Attend the 2009 International Informix Users' Conference!

*Attend the recession beating Informix Conference! **Tutorials are now available! *Nowhere in the world will you find a conference where you will get more for your money! For the low price of $649 you will be able to attend three jam-packed days of Informix-only content. You can attend the 2009 IIUG Conference and your conference fee, hotel, airfare and all meals will be less than what you would pay for the registration fee alone at other conferences! Beat the price increase on March 1 and make sure you will be able to attend, as the 2008 event was a complete sellout. We have lots of new content this year including 5 tracks containing 88 technical sessions, Keynote presentations from IBM executives, great networking opportunities, an exhibit hall filled with Informix vendors and free IBM certification. And, on top of all that, we are now announcing the full and half-day tutorials that will be available the Sunday before the conference starts: Sunday Morning Sessions: * Preparing for the IDS 11 Certification Exam - Sanjit Chakraborty, IBM * Troubleshooting Methods and Techniques - Suma Vinod and Mark Jamison, IBM Advanced Support * Introduction to IDS, with hands on - Carlton Doe, IBM * New SQL features in IDS 11.10 and 11.50 - Keshava Murthy, IBM * Hands-on Lab - Explore IDS Enterprise Replication - Nilesh Ozarkar, IBM Sunday Afternoon Sessions: * Preparing for the IDS 11 Certification Exam - (Repeat of morning session) - Sanjit Chakraborty, IBM * Advanced Troubleshooting Scenarios - Suma Vinod, Ron Privett, Elisabeth Bach, IBM Advanced Support * Using All of IDS MACH-11 Technology, with hands-on - Carlton Doe, IBM * Extending Your Business Logic with OpenAdmin Tool for IDS - Ian Ilsley, IBM * Hands-on Workshop on New IDS Features - Frank Arias, IBM Full Day Sessions: * Getting the most out of IDS Indexes - John Miller, IBM Full Descriptions available at: http://www.iiug.org/conf/2009/iiug/tutorials.php The tutorials cost $150 for one half-day session and $250 for two half-day sessions. For more details and to register, please go to the conference website. Morning session includes continental breakfast and afternoon session includes lunch. Full Day Sessions include both breakfast and lunch. More good news... IIUG Conference Gold Sponsors Four J's Software and AGS Ltd (Server Studio) will be offering on-site full-day tutorials at NO CHARGE. (If you have already paid for tutorials and wish to select the Four J's or AGS tutorial you will receive a refund. All fees for these tutorials are paid for by the respective company to IIUG.) >From I-4GL to Genero: Migration 1-2-3 - 4J's (Morning Session) For 4GL programmers new to Genero. Learn how you can migrate existing Informix-4GL applications to Genero to provide users with a modern and feature rich graphical user interface, either in a Windows environment or over the Web. Learn about the added features to the language that allow you to advance your existing code including dynamic arrays, built-in classes and methods, multiple dialogs, actions, and styles. New GUI Feature in Four J's Genero 2.20 - 4J's (Afternoon Session) For experienced Genero developers and those curious about Genero as a RAD and rich UI. Learn about the exciting new features in Genero 2.20 including: * New Enhanced Desktop UI capabilities * New 4gl interface to Java * Genero Web Services Integration in IDE * Desktop-to-Web: Overview and brief demonstration illustrating the ease with which Genero applications can be developed and deployed for either the Desktop or the Web with Genero Studio * How to quickly code an interface to Genero Report Writer * How to quickly start designing reports using the new GUI Genero Report Designer Solving Complex IDS Management and Performance Optimization Challenges with Server Studio and Sentinel - AGS and Art Kagel (Full Day Session) Renowned Informix DBA and developer Art Kagel will conduct this intensive, hands-on, full-day course which will introduce IDS developers and DBAs to the various tools at your disposal and demonstrate how and when to apply each to efficiently manage and optimize IDS performance. Learn some of the best practices, and save yourself countless hours of wrestling with the complexity of your IDS infrastructure. Gain hands-on experience with how the wide-ranging functionality provided by AGS' Server Studio and Sentinel helps database professionals: For more information on the tutorials visit: http://www.iiug.org/conf/2009/iiug/tutorials.php To register visit http://www.iiug.org/conf/2009/iiug/register.php Check out what's in store for you in Kansas City and start planning your trip today! Remember to register before March 1 to beat the price increase and save $150! http://www.iiug.org/conf/2009/iiug/ Cindy Lichtenauer IIUG Conference Planning Committee IIUG Board of Directors