Why You Should Attend
"Conferences provide unique opportunities for your employees to meet key industry experts and learn critical skills. Send the people who your company relies on the most to maintain control of your IT systems. The return on this modest investment can bring huge rewards."
-Kevin Brown, Lead Architect, Informix Database
The Informix track at IOD
With nearly 30 technical sessions, eight three-hour hands-on-labs, and countless opportunities to meet with IBM experts and fellow IDS users, the Informix track provides the in-depth training your company needs to keep your Informix database running flawlessly.
Learn about the latest features and delve deeper into the capabilities that make IDS resilient, agile and invisible. The latest tips, tricks and best practices will be shared by product experts, including customers and partners who will provide their real-life experiences with Informix.
Top Five Reasons Why Your Company Can't Afford to Miss Informix at IOD 2009
1.The best in IBM technical training
- More than 400 deep technical sessions, tips and tricks, case studies, customer panels, hands-on-labs and instructor-led demonstrations on IBM technology.
- Professional certification testing available at no additional cost.
- The cost of equivalent education can be as high as $7,500.
2. Hands-on-labs provide in-depth training
- The IDS track offers 24 hours of in-depth, hands-on-labs.
- Eight sessions to choose from where you can get in the driver’s seat with expert coaching, including:
- Hands-on with IDS Storage Compression and Informix Warehouse
- Customizing Security with Informix Dynamic Server
- A Deep Dive Into the Informix 4GL Service Oriented Architecture Feature.
3. Immediate return on investment
- IOD is a productivity and skills boost for employees resulting in an excellent return on investment for your company—both now and in the future.
- Return home with practical tips and techniques, like how to achieve the ultimate in IDS performance, so you can improve productivity immediately and make the most out of your existing IBM Data Management solutions.
4. First-hand experiences shared by customer speakers
- Join Network IP as it explains how it migrated all of its database servers to IBM hardware and upgraded to IDS 11.5 with ZERO downtime.
- Learn IDS performance and troubleshooting tips and tricks with Rick Rabe of Hilton Hotels. Topics will include configurable page sizes, configuring Btree scanners, finding CPU intensive processes, and trigger-based replication for table reorganization.
5 Everything your company needs in one location
- Technical education that’s a great value
- Information on new IBM solutions, including the latest in IBM hardware, software and services
- Access to technical experts, IBM executives and customer references
- Walk away with a blueprint for successfully transforming your business
