Informix Technology Days 2025

IBM TechXchange:
Informix Technology Days 2025
on March 12th/13th, 2025, at IBM Watson Center in Munich.

Informix Technology Days 2025:
like last year, at the same place but one day earlier and one major release further!
Two days of lectures and hands-on labs with discussions about IBM Informix.

The planned event is aimed, as in previous years, at decision-makers, developers, and system technicians who work with the database system in their professional daily lives. IBM expressly invites all Informix users – including those who potentially have an interest in the technology!

Proceed to registration and the planned agenda ...

Obituary - In Memory of Carlton Doe

We were saddened to have heard of Carlton Doe's death.

Carlton came to IT in the 1980s. He began working with the Informix database as a 4GL developer, administrator and consultant. His high technical understanding, communication skills, and passion for advancing projects, made him a globally recognized expert on Informix over the course of his professional life.

He was a founding member of the International Informix User Group (IIUG) in 1995, its president from 1996 to 1997 and a member of the board until his death. In 2000, he joined Informix Corporation as Technical Sales Manager responsible for the southern and central United States. In 2001, he moved with the database system to IBM to continue and expand his role as an advocate for Informix and Informix users. He was a prolific author, publishing five technical books and numerous articles.

Carlton Doe was the reliable reference for us, bringing understandable clarity into IBM's Informix product management with his shaping zeal and persistence. We had hoped to meet him again in person in Munich in March 2024, but he had to cancel the trip due to his illness.

On January 16, 2025, he passed away at the age of 65. Informix loses in Carlton an advocate and pioneer of the first hour. We mourn with his family, friends, and the Informix community.

The Informix Team at CURSOR Software AG

IBM price adjustments for software effective January 1, 2025

At the beginning of September, IBM published an announcement for the adjustment of prices on January 1, 2025.

Informix customers have to prepare for an increase of +6% at the turn of the year.

The Informix Newsletter 2024/Q2

Issue 2024/Q2 now available!

The current newsletter focuses on "Informix Replication".

The newsletter team has picked up some interesting TechTips on this topic:

TechTip: Change HDR to RSS
TechTip: CDR - UTF8 with SQL_LOGICAL_CHAR
TechTip: CDR - WHERE condition with 'DATE'
TechTip: CDR ALTER - Allow changes

Read the whole article and view the Informix Newsletter online here!

Informix Technology Days 2024

IBM TechXchange:
Informix Technology Days 2024 - on March 13th/14th, 2024 at the IBM Watson IoT Center in Munich.

After a pause caused by the Corona pandemic, we are pleased that IBM is offering the Informix Technology Days at the Watson Center in Munich again this year. The planned event is, as in previous years, aimed at decision-makers, developers, and system technicians who work with the database system in their professional daily life. IBM expressly invites all Informix users - including those who may have a potential interest in the technology - to join us.

Proceed to registration and the planned agenda ...

IBM price adjustments for software effective January 1, 2024

At the beginning of September, IBM published an announcement for the adjustment of prices on January 1, 2024. Informix customers have to prepare for an increase of +6% at the turn of the year.

The full announcement can be found here:

IBM price adjustments for software 01.01.2023 - Update

Preisupdate

The complete announcement can be found here:

IBM price adjustments for software effective January 1, 2023

Preisupdate

On September 8, IBM published the annual announcement for the adjustment of prices. We will keep it short: Informix and Db2 customers have to be prepared for a solid increase of +8% at the turn of the year.

The complete announcement can be found here:

IBM price adjustments for software effective January 1, 2022

Preisupdate

As in previous years, IBM announces a price adjustment for its software portfolio at the beginning of the new year. This will also affect the Informix and Db2 products, new licenses and renewals. The price adjustment is for sales within the Federal Republic of Germany, usually an increase of about 3%.

The complete announcement can be found here:

IIUG World 2021 – Virtual Event

IIUG World 2021 will take place October 5-7 starting each day at 10:00 am Eastern US Time!

The keynote speakers just confirmed:

Arvind Krishna – Chairman and CEO of IBM. Arvind has been with IBM for over 30 years.
Madhu Kochar – IBM Vice President, Product management, Data and AI.
Seth Dobrin – VP and Chief Data Officer for IBM Analytics.

Registration for this event will be $199. Register by September 1st to take advantage of the early bird price of $150.

Register today, save money and get one Informix 14.10 Administrator certification test free!

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New Informix 14.10 Certification!

IBM introduces a new certification procedure for Informix administrators. This will fundamentally change procedures and terminology. The previous certifications will no longer be offered.

IBM employee and Informix veteran Carton Doe gives an introduction to the new format and tips on preparing for the test on the Washington Area Informix Users Group website.

The first opportunities to take the new certification will be at the IIUG Virtual Technical Event in early October. For conference attendees, the opportunity for certification is included in the conference fees. Preparatory sessions will be offered by Scott Picket and Carlton Doe.

The exam is proctored and includes 60 questions from 15 topic areas. According to Carlton, the questions are geared toward a solid administrator base knowledge as required in the day-to-day use of Informix. No esoteric questions come up, he says.

IBM Informix vulnerability CVE-2020-4799 in Spatial Datablade Module

A security warning was issued on October 8, 2020 (CVE-2020-4799) for IBM Informix Dynamic Server.

This vulnerability affects the Spatial Datablade Module in Informix Server versions 12.10 and 14.10.

A specific function in the Spatial Datablade can be called with an out-of-range parameter. A local user logged on with SQL privileges could use this vulnerability to attempt to execute an SQL injection. If the attack is successful, the attacker would be able to grant himself extended user rights and execute his own code

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Informix Technology Days 2025

IBM TechXchange:
Informix Technology Days 2025
on March 12th/13th, 2025, at IBM Watson Center in Munich.

Obituary - In Memory of Carlton Doe