Have You Implemented IDS 9.4? Some People Have!
IIUG's 14 August webcast, titled "Tools roadmap and new features " was quite successful despite some unfortunate communication glitches. If you were not able to attend or want to refer your colleagues so they may learn what IBM has in store for system management tools - ISA, Server Studio JE and DB2 Tools, the replay is now available at http://www.placewareforum.com/eseminars/page.cfm?p=home under IBM Data Management Events, Archived Web Events. If a password was required, please use "IFTOOL".
You may also want to mark 23 September on your calendar for the IBM webcast titled "IBM Informix Dynamic Server 9.4 - How and Why to Upgrade Today!". Top IBM trainers will provide a free mini-training session along with tips and tricks from experts who have performed the easy IDS 9.4 upgrade. Join this IBM webcast for a technical discussion on how to upgrade and to hear the tips, tricks and hints of those who are already taking advantage of this fastest IDS release ever!
To schedule the remaining webcasts of 2003 in accordance to your preferences, IIUG invites you to tell us which webcast topics interest you most. As it stands, a Red Brick update will be scheduled, but we still have two more slots to fill.
Note that this mini-survey will be active only through Friday, 29 August.
We appreciate your interest and participation in our previous webcasts and we are looking forward to receiving your input.
Plan on being in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 27-31 October, for the IBM Data Management Technical Conference (DMTC). As an International Informix Users Group - IIUG - member you are entitled to a special $150 IIUG discount until the day before the conference, which cannot be used in conjunction with the "Early Bird" or any other discount. Also, take advantage of an additional learning opportunity with the Informix tutorial offer worth $500 in savings. These tutorials are free for DMTC registered attendees to provide additional insight into the continued enhancements of the Informix Dynamic Server. Each tutorial will range from 1.5 to 3 hours in length.
For more information on the conference or to register, please visit http://ibm.com/training/conf/us/dm - Remember to choose Attendee Type: "Informix IIUG" to get your $150 discount.
IBM's Informix InfoBahn road show is currently scheduled for a variety of locations around the world. IBM tells ENews: "Customers and business partners in attendance now have a better understanding of the future direction of Informix technology. Many felt it was an excellent use of time, giving them pertinent, actionable information they needed to make decisions on their database solutions. They have been interested to learn about new services packages, and more ways to integrate new leading edge technology into their database, as well as the overall middleware strategy of IBM. Customers will never be forced to migrate to DB2. IBM will continue to develop the Informix products and offer the best database solution possible."
Why did you move to IDS 9.4 and what were you using before?
How easy was it to migrate to IDS 9.4? Any surprises, positive and negative?
Have you realized the benefits you had expected? Is it faster, more robust, easier to manage, etc.?
What OS/HW platforms did you move from and move to?
Well... Three IIUG members have already responded: James Westrick, Venkatesh Konnur, and Stephen Murray. Thanks guys!
We will cover their individual experiences in an upcoming issue of the IIUG Insider. For now, we will wet your appetite and tell you that James actually achieved a 50% performance improvement in data entry and slashed a report generation program from 15 minutes to 5 minutes execution.
If you would like to share your experience implementing IDS 9.4, please write us at enews@iiug.org.