Insider #75: Highlights: IBM Information On Demand 2006, The Next Informix IDS Release...
This is the IIUG Insider #75 newsletter posting (IOD 2006 conference, the upcoming "Cheetah" IDS release, European conference news), plus follow-up comments rather than a technical problem. The editor asked why registration for the Vienna IDUG/IIUG Europe conference was so low; readers replied that the ~2,000 euro fee was far too high (suggesting 500-1,000 euros, or per-day pricing) and that US travel hassles also deter attendance. One poster also criticised the CRN quote describing Cheetah's "record-level locking" as carried over from DB2, saying it misstates what the feature actually is and makes IDS look bad. No resolution or correction is recorded in the thread.
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IIUG Insider (Issue #75) September 2006 Highlights: IBM Information On Demand 2006: October 15-20 2006, Anaheim, CA; IBM To Unleash Cheetah, The Next Informix IDS Release ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Contents: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. * Editorial * Highlights IBM Information On Demand 2006: October 15-20 2006, Anaheim, CA. IBM To Unleash Cheetah, The Next Informix IDS Release * Conference corner IDUG/IIUG Europe Conference Vienna, October 2-6, 2006 IDUG/IIUG NA Conference San Jose May 6-10, 2007 Informix User Forum 2006 * Education Information On Demand 2006 Global Conference Pre-Conference Technical Education Complimentary Informix Professional Certification at the IBM Information On Demand 2006 Global Conference IBM Training eCatalog Fall Edition - Now Available Informix Class from IBM Just Released: IBM Alphablox Professional Certification Informix Chat with the Lab --Informix Executive Roundtable * Developer corner New on developerWorks V10 External Directives * Informix News Centrify DirectControl to add Active Directory integration with Informix Ladbrokes bets on IBM * IIUG Board Webcast Corner * Calendar of events * Useful links * Closing and credits ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Editorial ----------------------------------------------------------------------- In a few days I will be on my way to Vienna for the first full technical Informix conference in Europe. We worked hard to bring the best speakers and great technical content to the European users' doorstep. We were under the impression our users are interested in having this event. We backed our feelings with survey results. I must say I am disappointed with the current status of registration. It seems European Informix users don't share our enthusiasm. Is it the price? The dates or lack of support from your management? I have no idea. If you are a European Informix user, please, write me a short email and tell me why you didn't attend and would you attend the 2007 conference in Athens. One line will do. It is very important for us to know if the idea of a conference in Europe is worth pursuing. Gary Ben-Israel IIUG Insider Editor IIUG Board of Directors gary@iiug.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Highlights ----------------------------------------------------------------------- IBM INFORMATION ON DEMAND 2006: OCTOBER 15-20 2006, ANAHEIM, CA. http://www.ibm.com/events/informationOnDemand/ Register now for the premier information management event for business and IT professionals. IBM's new five-day event combines the following conferences into one: IBM DB2(r) Information Management Technical Conference; IBM Content Management Technical Conference; Business Intelligence Customer Solutions Summit; IMS Technical Conference; Master Data Management Conference; and Information Integration Live! By combining individual conferences into one global event, you gain access and exposure to the full breadth of IBM Information Management technologies and experts. More IBM technical and business solutions content will be in one place than ever before! Select from over 800 sessions: a 2 1/2 day business leadership track with 180 sessions and a 5 day technical track with 650 sessions. Get To Front of the Line Enrollment for educational sessions, hands on labs, meet the experts sessions and all other programs at the IBM Information On Demand 2006 conference opened on August 15. Register early to get the first choice of classes! Registration at Information On Demand 2006 includes admission to all 800+ educational sessions and programs, to the huge EXPO Solution Center, to the conference receptions and entertainment, to the conference party at Disney's California Adventure theme park, and for all conference meals. Information On Demand 2006 will take place in Anaheim, California, 15-20 October 2006. IBM TO UNLEASH CHEETAH, THE NEXT INFORMIX IDS RELEASE True to its word, IBM continues to update the Informix IDS database, a cult favorite among some database VARs and customers. The next release, code-named Cheetah, is due to beta this spring and will feature record-level locking, technology carried over from the latest release of IBM DB2, said Arvind Krishna, vice president of database servers for IBM Software's Information Management Group, Somers, N.Y. IBM is also making sure the new release will win federal security certifications including the Evaluation Assurance Levels 3 and 4. The current IDS Version 10 Release Change 5-IDS uses its own release terminology-offers row-level and column-level locking. IDS has long been known for its extensibility, its ability to run for long periods without human intervention, and its ability to handle non-relational object like data. "IDS fits really well in that space where you don't need or can't have a million DBAs. It can go into a DBA-less environment, often hub-and-spoke environments used by branches and retail operations," Krishna told CRN. One unnamed customer runs 4,000 physical locations and more than 10,000 instances of the current IDS release with just eight DBAs, he claimed. "If you can show me an Oracle installation [doing that], I'll buy you the bottle of wine of your choice," he said. For the full article by Barbara Darrow, CRN go to: http://www.crn.com/sections/software/software.jhtml?articleId=193004835 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Conference corner ----------------------------------------------------------------------- IDUG/IIUG EUROPE CONFERENCE VIENNA, OCTOBER 2-6, 2006 http://conferences.idug.org/Default.aspx?alias=conferences.idug.org/eu Just come and register on site! The conference is only 3 days away. Come to Vienna and attend this extraordinary educational event. Attend 34 technical sessions by the best presenter from US and Europe, meet your Informix colleagues. Enjoy the lovely city of Vienna. IDUG/IIUG NA CONFERENCE SAN JOSE MAY 6-10, 2007 Call for presentations for the IDUG/IIUG NA Conference 2007 ended September 1st. We had almost 100 abstracts submitted from both end users and IBM employees! The IIUG CPC will be meeting in Chicago the weekend of September 29th to select the best abstracts and create an agenda for the conference. There will be 4 tracks again in 2007, jam packed with new and exciting Informix technical content! Stay Tuned. INFORMIX USER FORUM 2006 A Two-Day User Group Technical Conference December 8-9, 2006 Washington DC, USA http://www.iiug.org/waiug/present/Forum2006/Forum2006.html The Washington Area Informix User Group (WAIUG) and the Southeast Informix Users Group (SEIUG), based in Atlanta, GA, are teaming up to present Informix and DB2 User Forum 2006, the premiere Informix and DB2 regional user group technical conference in the eastern U.S. The Informix User Forum, previously sponsored biennially by WAIUG, has long had a reputation for excellence in both value a
>> I must say I am disappointed with the current status of registration. It >> seems European Informix users don't share our enthusiasm. Is it the >> price? Yes! It's the price! At nearly 2,000 euros? You got to be jokin', man! For 2,000 euros I could fly to Washington, have 3 nights' stay and attend the WAIG weekend and still have 1,000 euros change. (Although I'm not doing that either as I'm tired of queueing for an hour for the privilege of being made to feel a crimial by US immigration).
>> One unnamed customer runs 4,000 physical locations and more than 10,000 >> instances of the current IDS release with just eight DBAs, he claimed. >> "If you can show me an Oracle installation [doing that], I'll buy you the >> bottle of wine of your choice," he said. Why is the customer un-named?
Captain, Everybody can guess who is the un-named shop, no? What I have been discovering over time is that people selecting an IT solution, does not want to advertise the products they are using. IT gives them a strategic advantage over their competition and they do not want the news to be spread around. It's specially true in sectors where competition is very hard, like retail, telcos, pharma... I am probably sure it's the same with your customers. Nevertheless, it's annoying! :-) jgp > -----Original Message----- > From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:informix-list- > bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Captain Pedantic > Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 02:49 > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Re: Insider #75: Highlights: IBM Information On Demand 2006,The > Next Informix IDS Release... > > >> One unnamed customer runs 4,000 physical locations and more than 10,000 > >> instances of the current IDS release with just eight DBAs, he claimed. > >> "If you can show me an Oracle installation [doing that], I'll buy you > the > >> bottle of wine of your choice," he said. > > Why is the customer un-named? > > > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list
Captain Pedantic wrote: >>> I must say I am disappointed with the current status of registration. It >>> seems European Informix users don't share our enthusiasm. Is it the >>> price? > > Yes! It's the price! > At nearly 2,000 euros? You got to be jokin', man! > For 2,000 euros I could fly to Washington, have 3 nights' stay and attend > the WAIG weekend and still have 1,000 euros change. > (Although I'm not doing that either as I'm tired of queueing for an hour for > the privilege of being made to feel a crimial by US immigration). > > 2,000 Euros equals roughly '1,350!!!!!! Humm, how much is a 5 day IM Informix Administration course or DB2 Admin course where you get about 8 students to 1 teacher? About the same - and the content is exactly what you want - over 5 days? I haven't really looked into this but, I would say that 1,000 Euros would be a more "realistic" price - and 500 if you want to fill the rooms. Individuals do not want to pay the money themselves, and managers have to be convinced on return on their money. Say people find 5 "interesting" one hour lectures they want to attend - that works out on average 400 Euros per lecture! What's that ... '5 a minute! Can people pay for the number of "days" they attend? Can people get "half days"? Would you have got 4 times the number of people if the price was 500 Euros? Would it have been better to just get the people in at 500 Euros? Still, a bit late now huh :D
Captain Pedantic said: > (Although I'm not doing that either as I'm tired of queueing for an hour > for > the privilege of being made to feel a crimial by US immigration). Dear Pedant, What is a "crimial"? :o? -- Bye now, Obnoxio "... no bill is required as no value was provided." -- Christine Normile -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by OpenProtect(http://www.openprotect.com), and is believed to be clean.
Captain Pedantic said: >>> One unnamed customer runs 4,000 physical locations and more than 10,000 >>> instances of the current IDS release with just eight DBAs, he claimed. >>> "If you can show me an Oracle installation [doing that], I'll buy you >>> the >>> bottle of wine of your choice," he said. > > Why is the customer un-named? I dunno, but it's probably a wine merchant. -- Bye now, Obnoxio "... no bill is required as no value was provided." -- Christine Normile -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by OpenProtect(http://www.openprotect.com), and is believed to be clean.
Please: -->>The next release, code-named Cheetah, is due to beta this spring and will feature record-level locking, technology carried over from the latest release of ---->>IBM DB2, said Arvind Krishna, vice president of database servers for IBM Software's Information Management Group, Somers, N.Y. -->>The current IDS Version 10 Release Change 5-IDS uses its own release terminology-offers row-level and column-level locking. IDS has long been known ---->>for its extensibility, its ability to run for long periods without human intervention, and its ability to handle non-relational object like data. Madison explained properly in this news group what feature is ment here; the above description is shooting yourself in the foot. Superboer. emailer@iiug.org schreef: > IIUG Insider (Issue #75) > September 2006 > > Highlights: IBM Information On Demand 2006: October 15-20 2006, Anaheim, CA; IBM To Unleash Cheetah, The Next Informix IDS Release > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Contents: > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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. > > * Editorial > * Highlights > IBM Information On Demand 2006: October 15-20 2006, Anaheim, CA. > IBM To Unleash Cheetah, The Next Informix IDS Release > * Conference corner > IDUG/IIUG Europe Conference Vienna, October 2-6, 2006 > IDUG/IIUG NA Conference San Jose May 6-10, 2007 > Informix User Forum 2006 > * Education > Information On Demand 2006 Global Conference > Pre-Conference Technical Education > Complimentary Informix Professional Certification at the IBM Information On Demand 2006 Global Conference > IBM Training eCatalog Fall Edition - Now Available > Informix Class from IBM > Just Released: IBM Alphablox Professional Certification > Informix Chat with the Lab --Informix Executive Roundtable > * Developer corner > New on developerWorks > V10 External Directives > * Informix News > Centrify DirectControl to add Active Directory integration with Informix > Ladbrokes bets on IBM > * IIUG Board > Webcast Corner > * Calendar of events > * Useful links > * Closing and credits > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Editorial > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > In a few days I will be on my way to Vienna for the first full technical Informix conference in Europe. We worked hard to bring the best speakers and great technical content to the European users' doorstep. We were under the impression our users are interested in having this event. We backed our feelings with survey results. > > I must say I am disappointed with the current status of registration. It seems European Informix users don't share our enthusiasm. Is it the price? The dates or lack of support from your management? I have no idea. If you are a European Informix user, please, write me a short email and tell me why you didn't attend and would you attend the 2007 conference in Athens. One line will do. It is very important for us to know if the idea of a conference in Europe is worth pursuing. > > Gary Ben-Israel > IIUG Insider Editor > IIUG Board of Directors > gary@iiug.org > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Highlights > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > IBM INFORMATION ON DEMAND 2006: OCTOBER 15-20 2006, ANAHEIM, CA. > > http://www.ibm.com/events/informationOnDemand/ > > Register now for the premier information management event for business and IT professionals. IBM's new five-day event combines the following conferences into one: IBM DB2(r) Information Management Technical Conference; IBM Content Management Technical Conference; Business Intelligence Customer Solutions Summit; IMS Technical Conference; Master Data Management Conference; and Information Integration Live! By combining individual conferences into one global event, you gain access and exposure to the full breadth of IBM Information Management technologies and experts. > > More IBM technical and business solutions content will be in one place than ever before! Select from over 800 sessions: a 2 1/2 day business leadership track with 180 sessions and a 5 day technical track with 650 sessions. > > Get To Front of the Line > > Enrollment for educational sessions, hands on labs, meet the experts sessions and all other programs at the IBM Information On Demand 2006 conference opened on August 15. Register early to get the first choice of classes! > > Registration at Information On Demand 2006 includes admission to all 800+ educational sessions and programs, to the huge EXPO Solution Center, to the conference receptions and entertainment, to the conference party at Disney's California Adventure theme park, and for all conference meals. Information On Demand 2006 will take place in Anaheim, California, 15-20 October 2006. > > > IBM TO UNLEASH CHEETAH, THE NEXT INFORMIX IDS RELEASE > > True to its word, IBM continues to update the Informix IDS database, a cult favorite among some database VARs and customers. > > The next release, code-named Cheetah, is due to beta this spring and will feature record-level locking, technology carried over from the latest release of IBM DB2, said Arvind Krishna, vice president of database servers for IBM Software's Information Management Group, Somers, N.Y. > > IBM is also making sure the new release will win federal security certifications including the Evaluation Assurance Levels 3 and 4. > > The current IDS Version 10 Release Change 5-IDS uses its own release terminology-offers row-level and column-level locking. IDS has long been known for its extensibility, its ability to run for long periods without human intervention, and its ability to handle non-relational object like data. > > "IDS fits really well in that space where you don't need or can't have a million DBAs. It can go into a DBA-less environment, often hub-and-spoke environments used by branches and retail operations," Krishna told CRN. > > One unnamed customer runs 4,000 physical locations and more than 10,000 instances of the current IDS release with just eight DBAs, he claimed. "If you can show me an Oracle installation [doing that], I'll buy you the bottle of wine of your choice," he said. > > For the full article by Barbara Darrow, CRN go to: > > http://www.crn.com/sections/software/software.jhtml?articleId=193004835 > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Conference corner > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > IDUG/IIUG EUROPE CONFERENCE VIENNA, OCTOBER 2-6, 2006 > > http://conferences.idug.org/Default.aspx?alias=conferences.idug.org/eu > > Just come and register on site! > > The conference is only 3 days away. Come to Vienna and attend this extraordinary educational event. Attend 34 technical sessions by the best presenter from US and Europe, meet your Informix colleagues. Enjoy the lovely city of Vienna. > > > IDUG/IIUG NA CONFERENCE