MidWest Informix User Conference
*** Print this announcement, pass it along to a friend , post in a *** *** conspicuous place in your office, break room or bulletin board. *** MidWest Informix User Group Barbecue! Wednesday, August 16, 2000 Welcome Ardent Users! Welcome new Informix users! On Wednesday August 16 the Minneapolis Informix office and the MidWest Informix User Group are planning a half-day event to welcome Ardent into the Informix community. You may be aware that earlier this year Informix completed its acquisition of Ardent and is now able to offer a complete end-to-end Data Warehousing / Business Intelligence solution. Where: Carlson Towers , 601 Carlson Parkway, Minnetonka, MN 55305 RSVP: Cynthia Carlson (no relation :-) by Wednesday, August 9th. cynthia.carlson @ informix.com Phone - 952-449-6628 Agenda: 1:30 - 2:30 Rotunda Conference Room 2&3 - MidWest Informix User Group Meeting Welcome first time members. Review Group's mission and objectives. Nominations for board members. Meet other members discuss how we use Informix and Ardent. Ask the experts: Got a tough problem? Get answers or ideas from other Informix users. 2:30 - 4:30 Carlson Cafe -Ardent presentation The Data Movement capabilities of Ardent DataStage provides the industry's first comprehensive data extraction, transformation, and loading toolset for building Operational Data Stores, data marts, and enterprise data warehouses - the key component of any BI infrastructure. DataStage provides IT departments with a modular approach designed to reuse existing business logic and shorten the development cycle. With DataStage, developers have the option of extracting and transforming data at the source and/or leveraging the performance of the server-side processing through powerful transformation engine. The end result is a solid BI infrastructure built with one toolset from one vendor backed by education, support, and data warehouse consulting services. 4:30 - 6:30 Carlson Towers Patio (Indoor cafeteria if necessary) BARBECUE! Come join us for a casual get together enjoy great food, drink, and camaraderie amongst fellow Informix and Ardent developers and users. Directions: The Carlson Towers are the two tall twin office towers at the northwest quadrant of I-494 and I-394/US12. Just north of the intersection on I-494 is exit #20, Carlson Parkway N. head west and it becomes Carlson Parkway. Carlson Parkway can also be reached from US12 just west of I-494 . ************************************************************************ * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free!