Insider #69: Highlights: Inaugural Malaysian LUG meeting a huge success

IIUG Insider (Issue #69) March 2006 Highlights: Inaugural Malaysian LUG meeting a huge success 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 * Why you cannot afford to miss IIUG/IDUG NA Conference in Tampa * Highlights Inaugural Malaysian LUG meeting a huge success * Conference corner IIUG/IDUG NA Conference, Tampa May 7-11, 2006 IIUG/IDUG Europe Conference Rome, October 9-13, 2006 * IIUG Board of Directors corner Building IIUG Communications with the help of all Using the Informix Special Interest Groups Vendors who need "encouragement" to support IDS 10 Website Modifications 2006 * Education Informix Day @ IBM European Technical Conference Chat with the Lab * Developer corner Binary PHP PDO Driver for Informix available for Windows What's new on developerWorks * Informix success story RealPlis accelerates online real estate listings with IDS 10 and Linux * News IBM Informix SE and OnLine trade-ups * Calendar of events * Useful links * Closing and credits ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Editorial ----------------------------------------------------------------------- It is spring for some IIUG members and autumn for others. This is the meaning of International in the IIUG. The IDUG/IIUG conference in Tampa is behind the corner. Make sure you read about it in the conference corner so you can find out what is in it. I hope it will convince those of you are in doubt to attend. Our European conference is still far but we are working hard to make it happen. Stay tuned - we will keep updating you monthly. Once again I am asking you to help me making the Insider a better newsletter. Send me your stories, comments, requests and, if possible, technical articles. Look at the Insider as a personal letter from a friend and take a few minutes to reply. Gary Ben-Israel IIUG Insider Editor IIUG Board of Directors gary@iiug.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Why you cannot afford to miss IIUG/IDUG NA Conference in Tampa ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Over ten years ago I attended the first Informix conference in... ok the mind is going - was it San Francisco or San Jose? No matter, the point is that I have been to each and every Informix conference, and now that the IIUG has teamed up with IDUG for the second time to produce THE premier database conference under the IBM Information Management brand, I can tell you that this event is not to be missed. Last year I had some reservations about whether the IIUG was doing the right thing in joining up with IDUG. During the months leading up to the Denver conference in May 2005 I was hesitant, but the great Conference Planning people at IDUG and former IDUG President Sandy Smith assured me that the Informix people would be welcomed with open arms, and sure enough, we certainly were! At the conference in Denver last year I was very impressed with the professionalism and the wonderful job the Conference Planning Committee did. The comments I received from the many Informix attendees that I spoke with were overwhelmingly positive - from "This was the best Informix Technical event I have ever been to" to "Can't wait for next year!" Well next year is almost upon us, and the IDUG Conference Planning Committee headed up by Joe Burns, together with Cindy Lichtenauer from the IIUG, have some truely great events planned, including a just confirmed, special Informix speaker that is not on the schedule. Having been to each and every Informix conference since the first year, I know from experience that the conferences provide knowledge that cannot be gathered anywhere else. I have heard that these events are expensive, but I could never put a price on what I have learned over the years - the tips, tricks, and special knowledge that gets passed on at these events by fellow Informix DBA's and application programmers. It costs less to go to this single event than an entire week of Informix training from IBM, and not only will you learn more and pick up more tips and tricks, but you get to meet other people who do the same kind of work that you do and these individuals become good friends who continue to share their knowledge over the years. See you all in Tampa..... Stuart Litel President International Informix Users Group ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Highlights ----------------------------------------------------------------------- INAUGURAL MALAYSIAN LUG MEETING A HUGE SUCCESS The Inaugural Malaysian LUG meeting, held on the 23rd of March, was a huge success. The one day event, attended by 93 developers and DBA's, gathered to hear Mark Scranton and Danilo Novelli as they focused on Informix and the Service Orientated Architecture, The Informix Roadmap and a half day 'deep dive' into IDS 10. Meeting chairman Liew KN (http://www.mydbsolve.com/) was very enthusiastic about the response. "Everyone was very excited about the event. They had all registered by 8:30am and stayed till after the formal meeting finished at 5:45pm that evening. What was really appreciated was the ability for people to network and share ideas." Liew went on to describe some of the ideas they have for future events. "The main thing is that we want to hold the next event on the weekend so that more people can attend". He said there was also a lot of discussion about moving the event around the country and working with other LUG's in the region. Liew said that IBM was very positive about the outcome and "they will make sure to continue to sponsor & organize future Informix events together with MyIUG". The MyIUG contact is: Liew Kim Non+6012 - 288-5423 (Mobile) +603 - 780-30295 (Office) DB Solve Technologies Consulting Sdn Bhd. myiug.president@mydbsolve.com liewkn@mydbsolve.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Conference corner ----------------------------------------------------------------------- IIUG/IDUG NA CONFERENCE, TAMPA MAY 7-11, 2006 IDUG 2006 - North America May 7-11, 2006 Tampa, Florida, USA Hello International Informix User Group Members, You don't want to miss the IDUG/IIUG North America Conference May 6-11, 2006 in Tampa Florida. Last year's conference was great. This years will be even better and jam packed with more Informix content! Here are just a few of the highlights: 4 Informix Tracks with 50+ technical sessions on the Informix product line. Here are a few examples: * Point in Time Table Level Restore * Taking Advantage of IDS 10 Features * Using IDS V10 on Linux Kernel 2.6 * DataBlade Developer Session * Understanding New and Sparsely Documented Onstats * Enterprise Replication - Deep Dive * Application Development * Java Development * Development with PHP * Backup/