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:

Informix 14.1 Whats New

Perl and DBD::Informix

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

If you need a direct link to the Informix CSDK you can find it here: https://www-01.ibm.com/marketing/iwm/iwm/web/pickUrxNew.do?source=ifxdl

When:  Jul 11, 2019 from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM (ET)

The 2019 North America IBM Informix technical roadshow is coming to the Washington DC area! This one day event is focused on the latest features and functionality released in IBM Informix v.14.10. Topics include the new installation mechanism, security enhancements, new replication enhancements including asynchronous post commit triggers, new SQL and Java features and much more.

The event starts at 8:30 am with continental breakfast with the main session starting at 9 am. A light lunch will be served. The event address is IBM McLean TEC, 8401 Greensboro Drive – Suite 120 McLean VA 22102 More information

Mark your calendars and join us for the next meeting of the Washington Area Informix Users Group (WAIUG).

Thu Dec 6th 2018, 9:30am – 2:30pm.

Meeting Info:

Docker & Informix – What can Docker do for you With Darin Tracy
Understand what Docker is, how it works. And how to Create an Informix docker image and best practices. Docker containerization is the first step into using kubernetes as a fault tolerant clustering service.

Informix roadmap – Where do we go from here? With Karen Qualley
What might we expect from Informix in 5 years? Join IBM to learn about the Informix roadmap and what the team is working on.

Informix HCL Licensing With Karen Qualley
Information about changes and plans for the Informix licensing model from HCL.

Darin Tracy
Darin began working for Informix in 1994 and continues to work for IBM now. He has worked in the openlink support group, and the Down Systems Group and has been with the APD (RT) group. Darin has presented at many IIUG events as well as many internal classes to IBM support.

Karen Qualley
Karen started with Informix in the early 90’s in the Research and Development team in the QA department. In 2016 she became the Informix Offering Manager and continues that into her current role as the HCL Informix Product Manager.

Here are the details regarding our meeting…

Refreshments and lunch will be provided, starting with a light breakfast at 9:30 am.

Location
IBM Office
6710 Rockledge Dr
Bethesda, MD 20817
Room 02-2A305-Private (second floor)