IBM just published a brilliant, new Redbook about IDS Version 10:

IDS V10 - Extended Functionality for Modern Business

Download the Redbook and read it to gain an understandig about the outstanding technology of IBM's secret weapon in the highly competitive database market. It is has been written by well known INFORMIX experts.
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/sg247299.html?Open
PDF (6,7 MB)

The Redbook is currently a draft, the final version is planned for the end of the year.
It offers an excellent overview about the technology of IBM's strategic data server. From the table of contents:

Chapter 1. IDS Essentials
Chapter 2. Fast implementation
Chapter 3. The SQL Language
Chapter 4. Extending IDS for business advantages
Chapter 5. Functional Extensions to IDS
Chapter 6. Development tools and interfaces
Chapter 7. Data Encryption
Chapter 8. Authentication approaches
Chapter 9. Legendary Backup and Restore
Chapter 10. Really Easy Administration
Chapter 11. IDS Delivers Services (SOA)
Appendix A. IDS Web service consumer code examples

An excerpt from the preface:
In this redbook we provide an overview of the Informix® Dynamic Server (IDS), Version 10. IDS is designed to help businesses better leverage their existing information assets as they move into an on demand business environment. It provides the reliability, flexibility and ease of maintenance that can enable you to adapt to new customer requirements. IDS is well known for its blazing online transaction processing (OLTP) performance, legendary reliability, and nearly hands-free administration - for businesses of all sizes. It does all this while simplifying and automating enterprise database deployment.
This new Redbook documents the ongoing progress of Informix@IBM.

I'm confident that 2007 will be a great year for INFORMIX - it will be the year of the comeback of our cult database.

Еще новые статьи

Why upgrade to IDS 10.0 - A Technical Perspective
By Jacques Roy

This document discusses the reasons why someone using an older version of IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) would want to upgrade to IDS 10.0. As stated below, IDS 9.21 is a superset of functionality from IDS 7.31. By considering features included in the IDS 9.x code line in different versions, we can find the new features that were added after the IDS 7.x code line. By dividing the features by release, it makes it easier for anyone to have a better idea of how much more they get by going to IDS 10.0. It should be noted that the upgrade to IDS 10.0 is a direct step from IDS 7.24, 7.30, 7.31, 9.21, 9.30, and 9.40.

Read the full article at: http://www.iiug.org/news/articles/UpgradeIDS101.pdf

DB2/Informix and open source: Database defense against the dark political arts
Real-time monitoring of your database for career enhancement

Level: Introductory

Marty Lurie (lurie@us.ibm.com), Information Technology Specialist, IBM
Aron Y. Lurie (aron.lurie@gmail.com), 9th Grader/Webmaster, Newton South High School/Hebrew College

21 Dec 2006

A down system is one of the most stressful events for system administrators. This article shows you how to create a real-time monitor for your database so you can be alerted when problems arise, and also provide valuable information to others about the status of the database servers. The focus should be on fixing the problem, not the blame. This is also an asset for application and network administrators for rapid diagnosis of what has caused the system outage. Complete source code is provided for the monitor, including the PHP pages to publish the database status.

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/db2/library/techarticle/dm-0612lurie/