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Analyst reports
IDC White Paper By Carl W. Olofson. IBM's Secret Weapon: The Power, Flexibility, and Self-Managing Capability of Informix Dynamic Server
IDS neither competes with nor represents an alternative to DB2. Rather, IDS represents an embeddable transaction-oriented RDBMS featuring valuable capabilities that distinguish it from DB2 in a significant way.
Last updated: 08 May 2009
Announcement letters
All Informix Announcement Letters
Get the latest release information for Informix products at the IBM Offering Information Web site.
Last updated: 01 Oct 2009
Letter to Informix Customers and Business Partners from Arvind Krishna, General Manager, Information Management
Letter to Informix customers: Arvind Krishna discusses IBM's committment to Informix Dynamic Server and the benefits of IDS 11.5
Last updated: 01 Oct 2009
Briefs
Data management for Smarter Business Outcomes ebook
Today's business climate provides a unique opportunity for those who can act with speed and agility by leveraging new and data management technologies to get more business value from their data.
Last updated: 15 Aug 2009
Five Ways to Improve DBA Efficiency ebook
Applications, services and processes continue to proliferate, and there are never enough staff on hand. Database Administrators have to find more ways to work smarter and not harder. This ebook highlights five tips to help DBAs build new levels of efficiency and productivity.
Last updated: 15 Aug 2009
Three Ways to Boost Development Productivity ebook
As IT budgets get tighter and skills get more expensive, companies are starting to think of ways to get more out of their existing workforce. This ebook proposes three solutions that can help your developers and architects realize the best possible value from their existing infrastructure.
Last updated: 15 Aug 2009
Three Ways to Optimize Your Infrastructure Without Cutting Corners ebook
How would you like your IT systems to perform at their peak? How about getting the most from your IT investment? This ebook from IBM discusses three solutions that can help you deal with data growth, optimize your resources for the best possible throughput, and increase overall application and database performance.
Last updated: 15 Aug 2009
SSA Baan and Informix Dynamic Server Reveal Compelling Performance
Performance of SSA Baan IVc4 and Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) V10.0 was consistently strong across a range of servers, in current benchmark tests.
Last updated: 24 Feb 2006
Brochures
IBM Informix Dynamic Server provides flexible business continuity for your agile business
Continuous access to business information can rarely be achieved with a “one-size-fits-all” solution. Your business has its own unique structure and needs, and the design of your information systems and delivery should also be unique to meet them.
Last updated: 21 Jul 2009
Data sheets
IDS 11: High-volume OLTP with increased availability options and near-zero administration
IDS 11 extends the reliability and high-speed online trans-action processing (OLTP) capabilities IDS customers rely on, and reduces total cost of ownership (TCO). IDS 11 contains many significant enhancements that demonstrate IBM investment and commitment to this data-server technology.
Last updated: 15 Aug 2009
IDS Express 11: A superior, reliable database at an affordable price for small and medium-size businesses
IDS Express combines performance, availability and reliability with simplicity in installation and deployment. It is designed specifically for smaller and medium sized businesses.
Last updated: 15 Aug 2009
Informix Dynamic Server Application Development: Getting Started
Learn how to start developing state of the art applications using Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) as the database. This book includes an introduction to IDS, and basic information about developing applications using IDS with Java, PHP, Ruby on Rails, and.NET.
Last updated: 15 Aug 2009
Demos
IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) Rev up Tool - ROI calculator
The Rev-up tool is designed for developers, database administrators and senior IT management personnel to help them determine the value that the latest features of IDS can bring to their organizations.
Last updated: 21 Aug 2009
Deep Compression with IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 11.5 Demo
This demo provides an overview of the compression technology, with real life examples illustrating how it works, and how some companies are drastically reducing disk space requirements to achieve dramatic savings. What can compression do for your business?
Last updated: 15 Aug 2009
IBM IDS ROI Tool for Continuous Availability
IBM IDS ROI Tool for Continuous Availability This tool can assist you in understanding the cost savings involved in using Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) over competitive offerings in the area of high availability or continuous availability with a cluster environment or a remote geographic deployment.
Last updated: 15 Aug 2009
IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) Rev up Tool - ROI calculator
The Rev-up tool is designed for developers, database administrators and senior IT management personnel to help them determine the value that the latest features of IBM® Informix® Dynamic Server (IDS) and IBM DB2® can bring to their organizations.
Last updated: 15 Aug 2009
Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) enables Retailing Technology Demo
Improve the Retail Experience: Power the dynamic environment using IBM Retail Integration Framework + Informix Dynamic Server (IDS)
Last updated: 15 Aug 2009
Informix Dynamic Server (IES) Compression Estimator Program
Informix Dynamic Server (IES) Compression Estimator Program This program can be used to estimate the amount of compression that can be achieved in Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) when using the compression feature.
Last updated: 15 Aug 2009
Informix enables Telecommunications Technology Demo
Today's telecommunications world revolves around the on demand delivery of services and content. Learn how IBM Informix software enables emerging technologies and brings new capabilities to the mobile experience.
Last updated: 15 Aug 2009
IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) Low Administration ROI Tool
Use the IDS Low Administration ROI tool to assess potential savings and expenses in deploying IBM Informix Dynamic Server 11.
Last updated: 05 May 2009
Informix Dynamic Server Enterprise Replication
This illustrated demo shows the capabilities of IBM Informix® Dynamic Server (IDS) Enterprise Replication and how it can help ensure an effective and consistent delivery of corporate data enterprise-wide.
Last updated: 05 May 2009
Informix Dynamic Server HDR
High availability of information has become increasingly important, many organizations have applications that demand database servers are up 24/7. See how IDS High Availability Data Replication (HDR) ensures database application availability in the event of either planned downtime or unplanned outages.
Last updated: 05 May 2009
Informix Dynamic Server High Availability
This illustrated demo presents IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) High Availability solutions and how they can drive maximum business value and fully leverage your hardware and software investments.
Last updated: 05 May 2009
Magazines
IBM Data Management Magazine
We're committed to delivering great technical content, practical advice, and hands-on commentary. Plus, we've added coverage on how information and data are shaping the way the world does business, and how organizations can use their data and information as engines to drive business success.
Last updated: 20 Jun 2009
Newsletters
Performance Perspectives
Performance Perspectives is your source for news, trends and opinions on Information On Demand and the Information Agenda, bringing original, insightful content and exclusive interviews to decision-makers in IT, Finance and a wide spectrum of industries.
Last updated: 01 Jun 2009
Podcasts
Continuous Availability - Mach 11
IDS now adds support for two new types of secondary servers: secondary servers that share the same physical disk (SDS), and Remote Standalone Secondary (RSS) servers extend HDR to provide multiple local or remote backup servers that also replicate the data.
Last updated: 01 Apr 2009
Author: Cary Wahlmeier
Find out what IIUG can do for you!
Stuart Litel is Director of the International Informix Users Group (IIUG), and will be talking about what IIUG has to offer it's members.
Last updated: 01 Apr 2009
Author: Stuart Litel
IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) and Linux : What a good combination!
IDS provides transparent optimization and exploitation of Linux environments, using automatic asynchronous and direct I/O for disk performance and processor affinity to achieve improved scalability and parallelism.
Last updated: 01 Apr 2009
Author: Sandor Szabo
IDS 11 on Windows
Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) on Windows.
Last updated: 01 Apr 2009
Author: Guy Bowerman
Informix, New Market Opportunity for Business Partners
Gary Proctor speaks about the latest value propositions for Informix Dynamic Server (IDS), new market opportunities for Business Partners, and the new IBM partner programs that can help drive more business and make your company more successful.
Last updated: 01 Apr 2009
Author: Gary Proctor
Installation Wizardry: IDS Configurable Installation
IDS V 11.10 will introduce a number of server installation and configuration enhancements.
Last updated: 01 Apr 2009
Author: Howard Glazer
The new Open Admin Tool for IDS 11 - a DBA's best friend!
Hear Keshava Murthy explain the IDS/XML usage scenarios and how the new functions can be used in your applications.
Last updated: 01 Apr 2009
Author: Keshava Murthy
Welcome to Informix Dynamic Server - IDS 11
Jerry Keesee, Director of R&D for Informix products, will be talking about IDS 11 - the next generation of the IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS)
Last updated: 01 Apr 2009
Author: Jerry Keesee
Redbooks
Migrating from Oracle to IBM Informix Dynamic Server on Linux, UNIX and Windows
This IBM® Redbook® describes considerations and a methodology for migrating from Oracle® 10g to Informix® Dynamic Server (IDS). It focuses primarily on the basic topic areas of data, applications and administration, providing information about the differences in features and functionality.
Last updated: 23 Jul 2009
White papers
Application development on IBM Informix Dynamic Server
IDS 11 includes a range of enhancements to accelerate application development and offers access to additional tools and application development languages.
Last updated: 14 May 2009
Administering Informix Dynamic Server on Microsoft Windows
This paper provides information for DBAs and engineers who are familiar with IDS on Linux® and UNIX® platforms, and for Windows DBAs who require more information about the Windows implementation of IDS than provided by the existing documentation.
Last updated: 08 May 2009
IBM Informix Dynamic Server Storage Optimization
IBM® Informix® Dynamic Server (IDS) now offers data compression technology in the Storage Optimization Feature.
Last updated: 08 May 2009
IBM Spatial Solutions
IBM Spatial Solutions provide the database capabilities to help organizations manage and deliver spatial data on demand. Organizations realize greater benefits by being able to manage information identified by geographic locations.
Last updated: 09 Jul 2007
Leveraging the extensible Informix architecture in a service oriented architecture
Discover how you can implement an SOA that suits your unique business requirements based on IBM Informix® Dynamic Server (IDS) - a strategic IBM data server with a special focus on high-performance online transaction processing (OLTP), easy application integration, low administration and very low total cost of ownership.
Last updated: 28 Nov 2006