Re: IBM has blogs and who is this guy?

<david@smooth1.co.uk> wrote in message news:1136944550.513327.99360@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > > > "Dr. Anant Jhingran is a Distinguished Engineer, VP and CTO for IBM's > Information Management Division" > > Information Management is the replacement for the DB2 brand that now > includes INFORMIX AND DB2! > That was mentioned at the Atlanta conference. > > "He is responsible for the technical strategy of products and solutions > in databases, content management,,,," > > Databases....that would include Informix then? And he is a CTO for it > and responsible for > technical strategy! > > Perhaps he should share the technical strategy with the customer at an > event? Like the worldwide > conference? > > Sorry mate but I've spotted him now! > Anant is a friend of IDS. He has been a strong proponent of IDS enhancements. He just took over the role of CTO for Information Management with the retirement of Don Haderle. He used to work with Illustra prior to the Informix purchase of Illustra. As CTO, his focus is on the global issues of Information Management. That means how all of the pieces of IBM Information Management work together. It is not on the specific issues dealing with IDS, DB2, IMS, II, VSAM, etc. Each of the systems has a lead architect who acts as a CTO for that system. Can't call him a CTO because they're not an officer of IBM Corp. However, they function as the CTO and are responsible for driving the technical strategy. The folks that are responsible for driving the Informix technical strategy were present at the conference in Atlanta.