Genero enhancements to them in the most timely manner, IBM is entering a new delivery phase of this product. Effective September 1, 2015, IBM will transfer the sale of Genero licenses to Four Js. Support for current customers will continue to be available from IBM until September 30, 2016. IBM considers Genero to be the best path forward for customers wishing to modernize Informix 4GL applications.

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IIUG Conference 2015 - Session Slides Available

 

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The annual IIUG Conference is the largest gathering of Informix DBAs, Developers and Business Partners in the world. After the conference IIUG provided more then fifty presentations. Below you can find an overview sorted by subjects.

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Ein persönlicher Rückblick

CURSOR Kollege Erik Stahlhut war einer der Teilnehmer der diesjährigen IIUG Konferenz in San Diego. Die CURSOR Software AG ist nun zum dritten Mal dabei, wenn es darum geht die neuesten „Insights“ rund um Informix zu erfahren und zu beeinflussen.

Auf seinem Blog (ESTJump - Informix) berichtet Erik Stahlhut ausführlich über die Veranstaltung, eine Kurzfassung geben wir hier wieder. 

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IIUG Conference 2015 - San Diego, California

Don’t miss the largest gathering of Informix DBAs, Developers and Business Partners in the world!
Read the latest Mail to save 100 US$  IIUG-Logo

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Register by February 28th and use your IIUG member discount to reduce your fee by $100.

Learn about the latest Informix features, including the tried and true "must have" sessions like maximizing your system performance while minimizing system downtime, NoSQL, Cloud as well as opportunities to road test the latest Informix 12.10 and big data capabilities in one of the many Hands-On Labs with actual IBM development and support engineers. Join us for the best the Informix community has to offer.

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IIUG Informix Conference 2015 April 26 – April 30, 2015
San Diego, California, USA
www.iiug2015.org

You have until midnight (EST) Wednesday January 16, 2015 to register for the 2015 IIUG Conference and save OVER $300 USD. Save $250 with early bird registration and an additional $100 with an IIUG Membership discount. If you are not currently an IIUG member and want to take advantage of the full early bird price, please go to http://www.iiug.org/join. It is quick and easy and there is no fee. Becoming an IIUG member will increase your Conference savings, and allows access to the Members Only section of the IIUG Website, where downloads of some of the latest IBM Informix products are available, as well as IIUG-only utilities written by DBAs for DBAs.

Once again this year's conference registration includes a full day of tutorials, on Thursday April 30th, and these tutorials are included at NO CHARGE for all paid attendees. So don't miss out on this wonderful opportunity to expand your training dollars.

Need some help with the boss on why you should attend the SEVENTH annual IIUG conference — the largest gathering of Informix users in the world? We have created a special Justification document to help you with this. All attendees will have an opportunity to road test the latest 12.10 and big data capabilities and features in one of our many Hands On Labs with actual IBM development and support engineers.

The speaker submissions for the 2015 Conference have been overwhelming. The submissions cover a multitude of topics pertinent to Informix users and administrators, including the many popular Informix features, as well as tried and true "must have" topics like those involving maximizing your system performance while minimizing system downtime. Our speakers for this year's conference are the best our Informix community has to offer, and the list includes many new speakers. The IIUG Conference committee has completed the review of all submitted presentations to select the very best sessions, hands-on-labs and tutorials for the conference. The sessions we've chosen include interesting and relevant topics that can be used to reinforce your professional skills and keep current in today's changing market. Remember, the 2015 IIUG Conference is not "Just For DBAs": Bring your application developers too!

Selected speakers will be notified on or about January 10, and once the speakers have confirmed their selection we will post the sessions to the conference website. Please continue to review the website for regular updates. It will be updated to include details of sessions, hands-on-labs and tutorials as these details become available. The 2015 IIUG Conference in San Diego will be our best conference yet.

See you at the Conference!
Apr 26 – 30, 2015
The IIUG 2015 Conference team
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Register for IIUG2015 by March 2, 2015 to save $200 at www.iiug2015.orgIIUG-Logo

Since many of you in North America are either still shoveling snow, or possibly getting ready for the next blizzard of the century, what you should REALLY be thinking about is SAN DIEGO IN APRIL for IIUG 2015!  

There is less than 1 week left before the Late Registration price increase for IIUG2015 takes effect. You have until midnight (EST) Monday, March 2, 2015 to register for IIUG2015 in San Diego.

Register now to receive the Standard Registration rate and apply your $100 IIUG Membership Discount for a total cost of $1050 USD.

Not an IIUG member? Join for FREE today at www.iiug.org/iiug/join.html and gain access to downloads of the latest IBM Informix products, Informix DBA Utilities and Online Forums.

Your IIUG2015 registration includes the Thursday Tutorials at NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE for all paid attendees. Do not miss out on this wonderful opportunity to enhance your Informix knowledge.

The IIUG2015 Technical Sessions will run Monday morning to Wednesday afternoon and will cover a wide range of invaluable topics for Informix users and administrators. The sessions will cover popular Informix features, engine and application performance tuning, including Hands-On Labs, troubleshooting and much more.

The speakers at IIUG2015 are the best the Informix community has to offer. New speakers and familiar faces are eager to share their knowledge and expertise while presenting interesting and relevant topics that can be used to reinforce your professional skills.

Remember, this year IIUG2015 moves back to the Marriott Mission Valley in sunny San Diego, CA.

Guaranteed NO SNOW.

The IIUG 2015 Planning Committee

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REST Easy: Driverless, Unified Access to JSON, Relational and Spatio-temporal Data - (26.02.2015)

 

The IBM TimeSeries and Spatio-temporal offerings include the representational state transfer (REST) API, which supports rapid development of applications that access a database using any programming language or platform that supports HTTP. Developers need not rely on proprietary drivers in a subset of programming languages and platforms to deliver their application. The REST API also enables unified access to JSON collections, relational database tables and Informix high-performance time series database capabilities. A developer can prototype a design using a JSON collection and go into production using a relational table or time series to maximize performance without modifying the application.

Date:               Feb 26, 2015

Time:              10:30 AM - 12:00 PM (Central Time) / (17:30 - 19:00)

Hosted by:       Pradeep Muthalpuredathe (IBM)

Presented by:  Lalitha Krishnamoorthy (IBM Informix),
                      Erika Von Bargen (IBM Informix)

Informix Chat with the Lab - register now!

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Internet of Things Data:
How to Use Embedded Database & Streaming Analytics for Value (12.08.2014)

Event Date:       Aug 12, 2014
Event Time:       12:00 PM (Eastern Time) / 18:00 CET
 
Speaker: 

Sara Willett
Program Director Informix Internet of Things

Jacques Roy
Executive IT Specialist, WW Technical Sales, Big Data
InfoSphere Streams

The Internet of Things (IoT) is driven by consumer demand for new services and convenience, as well as by the availability of low cost sensors, smart phones, and universal internet access. New technologies can enable you to take advantage of this new natural resource through gateway processing, cloud infrastructure and distributed real-time analytics.

Attend this webinar to learn how to:

  • Understand the 3-tier IoT architecture including edge devices, gateways, and cloud
  • Derive the importance of a gateway database for local processing and storage of data from your edge devices
  • Act in real time with sophisticated analysis of your streaming data for time sensitive decisions.

Register for this webinar to learn more about the latest technology enabling the Internet of Things across devices, sensors, gateways and the cloud for connected environments. See how bringing an intelligent mix of technologies from an enterprise-class database to the “edge” and real-time analytics on consolidated data provides a competitive advantage in the Internet of Things.

InformationWeek Webinar sponsored by IBM - more informations ...

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IBM Informix your intelligent database for IOT

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A new technology-surge comes upon IT-distributors, companies and customers. Cost-efficient sensors enable a cheap recording of measuring data in all areas of the real world. Our whole technical environment becomes increasingly measurable and analyzable, both in companies and public areas, as well as in private households.

The harvested data are a real image of actual activities and have a high value for planning- and controlling-decision, as well as for information services.
The massive appearance of sensors and autonomous devices, the local recording, storage and processing of data, together with the possibilities of a breadthways available Internet are the base of a new technologic revolution which is summed up under the term:

The Internet of Things (IoT)

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Setting up the NoSQL functionality on an existing instance

nosql-leafs-200x133sWith the Version 12.10.xC2 IBM created the opportunity to access the Informix database with MongoDB-clients and to use the Informix NoSQL functionality.

Unfortunately getting this fantastic feature requires to build up a new instance. All descritptions of the IBM proclaim, that the installer of the xC2 version has to create a new instance. Then the functionality, based on the copiyng and adjusting of 2 files, can be transferred to further new instances which are created manually.

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With the in September 2013 released version 12.10.xC2 Informix has now JSON compatible NoSQL functionality available. With that the IBM pushed the door to BigData once more wider open for Informix.

Now a third important building block is added to Warehouse Accelerator and TimeSeries functionality: The from relational scheme deviating storage and converting of data in the for webapplications widely spread Java Script Object Notation (JSON).

Therefor the set of native datatypes for Informix was expanded by JSON, respectively by the binary equivalent BSON. During the expansion of the scope of functions the compatibility to the widest spread NoSQL database - MongoDB - was respected, so that MongoDB applications can also be run mostly directly with Informix.

The first noteworthy introduction of NosQL for Informix occured in the end of September in the "Chat with the lab webcast" by Jerry Keesee and John Miller. The topic is still barely present in the web. The Informix NoSQL presentation of the IBM offers a good entrance and explains the basic terms and relations.

icon IBM Informix NoSQL (2013-09)

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IBM Informix is one of the world’s most widely used database servers, deployed by some of the world’s largest corporations as well as new start-ups. Informix incorporates design concepts that are significantly different from traditional relational platforms, resulting in extremely high levels of performance and availability, distinctive capabilities in data replication and scalability, and minimal administrative overhead. For application developers, Informix offers a variety of options and tools to accelerate a new generation of mobile and cloudbased applications. Developers can choose their favorite language or integrated development environment (IDE) with support for PHP, Ruby and Microsoft .NET. Informix also includes compatibility features that make it easy to port applications to the database. It is available in a variety of editions and supports a wide range of operating systems to power OLTP and OLAP workloads.

Informix 12.1 delivers unprecedented advantages: superior performance, availability and efficiency, minimal complexity and lower computing costs.

Highlights

  • Fast, always-on transactions: IBM® Informix® is proven database management software that provides fast, alwayson access to data in a platform-independent environment
  • Real-time analytics: Informix is a single platform that can power online transaction processing (OLTP) and online analytical processing (OLAP) workloads and help your organization successfully meet service-level agreements for each
  • Easy to use: Informix runs virtually unattended with selfconfiguring, self-managing and self-healing capabilities
  • Best-of-breed embeddability: Provides an embedded data management platform for independent software vendors (ISVs) and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to deliver integrated, world-class solutions, enabling use on multiple platforms

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Informix Warehouse Accelerator - Take data warehouse performance to extremes

Informix and Informix Warehouse Accelerator give your organization highperformance analytic capability. Ultimately, that means better extraction of business insight from your information assets and greater business agility by consistently providing the right answers to the right questions at the right time. With this level of extreme warehouse speed, you can make faster, better business decisions.

  • Introduction
    Make informed decisions at the speed of business
  • How fast can you go?
    Understand your company’s need for speed
  • Optimize warehouse performance
    Make the most of compressed, in-memory data marts
  • Save by simplifying
    Cut costs by using existing resources to full advantage
  • Resources
    Take data warehouse performance to extremes

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A single database platform delivers maximal performance for multiple workloads

Informix is simple yet powerful data management software that provides a single platform to achieve optimal performance for transactional and analytical applications. It enables organizations to lower costs and consolidate environments for OLTP and OLAP workloads. Using the most current technologies, Informix keeps data always available for real-time transactions and speed-of-thought analytics—helping organizations gain greater business insights for competitive advantage.

Highlights:

  • Deliver fast, always-on access to data in a platform-independent environment
  • Perform speed-of-thought analytics for rapid business decisions
  • Leverage easy-to-use management features to help reduce complexity
  • Enable fast and flexible cloud deployments

IBM® Informix® is one of the world’s most widely used database servers, present in organizations ranging from the largest corporations to start-ups. Informix incorporates design concepts that are significantly different from traditional relational platforms, resulting in extremely high levels of performance and availability, distinctive capabilities in data replication and scalability, and minimal administrative overhead.

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New Features for Data Warehouse, Sensor Data, Cloud Computing,
Administration and Application Development

informix12-new-features-307x50Powerful and simple have always been watchwords for the IBM Informix database server and version 12.10 continues in that vein with enhancements to five key feature areas.

As well as updated platform support, there are also other new server features to improve SQL compatibility and boost performance:

Data Warehousing

New features in the Informix Warehouse Accelerator create a real time, in memory data warehouse capability. An updated administration interface means that the accelerator is even easier to configure and manage on a daily basis by using the new automatic partition refresh and trickle feed features. Informix has never been faster, simpler to use or more consistent in its performance.
The Informix server has also been enhanced to provide powerful OLAP features, often used by Business Intelligence tools such as IBM Cognos products, to simplify and speed up complex queries that have to work across very large sets of data.

Sensor Data

The ability to store and analyze high volumes of structured data is key to handling the current explosion of information from monitoring devices and Smart Meters. The unique capabilities of Informix spatial and TimeSeries data types make it a simple task to store and process this data avalanche. New enhancements built in to 12.10 make these data types even more powerful than before.
There is now a transparent view of time series data through Informix Warehouse Accelerator marrying two Informix technologies into a very powerful data search and analysis engine. Management of time series data is now much simpler and faster with the capability to define active and dormant time ranges for the storage containers.
There are also several enhancements to the Virtual Table Interface and a new Loader API to make access to time series data even faster than before.
Spatial data support has been enhanced to include new features that come with the latest ESRI 10.1 library.

Cloud

New features in the Informix Flexible Grid environment make the configuration and management of sharded data within complex replication environments even simpler than before by introducing the powerful concept of regions and the easy configuration of spoke and hub systems.
Monitoring of replication queues has been enhanced to take account of their asynchronous nature and there are performance enhancements to allow for the replication of lightappend operations.
The Connection Manager and internal server support for failover can now prioritize different networks within an application and database environment to maintain the highest level of service. This can also include keeping a Shared Disk Secondary cluster running while there is a network outage.

Embeddability

Autonomic capabilities have been extended with the ability to automatically compress data and compression now supports more database objects, which lowers the storage space requirements. Dynamic configuration for more server parameters allows for automatic tuning and self healing, including the ability to manage parameters in groups using an export and import interface.
Rolling window definitions for fragmented tables boost performance and can be controlled automatically for simple administration.

Easy Administration

As well as boasting a new dashboard, the IBM OpenAdmin Tool for Informix continues to be developed to monitor and control many of the new Informix 12.10 features mentioned above, such as replication grids and Informix Warehouse Accelerator data marts. There is now a mobile app for DBAs on the move, allowing them to monitor the health and performance of all their database server systems.
The old Informix Storage Manager has been replaced with a new Primary Storage Manager to make the process of backing up the server simpler and faster.

Application Development Support

It is easier to build applications in general, and database neutral ones in particular, with the addition of several new SQL language elements. As well as the OLAP functions mentioned above there are new UNION operators, extensions for compatibility with other database servers (including Informix Parallel Server) and new aggregate capabilities.
Improvements to Informix Genero speed up the development process with powerful new templates for the Business Application Modeling tool.
The Eclipse based loader tool for time series data now makes it easier to create load jobs, and has a simple command option for use in minimal production environments.
As always, there are a number of internal enhancements to the Informix server that improve cross platform support and provide notable performance increases. Examples of performance enhancements include the following: ANSI style outer join queries can now be better optimized by utilizing hash joins and support for compression of data in the server has been extended to include indexes and simple large objects, which reduces I/O time.

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Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)
Informix & Geodetic DataBlade - Kundenreferenz

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Germany’s Aerospace Center needed a reliable and highly scalable database server to provide efficient access to more than 2 PB of image data while fulfilling long-term data preservation policies. The center deployed IBM® Informix® database to serve as an inventory of image data and IBM Informix Geodetic DataBlade® for the representation of data in three dimensions. The solution has provided efficient access to 2 PB of image data with no data lost in 10 years and requires less than one full-time employee’s time to administer at each of two sites.
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Informix Kundenreferenz Westfleisch

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Westfleisch, a meat products cooperative in Germany, uses advanced tracking and analytics to follow each product it makes, from farm to slaughterhouse to grocery shelves, increasing accountability and creating peace of mind for consumers.

Food contamination is a serious matter. Tainted food that goes unchecked can be fatal for consumers and for companies. As governments tighten regulations on food production and processing, companies need to account for each bushel of vegetables or piece of meat that makes it to market. Westfleisch needed to track animal information throughout the production process. It sought a serious data warehouse with lightning-fast processing capability and analytics power that helps it know exactly where products are at any given time.

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IBM® Informix® is the database software voted number one in customer satisfaction.

Clients choose Informix because it is reliable, low-cost and hassle-free. Solution providers choose Informix for its best-of-breed embeddability. And it’s available on Microsoft® Windows®, Linux®, UNIX® and Mac OS X platforms.

Overview

Informix 11.7 ushers in the next decade for Informix to continue delivering smarter solutions as the engine that powers online transaction processing (OLTP) and decision support applications for businesses of all sizes. Informix 11.7 offers unprecedented advantages through advanced levels of performance, availability and efficiency, with minimal complexity and lower computing costs. And with the introduction of IBM Informix Flexible Grid, it is easy to perform routine maintenance and upgrades throughout all your geographic locations from a single site.

Major enhancements in Informix 11.7 ( ... )

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IBM Informix Database Software - New Features in Informix 11.70

Executive Summary:

With the diverse set of Informix® customers across different industries and enterprise sizes, we
wanted to ensure that 11.70 focuses on the core strengths of Informix while significantly
enhancing specific areas of growth and demand.
Informix 11.70 raises the bar as a viable, low-cost RDBMS alternative for most custom small to
enterprise level business applications. It provides the industry's most comprehensive set of high
availability options in a platform independent environment while providing increasing value for
embeddability, security, application development and data warehousing capabilities.

The Technical White Paper / October 2010

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Informix TimeSeries - AMT-SYBEX Kundenreferenz

ibm-2011-03-proving-conceptAs a provider of solutions for energy and utilities companies across Europe, AMT-SYBEX is constantly looking to develop new products and services that help its customers meet the challenges of an ever-changing industry. When the UK government announced that the introduction of smart metering technologies to all homes would be a top priority, AMT-SYBEX immediately recognised that the proposed rollout presented both a challenge and an opportunity that would soon be repeated in other global energy markets.

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The new face of Informix
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Wie aus Informix Dynamic Server Enterprise und Workgroup Editionen
Informix Ultimate, Growth, Choice und Innovator-C wurden.

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Informix TimeSeries - Kundenreferenz

ibm-2010-03-hildebrandHildebrand provides creative and technology consulting for service organisations. The company’s technology team specialises in combining innovative technology with real-world experience, turning complex problems into a source of competitive advantage. Hildebrand’s consultants became fascinated by the challenges posed by smart monitoring of home electricity usage, and began a project funded by the Seventh Framework Programme for EU Research (FP7) ...

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