Informix 11.

7 Bootcamp
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Information Management Technology Ecosystems

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 Learn
What is Informix Software?
How Informix Software can help Increase your revenue
Whats new in the Informix 11.7 (Panther) release

V11

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 Informix BRAND NAME!!!!

OLD BRAND NAME -

IBM INFORMIX DYNAMIC SERVER SOFTWARE

NEW BRAND NAME -

IBM INFORMIX SOFTWARE

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 NEW INFORMIX FOCUS

Delight Existing Informix Customers:

Enhance the Informix client relationship and improve client
loyalty
Build Strategic Differentiation:
Clarify the messaging and enhance the overall Informix
value proposition to the market

Build new Profitable Revenue Streams:

Expand Informix product support and serve the
growing footprint of Informix
Create Proactive Culture
Develop a proactive, high-touch culture, with expansion into
growth areas

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Informix 11.7 (PANTHER)
Creating Growth Opportunities for Clients and Partners

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The NEW Informix 11.7
Focus on enhancing the core strengths of Informix

New flexible Grid provides high availability, failover, dynamic scalability,

and distributed data capabilities at lower cost
Significant embeddability investments result in smaller footprints, and
self healing, configuring, optimizing, and maintainence functionalty
An improved warehouse infrastructure supports cost-effective
management and improves SQL performance
Increased support for spoken and open-source languages, tools, and
SQL syntax, maximizes productivity and portability, while reducing
application development costs
A more granular level of auditing, simpler compliance features, and
better user administration promotes overall security
New and refined algorithms, increased support for memory residency,
and connection improvements further increases performance
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The NEW Informix 11.7
Help IBM partners and customers SUCCEED and WIN!
Low Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
Informix TCO is at least 31% less than Microsoft*
Developers dont have to spend time being a DBA

Free training and mentoring

Your developers can learn Informix in under a week

Flexible licensing options

Your customers pay for what they use

Broad IBM partner benefits

Including co-marketing and sales and marketing awareness
See Informix Technical Guide
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 Informix Panther Listen to the Experts!

Test drive Informix 11.7 for free

Download the Developer Edition
https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/preLogin.do?source=ifxids&S
_CMP=rnav
Download the Innovator-C Edition
https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/reg/pick.do?source=swg-
ifxnce&S_TACT=609AB15W&S_CMP=rnav&lang=en_US

See what industry analysts are saying about the value of Informix
ITG report: Cost/Benefit Case for IBM Informix, compared to Microsoft SQL
Server
https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/signup.do?source=sw-
infomgt&S_PKG=infmx-itg-report&S_TACT=609AB15W&lang=en_US
Forrester Consulting report: Informix Total Economic Impact
https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/signup.do?source=sw-
infomgt&S_PKG=infmx-forrester-ap

Learn more by visiting www.ibm.com/informix

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GET INVOLVED!!!
Leverage Your Skill within the Informix Community!!!

1 Join Informix user groups

2 Nominate an Information Champion

3 Participate in an on-line community

4 Write to share your expertise and leadership

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New End-of-Service Support Offerings

Upgrade Bridge : Enhancement to existing

Informix 7.31 clients who require time active Subscription & Support
beyond the EOS date for non-defect Extends time allowed for
business continuity client upgrades

Committed upgrade plans How-To and workaround

assistance
Nominal uplift fee; Add-ons available for Provides pre-existing fixes
additional assistance
7 day, 24 hour support for
Continuing Support Pilot mission critical emergencies
Informix 9.4 & 10 clients requiring non- Access to existing fixes only
defect support to maintain business
continuity for the next 12 months
IDS Version EOM EOS
7.31 Sept 2008 Sept 2009
Pilot begins October 1, 2010 and ends
September 30, 2011 9.40 Apr 2008 Apr 2009

10.00 Sept 2009 Sept 2010

Questions: askIFMX@us.ibm.com 11.10 Sept 2009 TBD

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=630&uid=swg21439094
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 The International Informix Users Group (IIUG) will host the fourth annual
Informix User Conference May 15 - 18, 2011 at the Overland Park Marriott
hotel in Overland Park, KS (Kansas City).
Join other Informix users, developers, executives and enthusiasts for three
full days of technical presentations and conference events, preceded by
one day of in-depth tutorials. Topics will include Informix database
administration, application development, tools and advanced support.
Registration is now open!! For more information visit www.iiug.org/conf
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Informix Technical Survival Guide Everything INFX!!!

PDF document included with your Presentation PDFs

Links to Informix reading material (manuals, tutorials, etc)
Details on the new Informix Software Editions
Informix Platform Availability
Migration, certification and learning resources
Links to community and social websites
Information on Informix printed material and Redbooks
Information on BLOGS of IBM Informix professionals
Benefits for business partners on registering their Informix
solutions with IBM
Details on how to GET INVOLVED with everything Informix

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Informix 11.7 Bootcamp
Agenda (3 Days)
Information Management Partner Technologies

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Day 1

1.0 Welcome (15 min)

1.1 Informix Fundamentals (60 min)

1.2 Informix Database Administration (75 min)

Lunch Break

1.3 Informix Database Administration (Hands On) (60 min)

1.4 Informix Performance Tuning and Troubleshooting (75 min)

1.5 Informix Performance Tuning (Hands On) (60 min)

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Day 2

2.1 Informix Availability and Scalability (75 min)

2.2 Informix Availability and Scalability (Hands On) (75 min)

Lunch Break

2.3 Informix Security (45 min)

2.4 Informix Security (Hands On) (45 min)

2.5 Upgrading and Migrating Informix Databases (45 min)

2.6 Upgrading and Migrating Informix Databases (Hands On) (45 min)

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Day 3

3.1 Informix Feature Spotlight (60 min)

3.2 Informix Embeddability (45 min)

3.3 Informix Embeddability (Hands On) (60 min)

Lunch Break

3.4 Informix Application Development Overview (60 min)

3.5 Informix Application Development (Hands On) (60 min)

3.7 Informix Product Certification / Mastery Tests (75 min)

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Informix Mastery Test

At the end of this workshop, you will have the opportunity

to take the Informix Mastery Test
Mastery tests help to assure that an individual has
achieved a foundation of knowledge and understanding of
a subject matter
Mastery tests supplement certifications as a method used
by IBM to evaluate knowledge of IBM Sales and Technical
Professionals
As with certifications, the successful completion of a
mastery test may be required for participation in some IBM
Business Partner activities
M68 test overview:
www.ibm.com/certify/mastery_tests/ovrM68.s
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Pass Mastery Test Register with IBM PartnerWorld

1. You need to have a IBM ID from PartnerWorld (if none)

www.ibm.com/partnerworld

Click Join PartnerWorld and enroll

It might take a couple of days for ID approval

2. You need to update your PartnerWorld Profile to include your

Prometric Test ID (also known as Candidate ID)

Find out how at:

www.ibm.com/certify/process/PWinstructions.shtml

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Informix Product Certification Tests

IBM Certified Application Developer

IBM Certified Application Developer - Informix 11.50

IBM Certified Database Associate

IBM Certified Database Associate - Informix Dynamic Server 11.50 Fundamentals

IBM Certified Solutions Expert

IBM Certified Solutions Expert - Informix Dynamic Server V9 System Administrator
IBM Certified Solutions Expert - Informix Dynamic Server V7 System Administrator
IBM Certified Solutions Expert - Red Brick Warehouse V6 System Administrator
IBM Certified Solutions Expert - Informix 4GL Developer

IBM Certified System Administrator

IBM Certified System Administrator - Informix Dynamic Server V10 System Administrator
IBM Certified System Administrator - Informix Dynamic Server V11

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Informix Technical Mastery Test (M68)

To take the test

1. Go to: ibt.prometric.com/ibm
2. If you do not have a Prometric login ID:
Click on First-time Registration to register
3. Login to the Main Menu
You will be assigned
an ID immediately!
4. Under Candidate / Delivery on the right panel:
Click on Take Test
5. Wait for the Proctor/Instructor to start the test

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 New End-of-Service Support Options A Comparison
Deliverables Upgrade Bridge Continuing Support Service Extension
(Pilot)
Applicable Informix versions Informix 7.31 Only Informix 9.4 & 10 Only No Restrictions

Severity 1 Critical Response Yes Yes Yes

2 Hour Response time Yes Yes Yes

Initial Relief / Workaround Yes Yes Yes

Root Cause Analysis Yes Yes Yes

Escalate to Development No No Yes
Deliver Fixes Only pre-existing Only pre-existing Yes

Hands-on Upgrade Assistance Yes [ With Add-on] No No

Require Active Subscription
Yes Yes Yes
and Support
Available to Indirect client? No Yes Yes
Yes
(included with
Can partners re-sell ? No No
Subscription
and Support)
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Informix 11 Bootcamp

Information Management Partner Technologies

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