PRESS: Informix in the News
List of Informix related articles. Format: PUBLICATION "Article Name" Summary of Article [Date, Location in Publication, Author] Informix in the News --------------------------------- (01/19/98) Informix in the News DOW JONES NEWS SERVICE "Hong Kong Bank Uses Informix Pdt in Home Banking Service" Chekiang First Bank of Hong Kong is offering Web-based home banking services based on the Informix Dynamic Server. This service allows customers to make secure bank transactions from their home with a standard web browser. (staff writer, 1/7/98) INFOWORLD "Decision Support Wares Grow" The OLAP Council will be announcing a thin-client-supportive version of its Multidimentional API (MD-API) a standard interface for OLAP servers. It will likely overlap somewhat with Microsoft's proposed OLE DB for OLAP API. Throughout the industry, new decision support and database products are coming out including Informix's MetaCube 4.0. (Paul Krill, 1/9/98) C/NET "Apple, Others See Stock Spike" In an article discussing stock jumps at the start of the new year, Informix was mentioned for it stock jumping 18%. The stock was helped by news that brokerage Hoak Breedlove was initiating coverage of the company as a hold and by the news of Les Denend's appointment to the board of directors. (Stephanie Miles & Dawn Yoshitake, 1/2/98) FORBES "Annual Report on American Industry; Focus; Computers & Software" In a round-up article on 1997 occurrences in the computer industry, Informix and Sybase were tagged as having "self-destructed" trying to keep up with Oracle. However, Oracle's stock also fell 29% when they announced that year end profits would not meet expectations. (Josh McHugh, 1/12/98) FORBES "Annual Report on American Industry; Companies; 1997 Worst" In a listing of the ten worst performing stocks of 1997, Informix was ranked ninth. (staff writer, 1/12/98) COMPUTING CANADA "Informix Revamps Database Server Product Line" Informix has simplified its product line to offer only the Informix Dynamic Server with five options. The goal of the simplification was to make it easier to sell the product and to give customers what they specifically need. (staff writer, 12/8/97) EDGE: WORK-GROUP COMPUTING REPORT "E-Commerce: Informix Selected as Database for First Web Banking System in Hong Kong" Chekiang First Bank of Hong Kong will be using Informix Dynamic Server to offer web-based home banking service to its customers. This is a first of its kind service for Hong Kong. (staff writer, 1/12/98)