Insider #65: Highlights: IIUG Board of 2006 elections, Informix

IIUG Insider (Issue #65) November 2005 Highlights: IIUG Board of 2006 elections, Informix User Forum 2005 Welcome to the International Informix Users Group (IIUG) Insider! Designed for IIUG members and Informix user group leaders, this publication contains timely and relevant information for the IBM Informix community. Contents: * Editorial... * IIUG Board of 2006 elections Started * Informix User Forum 2005 * Conference corner * Web Page improves again * IBM Express runtime * Report on IIUG Special Interest Groups * A pop quiz on Informix past, present and future * The IDS V10.0 World Tour Recap * Chat with the Lab * PHP driver for Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) - beta release * I had to try MySQL * IBM developerWorks Informix zone * IBM Express Runtime Integration with Gillani IDistribute V8.2 * Calendar of events * Useful links * Closing and credits =================================================================== Editorial... =================================================================== First I would like to thank JGP for his great job on the October issue of the Insider. I am back home after a month in Brazil and I miss it already. I love Brazil, the country, the culture and above all the people. I must correct one phrase in JGP's editorial. Everywhere I have been there was water electricity and as you can see from the picture, taken at Matadores beach in the island of Florianopolis, even Internet access. Now that we have the past covered let's address the future. We hope to meet many of you in the Atlanta forum a two-day Informix user conference that will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, on December 8-9, 2005. You can find more about it in the following section. Or visit http://www.iiug.org/waiug/present/Forum2005/Forum2005.html If you have made it to Atlanta or if you haven't, do not miss the IDUG/IIUG conference in Tampa, Florida 7-11 May 2006. Five days of top technical presentations and meeting Informix users, developers and experts. We are planning to continue supplying content in the IIUG Insider and the IIUG web page powered by our new Sun server and to provide you with a communication channel via our SIGs. The IIUG board is planning to focus on reaching countries with small or nonexistent members and to continue the growth of our user community. The elections for the 2006 board will commence soon. As a board member for the passed two years I highly recommend you run for the board. It is hard work on top of your regular jobs but it is time and effort well spent. In any case please dedicate a few minutes to vote for the nominees you would like to see on the board for year 2006. IBM has named IDS 10 as its flagship database for pure OLTP and embedded computing we are sure that in 2006 will continue its commitment and hope to see Informix gaining its place as the best OLTP database in the market. My email address is still: gary@iiug.org Gary Ben-Israel IIUG Insider Editor IIUG Board of Directors =================================================================== IIUG Board of 2006 elections Started =================================================================== We have 14 candidates for 11 Board slots and the polls are open!If you are an IIUG member as of 18 November 2005, you can cast your vote at: http://www.iiug.org/iiug/election/2006_ballot.html. You can view the candidate names and their election statements on the ballot page as well as at: http://www.iiug.org/iiug/election/2006_candidate_statements.html. Everyone on the existing board is standing for election and we have three new candidates. This gives us a diverse list with candidates from USA, France, United Kingdom, Portugal, Israel, and New Zealand. The election is being run on an independent server linked from the IIUG website, under the supervision of the IIUG Nomination Committee. Please cast your vote today! The polls will remain open until 9 December 2005 23:59 GMT. =================================================================== Informix User Forum 2005 =================================================================== Informix User Forum 2005 - Moving Forward With Informix Solutions for IBM Informix Users A Two-Day User Group Technical Conference December 8-9 in Atlanta, GA. Preparations are continuing for Informix User Forum 2005 that will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, December 8-9. This year's Forum will feature two full days of technical sessions, plus vendor exhibits and presentations. We will have not only well known Informix experts presenting, but also a number of speakers who may be not so widely known but are nonetheless qualified. Two of our presenters, Lester Knutsen and Darryl Priest, took top honors for their sessions at the IDUG/IIUG conference earlier this year in Denver. As someone close to the planning process, I can report that interest in this conference is high, with it garnering even international attention. For the latest details on the sessions, speakers, sponsors and exhibitors, visit the Forum Web site using the links listed below. Informix User Forum 2005 promises to provide great technical content, plus opportunities to network with fellow users and gain access to information on the latest vendor offerings. This, combined with an registration fee of US$90.00 for the entire conference, makes the value of this event hard to beat. For more information on Informix User Forum 2005: http://www.iiug.org/waiug/present/Forum2005/Forum2005.html For more information on Registration: http://www.iiug.org/waiug/present/Forum2005/Forum2005Registration.html For more information on Sessions: http://www.iiug.org/waiug/present/Forum2005/Forum2005Sessions.html For more information on our Sponsors: http://www.iiug.org/waiug/present/Forum2005/Forum2005Sponsors.html Registration is open. Please register now to take advantage of our early bird discount. If you have questions not answered on our Web site, contact forum2005@iiug.org =================================================================== Conference corner =================================================================== Go further at the leading user-driven technical event for DB2 & Informix professionals: IDUG 2006 - North America: May 7-11, 2006 - Tampa, Florida Go beyond traditional classroom training and experience real-world, independent insights into topics essential to advance YOU and YOUR company. With a technical agenda that offers more sessions and variety than comparable training events, IIUG delivers maximum ROI for your time and budget. Featured topics include IDS Internals, IDS performance tuning, Data blades, Informix for application developers and how to implement a successful migration to IDS 10. For the second year in a row the International Informix Users Group (IIUG) has partnered with IDUG to bring real-world experience related to Informix. IDUG 2006 - North America provides content for MORE than just database administrators and systems programmers. Offerings on .Net, JAVA, XML, SQL, Stored Procedures, UDRs, and more compliment IIUG's robust technical agenda. As the year winds down, don't leave available 2005 educational budgets on the table. Go further and apply them toward IDUG 2006 - North America, thereby reserving your participation now. Registration is now open.@@N

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