2010 IIUG Informix Conference Update

*** REGISTER BY THE END OF FEBRUARY BEFORE THE PRICE INCREASES BY $150 *** The IIUG Conference Planning Committee had to work extra hard this year, wading through a record number of abstracts submitted - over 250! As a result, we have what we think is the best selection of Informix technical content ever. There will be new topics, new user speakers, and new IBM presenters. Another first for the IIUG Conference - we will be offering Hands-on Labs during the week, in addition to the regular technical sessions. We are highlighting a few of the offerings below. See the conference website for all the details. Tutorials You can choose from 8 half day tutorials on Sunday, April 25, the day before the conference begins. Here is a sample of two of them: - Rev Up Your Engine, Improve the Speed of Your IDS - John Miller This presentation will focus on how to improve your database performance. We will examine a few main areas which will give the student detailed knowledge about IDS. These include the how to improve the efficiency of your network, getting more bandwidth for less, improving the response time of SQL statements, when and how to utilize fragmentation/partition to improve response times of queries especially on large tables, indexing and how you can improve the efficiency of indexes and the btree scanner. Lastly how to utilize the new performance features in IDS increasing performance for less work. - Informix Warehouse Unleashed! - Pamela Siebert This hands-on lab gives you a look at the Informix Warehouse Feature and its components. It will first introduce you to the context behind the new tools available and the value they add in a data warehouse scenario based on Informix, and then, it will give you a hands-on and example-driven view of the Informix Warehouse Client component, the Design Studio, by going through the steps for creating a simplified data warehouse and data extract-load-transform (ELT) project, identifying the source and the target databases involved, and designing the database physical model you have planned for your target Informix warehouse. Then, you will continue using Design Studio to create and test the jobs for extracting, loading, and transforming data from various sources into the target warehouse repository on Informix. Finally, you will learn the usage of the server components in the Informix Warehouse to manage and monitor resources associated to your warehouse. For all the details on tutorials, please go to: http://www.iiug.org/conf/2010/iiug/tutorials.php Sessions There will be over 80 Technical sessions offered on Informix Mon- Wed, April 26-28, 2010. Here are a few examples: * Informix Dynamic Server can be Groovy -- Adam Hattrell, IBM * New Informix Features for Application Developers. -- Mark Jamison, IBM Information Management * Performance Tuning for Informix applications -- Khem Chander, Wal- Mart Stores Inc.; Wen-Ching Chiang, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. * Using Informix to Break into a New Market -- Robert Dant, Centric iSolutions, Inc. * Implementing SDS (Shared Disk Secondary) Tips and Tricks -- Jeff Filippi, Integrated Data Consulting, LLC * Building Data Warehouses with IBM Informix -- Lester Knutsen, Advanced DataTools Corp. * How's Your BI? - Building your BI platform with Informix Warehouse and Cognos Express -- Rajesh Nair, IBM * Conversion Guard - Making it easier than ever to migrate between IDS versions -- Scott Lashley, IBM * Upgrading Hardware and IBM Informix Dynamic Server with Zero Downtime -- Ron Privett, IBM; Andrew Ford, NetworkIP For more details, please visit: http://www.iiug.org/conf/2010/iiug/sessions.php Hands-on Labs For the first time, we will be offering hands-on labs during the conference week. Here are the topics that will be delivered. More information to follow. * Embedding IDS * Using Optim Test Data with IDS * Everything you wanted to know about CAF and Failover * Admin of IDS HA and Replication using OAT * Cloud using IDS * And more... Some useless trivia - Kansas City the City of Fountains: Did you know that Kansas City is home to more fountains than any city in the world except Rome? Kansas City's love affair with fountains may have to do with the importance of water to the city's development. The city is located where the Kansas and Missouri rivers meet and many arrived in Kansas City by steamboat to begin their overland journeys west. Water, or the ability to get over it, was also important in the city's growth. Kansas City was the first city to build a railroad bridge over the Missouri River (the Hannibal Bridge in 1869), ensuring that Kansas City would become the major city in the region. The fountain you see in the 2010 IIUG conference logo and on the website is one of Kansas City's landmarks - The JC Nichols Memorial fountain. Erected in 1960, the JC Nichols Memorial Fountain is the most photographed and well known of all the Kansas City Fountains. At the East entrance to the Plaza, the four horses are said to represent four rivers: the Mississippi, Volga, Seine and the Rhine. We are looking forward to seeing you in Overland Park in April! Register Now! Visit http://www.iiug.org/conf for all the latest information... IIUG Conference Planning Committee