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Happy Birthday Informix - 10 years with IBM!

Submitted by kbrown on July 1, 2011 - 19:01
Today, July 1st 2011, is the 10 year anniversary of Informix being acquired by IBM.  I thought I would write a little bit about what we have accomplished over the last 10 years.  I think the list is quite impressive
 
First, we have had quite a few releases:
 
9.3 (Rocky) in 2001 
9.4 (Patriot) in 2003
10.0 (Tuxedo) in 2005
11.1 (Cheetah) in 2007 
11.5 ( Cheetah 2) 2009
11.7 (Panther) 2011
 
Each of these is represents a major effort and significant new functionality.   In additio
 
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Panther Released!

Submitted by kbrown on October 12, 2010 - 19:54
 It's finally here - Informix 11.7 (Panther) has been launched!  See the press release here: 
 
If you have not been involved with any of the Panther EVPs and have
 
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Informix Analyst reports

Submitted by kbrown on September 28, 2010 - 22:38
In case you had not heard there are two new analyst reports out on Informix - one from ITG and the other from Forrester.  Both these reports are very favorable to Informix and I encourage you to read them.  The ITG report compares the cost of Informix over time compared to SQL server and concludes that Informix is by far the less expensive of the two, about 1/3 less in fact.  The ITG report can be found here:  ITG report 
 
The Forrester report focuses on the cost of Inf
 
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My trip to China

Submitted by kbrown on September 20, 2010 - 18:22
It's only been a couple weeks since my last entry but a lot has happened.  First, our push into smart meters is gaining traction.  Fred, Keith Hall from GBS, and I flew to Minnesota to visit with a company that does both smart meter infrastructure and analytics.  They are currently using Oracle but are having a hard time getting their analytics done in a timely manner.  We spent the day with them talking about how we would go about solving their problems and in the end they could see that we offered a solution with our time series that is not available in Oracle and that it would signific
 
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Cool Technology that's been around for a while

Submitted by kbrown on September 1, 2010 - 01:22
I'm adding this entry at 35,000 feet.  I'm on the way back from a customer meeting and the first thing I see as I enter the plane is a large WiFi sticker on the slide of the plane.  It turns out that Delta now has 1800+ planes flying with WiFi enabled.  I paid $12.95 and now I'm able to anything on my laptop that I could have done back home (although I must admit I'm quite a bit more cramped).  This may not be that new, but its the first time I've had a chance to do this and I think it is pretty cool.
 
The other thing I think is pretty cool that I wanted to share is I
 
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IOD Conference 2010

Submitted by kbrown on August 19, 2010 - 21:47
This October 24-28 IBM will be hosting its Information on Demand Conference in Las Vegas and I urge you to come and attend.  If you have not been to one of these events its a great opportunity to meet the Informix senior developers as well as the executive staff.  In addition there are many hands on labs and sessions to attend.  In fact we will also be covering the content of our Panther release at this conference so if you have not been part of the Panther EVP this will be a great opportunity to get a deep dive into the newest features and functions.  If you are interested in going you n
 
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Informix continuous availability white papter

Submitted by kbrown on August 11, 2010 - 22:35
I wanted everyone to be aware that a continuous availability white paper is being written and you can have your voice heard by going to  http://www.advancedatatools.com/Informix/Survey.html and filling out the survey.  I would urge all of you to please take the survey, and blog about it if possible.  Here is more information about what is being done:

IBM Informix Survey for Continuous Availability White

 
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Informix for Smart Meters

Submitted by kbrown on August 4, 2010 - 00:18
It's been a while since I posted my last entry.  I've been meeting with customers quite a bit over the last few months, here in the US, in Europe and in China.  I even managed to get caught in the Icelandic cloud along the way.  I feel these last 6 months have been some of the most exciting times for Informix.  There is huge interest in our next release which is code named Panther.  On top of that we have a new executive VP of business development - Rob Thomas, a new enablement team led by Dilip Kikla, and our Informix editions have been completely revamped.  In additon to all this a bran
 
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Informix simplified high availability and scalablity

Submitted by kbrown on March 22, 2010 - 20:41
With the IIUG conference around the corner I have been looking through a fair number of presentations on Informix.  On the one hand I am excited about all the great technology we have and am sure the attendees will be very happy with the content.  On the other hand I also know that many of these presentations will be used with new and prospective customers.  What strikes me is that while the presentations do a great job at describing what we have done they do less well describing why we have done it.  Looking at isolated features it's hard to get a sense of why anyone would need them or h
 
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Discover Informix campaign

Submitted by kbrown on February 23, 2010 - 01:44
When I talk with customers I know they're impressed with the Informix technology but been less impressed with the marketing of Informix.  To address this the marketing team has started the "Discover Informix" campaign.  This is just the beginning of an initiative to let you know the marketing team has heard your suggestions and is taking action.  The kickoff for this initiative can be found at http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/informix/discover-informix/hassle-free.html .