On May 25, 2010, IBM announced
new Informix packaging and pricing that offer greater value and lower costs for
clients to deploy their solutions on Informix. The announcement includes 2
new no charge Informix editions: Innovator-C and Ultimate-C Editions for users
to download, develop, and deploy for production.  IBM will be withdrawing the Informix Dynamic
Server (IDS) Workgroup and Enterprise Editions, replacing them with greater
value Informix Growth and Ultimate Editions, respectively. 

Most of the feature options
available on the IDS Enterprise Edition are now included in the new Informix
Ultimate Edition, with only the Informix Storage Optimization Feature (e.g.
compression) remaining as an optional for purchase feature.  In addition, the Growth Edition now includes
a 3-node high-availability cluster that could perform both reads and writes on
the secondary nodes.  The 3-node cluster
can be of any type:  High-availability
Data Replication (HDR), Remote Secondary Server (RSS), or the newly added Shared
Disk Secondary (SDS) for low cost linear scale-out. 

For IBM Passport Advantage clients who are current with Software Subscription and Support on Informix products
affected by this announced change, we are pleased to inform you that your
license entitlements will be automatically migrated to the replacement higher
value new editions.  The following letter (Will be sent to all customers)
provides details on the license entitlements migration and explains what you
can expect during the interim period until completion of your next Software
Subscription and Support renewal.   

You can obtain more information
about the new Informix editions in www.ibm.com/informix.  If you have further questions, please submit them
to askIFMX@us.ibm.com or contact
your IBM representative. 

These are some exciting changes and one that will greatly benefit you !