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18 Nov 13 - ZDNet - Top 20 mobile skills in demand... Read 09 Sep 13 - telecompaper - Shaspa and Tatung have shown a new smart home platform at Ifa in Berlin. Powered by the IBM Informix software... Read 06 Sep 13 - IBM data magazine - Mission Accomplished - Miami, Florida will be the backdrop for the 2014 IIUG Informix Conference... Read 01 Feb 13 - IBM Data Magazine - Are your database backups safe? Lester Knutsen (IBM Champion) writes about database back up safety using "archecker"... Read 14 Nov 12 - IBM - IBM's Big Data For Smart Grid Goes Live In Texas... Read 3 Oct 12 - The Financial - IBM and TransWorks Collaborate to Help Louisiana-Pacific Corporation Achieve Supply Chain Efficiency... Read 28 Aug 12 - techCLOUD9 - Splunk kicks up a SaaS Storm... Read 10 Aug 12 - businessCLOUD9 - Is this the other half of Cloud monitoring?... Read 3 Aug 12 - IBM data management - Supercharging the data warehouse while keeping costs down IBM Informix Warehouse Accelerator (IWA) delivers superior performance for in-memory analytics processing... Read 2 Aug 12 - channelbiz - Oninit Group launches Pay Per Pulse cloud-based service... Read 28 May 12 - Bloor - David Norfolk on the recent Informix benchmark "pretty impressive results"... Read 23 May 12 - DBTA - Informix Genero: A Way to Modernize Informix 4GL Applications... Read 9 Apr 12 - Mastering Data Management - Upping the Informix Ante: Advanced Data Tools... Read 22 Mar 12 - developerWorks - Optimizing Informix database access... Read 14 Mar 12 - BernieSpang.com - International Informix User Group set to meet in San Diego... Read 1 Mar 12 - IBM Data Management - IIUG Heads West for 2012 - Get ready for sun and sand in San Diego... Read 1 Mar 12 - IBM Data Management - Running Informix on Solid-State Drives.Speed Up Database Access... Read 26 Feb 12 - BernieSpan.com - Better results, lower cost for a broad set of new IBM clients and partners... Read 24 Feb 12 - developerWorks - Informix Warehouse Accelerator: Continuous Acceleration during Data Refresh... Read 6 Feb 12 - PRLOG - Informix port delivers unlimited database scalability for popular SaaS application ... Read 2 Feb 12 - developerWorks - Loading data with the IBM Informix TimeSeries Plug-in for Data Studio... Read 1 Feb 12 - developerWorks - 100 Tech Tips, #47: Log-in to Fix Central... Read 13 Jan 12 - MC Press online - Informix Dynamic Server Entices New Users with Free Production Edition ... Read 11 Jan 12 - Computerworld - Ecologic Analytics and Landis+Gyr -- Suitors Decide to Tie the Knot... Read 9 Jan 12 - planetIDS.com - DNS impact on Informix / Impacto do DNS no Informix... Read 8 Sep 11 - TMCnet.com - IBM Offers Database Solution to Enable Smart Meter Data Capture... Read 1 Aug 11 - IBM Data Management Magazine - IIUG user view: Happy 10th anniversary to IBM and Informix... Read 8 Jul 11 - Database Trends and Applications - Managing Time Series Data with Informix... Read 31 May 11 - Smart Grid - The meter data management pitfall utilities are overlooking... Read 27 May 11 - IBM Data Management Magazine - IIUG user view: Big data, big time ( Series data, warehouse acceleration, and 4GLs )... Read 16 May 11 - Business Wire - HiT Software Announces DBMoto for Enterprise Integration, Adds Informix. Log-based Change Data Capture... Read 21 Mar 11 - Yahoo! Finance - IBM and Cable&Wireless Worldwide Announce UK Smart Energy Cloud... Read 14 Mar 11 - MarketWatch - Fuzzy Logix and IBM Unveil In-Database Analytics for IBM Informix... Read 11 Mar 11 - InvestorPlace - It's Time to Give IBM Props: How many tech stocks are up 53% since the dot-com boom?... Read 9 Mar 11 - DBTA - Database Administration and the Goal of Diminishing Downtime... Read 2 Feb 11 - DBTAs - Informix 11.7 Flexible Grid Provides a Different Way of Looking at Database Servers... Read 27 Jan 11 - exactsolutions - Exact to Add Informix Support to Database Replay, SQL Monitoring Solutions... Read 25 Jan 11 - PR Newswire - Bank of China in the UK Works With IBM to Become a Smarter, Greener Bank... Read 12 Oct 10 - Database Trends and Applications - Informix 11.7: The Beginning of the Next Decade of IBM Informix... Read 20 Sep 10 - planetIDS.com - ITG analyst paper: Cost/Benefit case for IBM Informix as compared to Microsoft SQL Server... Read 20 Jul 10 - IBM Announcements - IBM Informix Choice Edition V11.50 helps deploy low-cost scalable and reliable solutions for Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows... Read 20 Jul 10 - IBM Announcements - Software withdrawal: Elite Support for Informix Ultimate-C Edition... Read 24 May 10 - eWeek Europe - IBM Supplies Database Tech For EU Smart Grid... Read 23 May 10 - SiliconIndia - IBM's smart metering system allows wise use of energy... Read 21 May 10 - CNET - IBM to help people monitor energy use... Read 20 May 10 - ebiz - IBM Teams With Hildebrand To Bring Smart Metering To Homes Across Britain... Read 19 May 10 - The New Blog Times - Misurare il consumo energetico: DEHEMS è pronto... Read 19 May 10 - ZDNet - IBM software in your home? Pact enables five-city smart meter pilot in Europe... Read 17 March 10 - ZDNet (blog) David Morgenstern - TCO: New research finds Macs in the enterprise easier, cheaper to manage than... Read 17 March 2010 - Virtualization Review - ...key components of Big Blue's platform to the commercial cloud such as its WebSphere suite of application ser vers and its DB2 and Informix databases... Read 10 February 2010 - The Wall Street Journal - International Business Machines is expanding an initiative to win over students and professors on its products. How do they lure the college crowd?... 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IBM Informix .NET Data Provider Open Beta

IDS .NET Data Provider support for the .NET Framework 2.0 is available with Beta Drop. This drop also includes performance enhancements to the provider. The open beta drops will also include IDS .NET Data Provider for .NET Framework 1.1. The performance enhancements are included in both the IDS .NET Data Providers.

In addition to the .NET Data Provider for 2.0, there is also a collection of add-ins to the Microsoft(R) Visual Studio .NET 2005 IDE. The add-ins will simplify the creation of applications that use the ADO.NET interface. IBM Database Add-Ins for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 are available with Beta drop now.

Beta Drop 2 - Delivered		01/27
Content:		IDS .NET Data Provider support for the .NET Framework 2.0 IBM Database Add-Ins for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 IDS .NET Data Provider support for the .NET Framework 2.0

Beta Refresh - Planned		Mid - Feb
Content:		Defect fixes.

The Open beta is requires an IBM id and password (same as developerWorks) and is available at IBM Informix .NET Data Provider Open Beta website.

Support for the open will be provided via a QuickPlace that has been set-up to include the support forum other technical and educational information. Upon downloading the product from the open beta website, you will receive an email giving you access to the QuickPlace. If you have problems accessing the QuickPlace, please send a note to Paul Read (paul_read at uk dot ibm dot com)