Re: The 2009 IIUG Informix Conference is just over three weeks away

Of course Stuart being Stuart:-) can never sum up all the benefits, Remember you can benefit from $12,500 worth of software and training from Querix, the migration of your code taking but a compilation time. :-). (this will cover more than your cost). Querix also unveils V5 (Lycia) which is fully integrated into Eclipse, and offers both Byte-code Code and Full Compilation, the Byte-Code being fully portable across platforms, with no need for re-compilation. Lycia offers many enchantments without loosing compatibility, which makes it easier to create and maintain better code. Full implementation of Web Services including array support, is also among the offering from Querix. On 9 Apr 2009 at 5:13, emailer@iiug.org wrote: > The 2009 IIUG Informix Conference is > just over three weeks away > http://www.iiug.org/conf/2009/iiug/ > > Last week I wrote an article in IBM Database Magazine entitled It's the Economy Stupid about a > Friday night phone call I got a few weeks back on an Informix system that no one had attended to > in over five years except to put in a backup tape. The system ran the landline phone company of > an entire Eastern European country until the backup tape was either full or not in the drive causing > the system to lock up and the phone system of the entire country to come crashing down. > Can your Informix system can run by itself continuously for over five years? Need someone to tell > you why your system needs hand-holding or wish you had someone to show you how to make > your Informix Dynamic Server system run faster, jump higher and need less system > administration? That kind of expertese is available and affordable at the IIUG Informix conference. > Ok, almost every expert in the world (and I do agree with them all) says we are in a recession > which is why many people have been grounded from business travel. So I took some time to > check out the actual cost of attending the IIUG conference from eight major US cities. > Registration for the event is $799, less $50 for IIUG members or $150 if you use the promo code > INSIDER, to bring the registration cost to just $649! Now the hotel stay if you arrive on Saturday > night and depart on Wednesday is $99 for the Saturday night stay (and I will tell you why you > should come on Saturday later) and $149 for Sunday through Wednesday for a total hotel cost of > $546 (ok so there is a little sales tax here I will leave out) and we are now up to $1195. Now for > airfare. From Boston - about $226, Atlanta $189, Chicago $120, Dallas $120, Denver $140, Los > Angeles $200 and Portland, Oregon $240, which makes Portland the most expensive place on > this list at a grand total of under $1500. Now you ask what about the food? We are covering the > food and if you have ever met me before, you will know I like food and I am the one who planned > the menu! > So where can you learn how to make your Informix System run faster, better and more efficient > for well under $2,000? The IIUG Informix conference is about the best recession bargain on the > planet. > Earlier I suggested coming on Saturday. That's to arrive in time for the two special TOTALLY > FREE full day tutorial sessions on Sunday (and they come with breakfast and lunch!). The first is > by AGS Ltd., the developer of Server Studio (www.serverstudio.com). Never heard of Server > Studio? Well it's time to learn about it. Server Studio is about the best Informix administrative > product on the market. It helps you do everything from monitoring your database (so you will not > be like the people in that Eastern European country) to setting up your database. Well, amazing > partner that AGS is to the IIUG, they are giving a free one day class on the product, taught by the > world famous Art Kagel. Art can teach you more in a day, that most people can learn from an > Informix manual in months. > Ok, so maybe you are not a DBA or Informix System Administrator. We have another great IIUG > partner doing a free full day tutorial - Four Js Software, the makers of Genero. The last time I > checked the IIUG statistics over 45% of Informix users use Informix 4GL. Well Genero lets you > run your Informix 4GL applications in a Windows GUI or web environment. In fact, a few weeks > ago I was with a Genero user who actually converted their application of over 400,000 lines of > 4GL code in under ONE week by one developer! This user now has a web-based application with > little code changes in the business logic and even incorporated Web services. > So you are not a Server Studio or Genero user? Maybe you should check these products out as > the tutorials are free. > Still not convinced? How about over 80 Informix sessions, more than eight other tutorials, four > great keynotes (ok the web site only tells you about three of them but there is a surprise fourth > one and I should know - I am the President), some amazing networking opportunities with an > opening reception Sunday night, a party with more than 50 Informix developers and support > people from the IBM Lenexa Lab on Monday night sponsored by our good friends at Gillani and a > great Tuesday night party. > So the question is, even though we are in a recession is there a better time to come to the IIUG > conference and for well under $2000 total learn how to save your company thousands if not > hundreds of thousands of dollars? Or to learn how to prevent your system from coming crashing > down like the Eastern European phone company (and if you come I might even tell you the > country!) > And by the way, for those coming from Europe (London from $600, Paris from $750, Frankfurt > from $800), the exchange rates for your Euros to our dollars is still great and fellow board member > Jean-Georges Perrin will show you how to stretch that shopping money to bring home some great > gifts! > See you in Overland Park! > Stuart Litel > President > International Informix Users Group > www.iiug.org > Conference highlights can be viewed at http://www.iiug.org/conf/2009/iiug. > * Note: all costs are in US Dollars and I used Orbitz to check the airfare on April 8, 2009! > > To validate or change your IIUG membership data and preferences, and to access member-only > services, please click on the following link: > http://www.iiug.org/cgi-bin/fglcl.cgi?membupd&A17939&AAFSHAR&Amehdi2@querix.com >