We are excited to be back with another winter user group meeting. Everyone seems to be happier with virtual user group meetings so we are going to stick with it for a bit.
So please join us the morning of 12/8/22 for a great set of technical discussions.
We are actively looking for user speakers, so if you are interested please reach out to tom@xdbsystems.com
Thank you to our amazing presenters for a fantastic user group meeting. As always, thank you for the user group members and interested parties for attending.
Shripad Sonavnay – Informix Roadmap – Youtube Replay
Stuart Litel – Informix 14 Certification Exam – Youtube Replay
Mike Walker – Informix Auditing Slides – Youtube Replay
Paul Watson – Beginners Guide To CDC Slides – Youtube Replay
We will be planning our next meeting for Fall/Winter timeframe. If there is a class you would be interested in teaching, or if there is a topic you want to hear about please reach out to us at Contact Us.
The WAIUG is back and excited to bring you a new and exciting set of Informix technical talks on July 14th 2022 from 9:30am-1pm. This free virtual meeting is open to anyone in the Informix community who wants to pick up some new skills and learn some new things around Informix.
We are finalizing the class lineup but we will have excellent talks from Paul Watson (Oninit), Mike Walker (xDB Systems) and more. Stay tuned here for a full list of presenters and classes.
Paul Watson – CDC – A beginners guide
Change Data Capture or CDC is a very useful weapon to have in your arsenal, whether it is just a quick what happened or a full blown forensic tool However, many people have never heard of it or are scared to use it. This presentation will examine the various APIs show how to build a working DBA tool
Sign up below to make sure to reserve your spot. Once you RSVP we will have your information and will send out an invite to the virtual meeting in a few weeks.
Thank you for everyone who attended as well as anyone who may be coming here after the fact to watch the replay.
Also, thank you to our amazing presenters and the IIUG team for supporting us.
Youtube Replays
The Slide Decks
We will be having our next meeting in Q4 of 2021. If you would be interested in presenting or have a particular topic you would like to see addressed, please use the contact us link at the top.
A replay of the meeting will be posted shortly.
The WAIUG is excited to announce an upcoming virtual meeting on July 22nd from 1pm – 4pm EDT on July 22nd.
This Free meeting is run in conjunction with the IIUG webcast series and will give a longer set of sessions from some excellent presenters:
Scott Pickett – Informix with NoSQL
Paul Watson – Creating C-UDRs for Informix
Carlton Doe – Introduction to the Informix 14 certification exam
Thomas Beebe – Getting started with Informix Connection Manager
We really hope you can make the sessions. Please RSVP for the meeting here
We have missed you all, with everything that has been going on and with most of us working full time from home these days we have decided to make the next meeting virtual for the first time.
It will happen Oct 1st from 9am-1pm using a web conference
Informix HQ – Carlton Doe – IBM
Carlton’s session covers the most recent changes and enhancements to IHQ. Topics include new start and stop scripting, schema Manager, connection manager (what works and what doesn’t work), custom dashboards and custom system reports
Compression – JC Lengyel – HCL
User Management – Jonathan Leffler – HCL
Thank you everyone who attended. Stay tuned here for a link to the replay of the webcast.
Thank you to Gustavo Castro and Jonathan Leffler for coming out for another great WAIUG meeting.
Slides:
Don’t miss your opportunity to attend the December WAIUG and pick up some useful information that you can use to enhance your business. Classes will be posted shortly. Please RSVP below so we can get a headcount and get you on the list to get into the building.
Here are the usual details regarding our meeting…
Refreshments will be provided, starting with a light breakfast at 8:30 am.
Topics:
Perl and DBD::Informix
Speaker: Jonathan Leffler
Description: The Perl DBI module allows you to write code for accessing databases; the DBD::Informix module is the driver for Informix. This session will cover how to build and install DBD::Informix, and show examples of how to access Informix databases with it.
Encrypting Backups
Speaker: Gustavo Castro
Description: Informix 14.10 introduced new features for using encryption with Informix, especially for encrypting backups, with key management in the cloud.
Key New Features in Informix 14.10:
Speaker: Jonathan Leffler and/or Gustavo Castro
Description: Information of about new features found in Informix 14:10.
Location:
IBM TEC Center
8401 Greensboro Drive, Suite 120
McLean, VA 22102
***Parking at the IBM TEC center parking garage costs $10.
– The Spring Hill Metro Station on the new Silver Line is 2 blocks away (about a 5-10 minute walk) from the IBM TEC center.
RSVP:
The next WAIUG meeting will be December 3, 2019. We are currently researching topics for the meeting. Additional emails will be sent as details are finalized. Looking forward to seeing you in December. WAIUG Planning Committee