Safari Books Online is a digital library providing on-demand subscription access to thousands of learning resources.
1-15 of 15 Items < Prev | 1 | Next >
1. | IBM Informix: Integration Through Data Federation By: Chuck Ballard; Nigel Davies; Marcelo Gavazzi; Jochen Stephani; Martin Lurie Publisher: IBM Redbooks Publication Date: 08-SEP-2003 Insert Date: 01-OCT-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: IBM Informix: Integration Through Data Federation This IBM Redbooks publication describes how to create and
implement a federated data management environment. That environment
can enable access to, and use of, multiple heterogeneous data
sources as if they were all resident in the same data management
system. We use Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) and DB2 as the primary
data sources, along with Informix Extended Parallel Server (XPS),
Red Brick Warehouse, Oracle9i, and Microsoft Excel as data sources.
We also use data management tools, such as IBM DB2 Information
Integrator and Informix Enterprise Gateway Manager, to provide the
data...
|
2. | Solving Business Problems with Informix TimeSeries By: Vaibhav S Dantale; Tony Hays; Anup Nair; Jacques Roy Publisher: IBM Redbooks Publication Date: 21-SEP-2012 Insert Date: 01-OCT-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Solving Business Problems with Informix TimeSeries The world is becoming more and more instrumented,
interconnected, and intelligent in what IBM® terms a smarter planet, with more and
more data being collected for analysis. In trade magazines, this
trend is called big
data.
As part of this trend, the following types of time-based
information are collected:
Large data centers support a corporation or provide cloud
services. These data centers need to collect temperature, humidity,
and other types of
information over time to optimize energy usage.
Utility meters (referred to as smart meters) allow utility
companies to...
|
3. | Database Strategies: Using Informix XPS and DB2 Universal Database By: Chuck Ballard; Weiren Ding; Carlton Doe; Glen Mules; Rajamani Muralidharan; Santosh Sajip; Nora Sokolof; Andreas Weininger Publisher: IBM Redbooks Publication Date: 26-JUL-2005 Insert Date: 12-JUN-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Database Strategies: Using Informix XPS and DB2 Universal Database The acquisition of Informix by IBM has provided the opportunity
for Informix customers to consider new alternatives to further
enrich their data management systems infrastructure. They can now
more easily take advantage of available products, services, and
capabilities as they grow and change.
This IBM Redbooks publication focuses on strategies, techniques,
capabilities, and considerations for using Informix Extended
Parallel Server (XPS) and DB2 Universal Database (UDB). It provides
detailed discussions and data to give a good understanding of the
two products, their capabilities, and...
|
4. | Transitioning: Informix 4GL to Enterprise Generation Language (EGL) By: Chuck Ballard; Vlaunir Da Silva; Daniel M. Farrell; Alexander Koerner; Jonathan Sayles Publisher: IBM Redbooks Publication Date: 22-JUL-2005 Insert Date: 12-JUN-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Transitioning: Informix 4GL to Enterprise Generation Language (EGL) In this IBM Redbooks publication, we describe how Informix
customers can upgrade their 4GL application development environment
to the Rational Software Development platform, and, more
specifically, transition to the Rational Enterprise Generation
Language (EGL).
EGL provides just the right balance of simplicity and
flexibility, and enables application developers to focus on solving
business problems rather than expending time and energy on
technology.
For example, Informix 4GL developers who are unfamiliar with
Java can use EGL to quickly build data-driven Web applications and
business...
|
5. | Informix Dynamic Server V10 . . . Extended Functionality for Modern Business By: Chuck Ballard; Carlton Doe; Alexander Koerner; Anup Nair; Jacques Roy; Dick Snoke; Ravi ViJay Publisher: IBM Redbooks Publication Date: 18-DEC-2006 Insert Date: 27-FEB-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Informix Dynamic Server V10 . . . Extended Functionality for Modern Business This IBM Redbooks publication provides an overview of the
Informix Dynamic Server (IDS), Version 10. IDS provides the
reliability, flexibility, and ease of maintenance that can enable
you to adapt to new customer requirements. It is well known for its
blazing online transaction processing (OLTP) performance, legendary
reliability, and nearly hands-free administration for businesses of
all sizes--all while simplifying and automating enterprise database
deployment.Version 10 offers significant improvements in performance,
availability, security, and manageability, including...
|
6. | Informix Dynamic Server V10: Superior Data Replication for Availability and Distribution By: Chuck Ballard; Carlton Doe; Ajay Gupta; Michael Lee; Dick Snoke Publisher: IBM Redbooks Publication Date: 20-APR-2007 Insert Date: 06-FEB-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Informix Dynamic Server V10: Superior Data Replication for Availability and Distribution This book provides an overview of the high availability and
enterprise replication features of Informix Dynamic Server (IDS)
Version 10, which can simplify and automate enterprise database
deployment. Version 10 offers patent-pending technology that
virtually eliminates downtime and automates many of the tasks
associated with deploying mission-critical enterprise systems. The
high availability capability can reduce or eliminate costly
downtime through, as examples, the introduction of online index
rebuild, the capability to create and drop indexes online without
locking tables, and...
|
7. | Informix Dynamic Server 11: Advanced Functionality for Modern Business By: Chuck Ballard; Carlton Doe; Ajay Gupta; Randy House; Alexander Koerner; Vijay Lolabattu; Keshava Murthy; Jacques Roy; Karl Schimmel; Richard Snoke Publisher: IBM Redbooks Publication Date: 04-SEP-2007 Insert Date: 25-JAN-2012 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Informix Dynamic Server 11: Advanced Functionality for Modern Business In this IBM Redbooks publication, we provide an overview of
Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 11. IDS is designed to help
businesses leverage their existing information assets as they move
into an on demand business environment. Requirements here call for
a flexible data server that can accommodate growth, in
applications, data volume, and numbers of users. And it offers the
capability to minimize downtime and to provide the high
availability required today. A new suite of business availability
functionality provides greater flexibility and performance,
automated statistical and performance...
|
8. | IBM Informix Flexible Grid: Extending Data Availability By: Whei-Jen Chen; Venkatesh Gopal; Holger Kirstein; Madison Pruet; Nilesh Ozarkar; Ammu Soni; Amit Vashishtha Publisher: IBM Redbooks Publication Date: 23-JUN-2011 Insert Date: 01-JUL-2011 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: IBM Informix Flexible Grid: Extending Data Availability In this IBM® Redbooks® publication, we focus on, and
provide an overview of, the high availability and Enterprise
Replication features of IBM Informix® 11.70. Informix provides
solutions for making data highly available in the MACH11 cluster.
The components of the MACH11 cluster include High Availability Data
Replication (HDR), Shared Disk Secondary (SDS), and Remote
Secondary Standby (RSS) servers. Enterprise Replication (ER)
provides a means of selectively replicating data between systems in
near real time. The Informix Flexible Grid eliminates the
administrative complexity of ER. Flexible...
|
9. | IBM Informix Developer's Handbook By: Whei-Jen Chen; Krishna Doddi; Manoj Ghogale; David Jay; Javier Sagrera Publisher: IBM Redbooks Publication Date: 04-OCT-2010 Insert Date: 20-OCT-2010 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: IBM Informix Developer's Handbook IBM® Informix® is a low-administration, easy-to-use,
and embeddable database that is ideal for application development.
It supports a wide range of development platforms, such as
Javaâ„¢, .NET, PHP, and web services, enabling developers to
build database applications in the language of their choice.
Informix is designed to handle RDBMS data and XML without
modification and can be extended easily to handle new data
sets.
This IBM Redbooks® publication provides fundamentals of
Informix application development. It covers the Informix Client
installation and configuration for application...
|
10. | Migrating from Microsoft SQL Server to IBM Informix By: Whei-Jen Chen; Chee Fong Koh; Deen Murad; Holger Kirstein; Rakeshkumar Naik Publisher: IBM Redbooks Publication Date: 22-JUL-2010 Insert Date: 02-OCT-2010 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Migrating from Microsoft SQL Server to IBM Informix In this IBM® Redbooks® publication, we discuss
considerations, and describe a methodology, for transitioning from
Microsoft® SQL Server 2008 to the Informix® Dynamic
Server. We focus on the topic areas of data, applications, and
administration, providing information about the differences in
features and functionality, including the data types, data
manipulation language, data definition language, and stored
procedures. Understanding the features and functionality of the two
products assists you in developing a migration plan.
We provide a conversion methodology and discuss the processes
for...
|
11. | Embedding Informix Dynamic Server: An Introduction By: Chuck Ballard; Oluwatosin Ajayi; Guy Bowerman; Alexander Koerner; Jacques Roy; Dick Snoke Publisher: IBM Redbooks Publication Date: 16-MAR-2009 Insert Date: 03-JUN-2009 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Embedding Informix Dynamic Server: An Introduction In this IBM Redbooks publication we discuss and describe the
capabilities for embedding IDS into applications and software. We
introduce the technological architecture, and describe several of
the functions and features that support IDS as a robust and
powerful embeddable DBMS. Many of these features are unique in the
industry today, enabling clients to create a business
advantage.
The Informix Dynamic Server can support the requirements of an
embeddable DBMS, and is doing so for many companies today. The low
administration requirements of IDS enable clients to deploy
thousands of...
|
12. | Informix Dynamic Server 11: Extending Availability and Replication By: Chuck Ballard; Joseph Baric; Ajay Gupta; Holger Kirstein; Rajesh Naicken; Nilesh Ozarkar Publisher: IBM Redbooks Publication Date: 24-JUN-2008 Insert Date: 10-JUL-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Informix Dynamic Server 11: Extending Availability and Replication In this IBM® Redbooks® publication, we provide an
overview of the high availability and enterprise replication
features of the Informix® Dynamic Server (IDS) Version 11,
which can simplify and automate enterprise database deployment.
Version 11 has patent-pending technology that virtually eliminates
downtime and automates many of the tasks associated with deploying
mission-critical enterprise systems.
The high availability capability can reduce or eliminate costly
downtime, for example, through online index rebuild and
point-in-time table level restore. Enhanced enterprise...
|
13. | Customizing the Informix Dynamic Server for Your Environment By: Chuck Ballard; Jacques Roy; Rosario Annino; Alan Caldera; Sergio Dias; Vinayak Shenoi; Santosh Sajip; Robert Uleman; Suma Vinod Publisher: IBM Redbooks Publication Date: 11-JUN-2008 Insert Date: 02-JUL-2008 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Customizing the Informix Dynamic Server for Your Environment In this IBM® Redbooks® publication, we provide an
overview of some of the capabilities of version 11 of the IBM
Informix® Dynamic Server (IDS), referred to as IDS 11, that
enable it to be easily customized for your particular environment.
Although many capabilities are available, the focus of this book is
on the areas of ease of administration and application development.
We describe and demonstrate these capabilities with examples to
show how it can be done and provide a model as you begin your
customization.
IDS 11 provides nearly hands-free administration to businesses of
all sizes. It...
|
14. | By: Ron Flannery Publisher: Prentice Hall Publication Date: 14-AUG-2000 Insert Date: 25-SEP-2002 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Informix® Handbook, The From the Foreword "I think that this is the one book
that you should have on your shelf to help you excel in your
Informix work, and I highly recommend it."
Dr. Michael Stonebraker
Vice President and Informix CTO
The all-in-one reference for Informix administrators,
developers, and DBAs.
The Informix Handbook is the most comprehensive Informix
desktop reference ever published. No matter what platform or
version of Informix you use, here are the complete, results-focused
answers you'd have to search through piles of documentation
for—if you could find them at all! Whether you're...
|
15. | Informix DBA Survival Guide, Second Edition By: Joe Lumbley Publisher: Prentice Hall Publication Date: 23-DEC-1998 Insert Date: 25-SEP-2002 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Informix DBA Survival Guide, Second Edition
7962C-5
If Informix is your database engine, this is your engine
manual!
There's practically no Informix problem you can't solve if
you're willing to get "under the hood" and get dirty! That's the
philosophy behind Informix Database Administrator's Survival
Guide-and it's why the first edition became a worldwide Informix
best-seller!
Now, there's an all-new Second Edition, completely updated to
reflect the new Informix 7 database engine. Better than ever, it
contains over 150 pages of totally new debugging help-covering the
Informix-Dynamic Server and Informix-Online database...
|
1-15 of 15 Items < Prev | 1 | Next >