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Using Informix Dynamic Server with WebSphere Chuck Ballard, Eduardo Akisue, Alexander Koerner, Martin Lurie, Pagadala J. Suresh
Transitioning Informix 4GL to Enterprise Generation Language (EGL) Chuck Ballard, Vlaunir Da Silva, Daniel M. Farrell, Alexander Koerner, Jonathan Sayles
IBM Informix - Integration Through Data Federation Chuck Ballard, Nigel Davies, Marcelo Gavazzi, Martin Lurie, Jochen Stephani
Database Transition Informix Dynamic Server to DB2 Universal Database Chuck Ballard, Cindy Munns, Mary Schulte, Mark Scranton, Nora Sokolof, Uwe Weber
Database Strategies Using Informix XPS and DB2 Universal Database Chuck Ballard, Weiren Ding, Carlton Doe, Glen Mules, Rajamani Muralidharan, Santosh Sajip, Nora Sokolof, Andreas Weininger


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Informix is a family of relational database management system (RDBMS) products from IBM, acquired in 2001 from a company (also called Informix or Informix Software) which dates its origins back to 1980.

The Informix database management system (DBMS) was conceived and designed by Roger Sippl in the late 1970s. Informix was founded in 1980, went public in 1986, and for a period during the 1990s Informix was the second most popular database system, after Oracle. Success did not last very long, however, and by 2000 a series of management blunders had significantly weakened the company financially.

In 2001 IBM, prompted by a suggestion from Wal-Mart (Informix's largest customer), purchased Informix.[1] IBM has long-term plans for both Informix and DB2, with both databases sharing technology with each other. In early 2005, IBM released version 10 of Informix IDS.

In 2006 there has been a shift in IBM's data server strategy towards IDS. Janet Perna, the former head of IBM's DB2 Division retired after more than 30 years with the company, the division has since been renamed from DB2 Information Management to Information Management.

IDS is now a a strategic data server inside IBM's Information Management portfolio. In 2007 the next release of IDS (Codename cheetah) is expected to be generally available.