IBM Informix

IDS Express 11 Summary

• Superior, reliable database that delivers blazing performance to the mid-market
• “Administration Free Zone” features include an administration API for the new GUI-based OpenAdmin Tool for IDS to remotely manage clusters of IDS servers
• Small footprint, silent install and self-managing capabilities make IDS Express ideal to embed in your application.
• A new scheduler to automate common DBA tasks Integrated Solutions features such as Index Self-Join, XML publishing and an enhanced concurrency control mode
• Enhanced security via transparent data encryption and mandatory access control
• Autonomic features eliminate system failures and improve performance
• Automated Backup and Restore functions ensure high level of data availability and restoration while eliminating many manual tasks
• Wide choice of integrated development environments such as Eclipse, Rational Application Developer and Microsoft Visual Studio .Net
• Choice of application development languages, including a new Ruby driver and enhanced PHP, Java and .Net APIs as well as traditional language choices
• Secure communications features and the ability to meet regulatory requirements such as Basel II, Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA.
• IDS Express on Linux or Windows provides an excellent entry-level platform for small to mid-size Businesses.

IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) Express Edition 11 provides a superior, reliable database platform that delivers blazing OLTP performance to the mid-market IBM Informix® Dynamic Server (IDS)

Express 11 was designed together with IBM Business Partners to help their own customers—small and medium-size businesses (SMBs)—better leverage their existing information assets to thrive in today’s on demand business environment.

IDS Express is an entry-level object-relational database management system for customers and business partners who require an open standards-based information management system to support applications that do not require onsite IT staff resources to manage. IDS Express combines performance, availability and reliability with simplicity in installation and deployment, specifically with smaller businesses in mind. Independent software vendors (ISVs) now have the ability to scale up.