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My articles backlog keeps increasing, but there are things I can't miss. One of them is the availability of another fixpack of Informix.

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

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

A good article from Neil Mulkern (IBM UK) about the advantages of Informix Timeseries technology has been published here:

Using Informix to capture TimeSeries data that overwhelms commodity databases

Good to see that Informix is now mentioned on smarterquestions.org.

It looks like IBM took my test and passed! On June 8, 2011, IBM in cooperation with SmartGRIDNews.com, ran a webinar presentation to over 450 Energy Industry executives and technologists. The main thrust of the presentation was avoiding the pitfalls of implementing Smart Meter systems, however, more than 50% of the time was spent explaining how Informix is the only product that can handle the volume of data that smart data produces. (See: http://www.smartgridnews.com/artman/publish/Video-Webinars/). Kudos to IBM's Richard Wozniak (an old Informixer BTW) for a clear presentation.

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The information provided applies to the Informix Server Version
11.70.xC2 and later.

 Hi All,

So I've been working on a Proof of Concept with the new Informix Warehouse Accelerator. Part of that is getting data from source systems , and often those source systems are on another Database system. When doing work with that you inevitably use an ETL tool of some sort, and the customer I'm working with uses IBM Datatastage.

I'm using an older version of Datastage, and the ODBC driver is slow. SO I was looking for a quicker way to load, while at the same time not taking up any space, except inside the database. So I wanted to share the method used:

 Hi All,

So I've been working on a Proof of Concept with the new Informix Warehouse Accelerator. Part of that is getting data from source systems , and often those source systems are on another Database system. When doing work with that you inevitably use an ETL tool of some sort, and the customer I'm working with uses IBM Datatastage.

I'm using an older version of Datastage, and the ODBC driver is slow. SO I was looking for a quicker way to load, while at the same time not taking up any space, except inside the database. So I wanted to share the method used:

Happy to see IBM scheduled 4 Informix Roadshows in my part of the world, especially the one for Austin, TX which will be walking distance from my house.

I've never been able to attend a Roadshow because it wasn't feasible for me to travel to San Jose or NYC but I've already reserved my spot for July 12 and 13. I hope to see some new faces and get a chance to talk about the greatness of this product with people getting to know Informix for the first time.

I hope there is one in your area that you can attend!

I know this is quite a late post! But hey, it is "better late than never", right?

This is a quiz. Just like the SATs/GREs/ACTs, first we have the story, then the questions to see if you are paying attention: