Discounts on the Informix User Conference (deadline July 29)
IBM welcomes Informix users! NO ENTRY FEES! Enjoy free food, drinks, and giveaways. The next CHIUG meeting will be held on Thursday, September 19th, at ONE IBM Plaza in downtown Chicago.
MEETING SUMMARY:
Find out about Server Studio, a tool from IBM and AGS that allows you to use a GUI client to model and work with your Informix databases. We'll also talk about Informix Server Administrator, another tool (Web-based) that provides a front-end for your Informix administrators and DBAs.
Finally, we'll get a recap of the IBM Data Management Technical Conference (formerly the Informix User Conference).
Come early, network and meet your local IBM representatives. The meeting will start at 1:00pm; doors open at 12:30. There is NO CHARGE to attend this meeting and no need to register: just show up! (RSVP to: chiugrsvp@objectsoft.com) if you desire to do so...
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Agenda (see details below):
| 1:00PM - 3:30PM | Server Studio & Informix Server Administrator | |
| Presenter: Reiner Kappenberger, IBM | ||
| Recap of IBM Data Management Technical Conference
(formerly Informix User Conference) |
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| Presenter: Ron Flannery |
| 1:00PM - 3:30PM | Server Studio & Informix Server Administrator | |
| Recap of IBM Data Management Technical Conference | ||
| Presenters: Reiner Kappenberger & Ron Flannery |
| Server Studio JE |
| IBM provides Server Studio JE, a tool that allows Informix users to view and edit database and table information, stored procedures, query execution plans, SQL statements, and more. This is a product that Informix users have craved for years and it's here! Created by AGS Limited, Server Studio JE (Java Edition) comes as a free platform that can be expanded with add-on modules that customers can obtain from AGS LTD. Components of the product include Object Explorer, SPL Debugger, SQL Editor, Permissions Editor, Execution Plan Analyzer, Session Browser, and more! (Do these sound like anything you've been asking about?) |
| For More Information: |
| AGS Homepage: http://www.agsltd.com |
| IBM Server Studio: http://www-3.ibm.com/software/data/informix/tools/serverstudio |
| Informix Server Administrator |
| IBM Informix provides users with a Web-based instance management tool called ISA. This tool allows system administrators to manage all aspects of the database engine, from initial setup to ongoing tuning and monitoring. Additional Server Studio JE is a tool that allows developers as well as administrators to take a look inside the database to obtain information about the schema and work with individual SQL statements. Additional Server Studio JE provides a base platform that can easily be extended with Add-On modules from AGS LTD. |
| For More Information: |
| ISA homepage: http://www-3.ibm.com/software/data/informix/tools/isa |
| Recap of IBM Data Management Technical Conference |
| This new event - the IBM Data Management Technical Conference combines two conferences into one (formerly the DB2 & Business Intelligence Technical Conference and Informix User Conference). This allows users to see what both product families, DB2 and Informix, have to offer and allows users of these products to explore them to the depth they desire. Users can also explore the other Data Management products. The conference will take place in Anaheim, California, from September 9-13, 2002. |
| BI + DB2 + IFMX ==> Data Management |
| Ron Flannery will provide our group with a recap from the conference including information regarding any new product announcements and any other late breaking news. |
| For More Information: |
| IBM DataManagement Technical Conference: http://www-3.ibm.com/services/learning/conf/us/dm/index.html |