IBM Informix

Informix is class Enterprise DBMS (corporate), suitable for data management in small, medium and large business. Differs in high reliability and high-speed performance, the built-in recovery tools after failures, existence of means of replication of data and ensuring high availability, a possibility of creation of distributed systems. Almost all known server platforms are supported: IBM AIX, GNU/Linux (RISC and i86), HP UX, SGI Irix, Solaris, Windows, Mac OS.

IBM offers inexpensive editions Informix now for clients and partners that they could integrate and sell Informix as a part of the complete solutions. Along with the free version of Informix for developers, the new edition Innovator-C Edition also free for loading and deployment – with an option of a redistribution available to partners is offered. It allows to use Informix "on demand" (on-demand), eliminating an initial price barrier and providing optional paid technical support, when necessary. All new editions can work in operating environments of Windows, Linux, Unix and MAC OS. So, Informix Choice Edition in versions for Windows and Mac OS X represents new inexpensive functionally rich edition of the software Informix which offers functionality of a corporate class, high readiness and the low standard price (price point) attractive to the sector of medium business.

Informix 11.7 DBMS

The new version includes support of feature set, earlier implemented in the solutions Extended Parallel Server (XPS). Many of these improvements concern mechanisms of online transaction processing (OLTP). The new feature of Forrest of Trees guarantees more productive processing of specific types of requests. Besides, faster and effective interaction between the database and the client device is provided. Informix 11.7 is available to Windows platforms, Linux, Unix and Mac OS X.

The following DBMS enter a line of software products under the general name "Informix":

• IBM Informix Flexible Grid provides to clients necessary flexibility in application of their solutions on data management on the scale of regional departments or the global enterprise. The organizations can protect the existing IT investments, combining the available and new equipment, different types of hardware and different operating systems. Informix Flexible Grid provides permanent data availability for applications even during routine maintenance of the equipment, and without the need for use of the temporary reserve equipment. This the simple solution in deployment and management helps to reduce operating expenses thanks to reduction of need for new hardware and also promotes reduction of working time on administration up to 80%.
• IBM Informix Dynamic Server Enterprise Edition (IDS) Exclusively low operating costs providing the high performance of transactions in the environment of OLTP, the database server for the enterprises and the working groups. Includes possibilities for application development, ensuring high performance and data availability. Includes possibilities of performance improvement of transactions: flexible memory allocation, the configured size of data pages, data security, external directives of the optimizer. Provides different types of replication between servers at the level of tables (Enterprise Replication technology) and also replication with high availability of all data of the server (HADR) which allows to use read_only the server for reports along with use of transactions from a primary server. Supports the standard and determined by the user data types, including multimedia, graphic and text data. Has possibilities of data encryption at the level of fields in tables that conforms to such standards as Sarbanes-Oxley, Basel II and HIPAA.
• IBM Informix Dynamic Server Enterprise Edition with J/Foundation — includes all opportunities of the previous architecture plus an opportunity to create the user programs (UDR) in the Java language which are executed directly on the Informix server.
• IBM Informix Extended Parallel Server (XPS) is the server of management of databases of the high-end level, provides creation of very big bases and data warehouses for critical business applications. Allows to carry out integration traditional and Web based приложений. Includes possibilities of fast loading of very large volumes of data, and provides the increased performance in the environment of DSS. Provides scaling for work with large volumes of information. The ideal solution for consolidation of data in Wednesday the Internet, creations of the combined storages and data marts, with a possibility of competitive loading and accomplishment of requests.
• IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) Express - is created for medium and small business, the simplified procedures of creation and deployment of applications on the basis of this server do it ideal for small solutions when the minimum level of administration is required. Includes possibilities of fault tolerance and the increased performance. Provides functions of the automated backup and recovery. Supports a broad set of development tools of applications, such as Eclipse, IBM Rational Application Developer and Microsoft Visual Studio of .NET.
• IBM Informix OnLine Extended Edition is the easy in use, built-in server of management of databases for low and average loadings. Ensures functioning in the environment of OLTP, different data types including multimedia, supports a broad spectrum of development tools of applications.
• IBM Informix Standard Engine (SE) is the built-in database server created for development of small applications with the minimum administration.
• IBM Informix Red Brick Warehouse is relational DBMS for Business of Intelligence-applications, integrates e - business - an environment with lungs for deployment, use and administration and also the low cost of ownership, show-windows and data warehouses of Red Brick.