Archive - May 2012

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May 29th

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Freshen up Faster: Partition based refresh for Informix Warehouse Accelerator

Submitted by kmurthy on May 29, 2012 - 19:29
[Re-posted due to  blog issues]

Informix 11.70.FC5 has three of significant features for Informix warehouse accelerator (IWA).

 

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Using Informix Warehouse Accelerator with Informix high availability and scale-out servers. Informix 11.70.FC5 feature.

Submitted by kmurthy on May 29, 2012 - 06:30
With Informix 11.70.FC5, you can design, deploy and use Informix Warehouse Acceleraor (IWA) from any of the Informix high availability server types -- Primary, HDR Secondary, SDS, RSS. It's simple to configure and use.  The slide show below quickly gets you up to speed.  Of course, Info center has further information -- http://ibm.co/LiGAQ5
 
fyi: You can download the powerpoint slides from the slideshare site.
 

May 26th

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Informix 11.70.xC5: It's available / Já está disponível

Submitted by fnunes on May 26, 2012 - 22:45

This article is written in English and Portuguese
Este artigo está disponível em Inglês e  Portguês

English version:
The new fixpack of Informix 11.70 (xC5) is available and the Infocenter documentation was just updated as well as the PDF sets of manuals.

 

May 25th

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Freshen up Faster: Partition based refresh for Informix Warehouse Accelerator

Submitted by kmurthy on May 25, 2012 - 18:46

Informix 11.70.FC5 has three of significant features for Informix warehouse accelerator (IWA).

 

Informix Warehouse Accelerator: Configuring CPU Utilization

Submitted by german-informix... on May 25, 2012 - 15:43

Blog Content/Topics List

 

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IBM Webcast on Informix Timeseries

Submitted by eherber on May 25, 2012 - 13:39

Learn more about the IBM Informix Timeseries technology and how it can be used to manage huge amounts of timestamped data in the most efficient way:

Registration: Actually Using Smart Sensors and Other Time Sensitive Data with IBM's TimeSeries

 

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Strategies for Smarter Retail

Submitted by eherber on May 25, 2012 - 13:33

There is an interesting upcoming web seminar from IBM and Boston Retail Partners that
will focus on best-in-class technology to drive competetive advantage.

AFAIK Informix Warehhouse Accelerator will be one of the technologies discussed in
the webcast.

Registration: From Inventory Forecasting to 24x7 Operations: Strategies for Smarter Retail

 

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Informix Warehouse Accelerator

Submitted by eherber on May 25, 2012 - 13:20

In case you are already working with the IBM Informix Warehouse Accelerator or planning to modernize your datawarehouse environment with state of the art technology, then this blog from my friends from the IBM Informix Development in Munich is by far the best technical information around IWA that you can get:

 

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Article about IBM Informix Genero

Submitted by eherber on May 25, 2012 - 13:03

In the latest issue of the DBTA Magazine there is an article about IBM Informix Genero.
The article describes the advantages of converting 4GL applications to Genero instead of rewriting them in Java:

Informix Genero: A Way to Modernize Informix 4GL Applications

 

May 17th

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Tracking the trackers

Submitted by jroy on May 17, 2012 - 00:00
 We are now living in a world that is more and more instrumented, intelligent, and interconnected. That is actually the IBM definition of a smarter planet.

This opens the door to many possibilities to better use natural resources and improve many things.
Like "uncle Ben" said: "With great power comes great responsibilities" (I'm sure you know where that comes from :-) ). There is always a way to  misuse capabilities.