The International Informix Users Group (IIUG) will hold its 2008 Informix Conference at the Overland Park Marriott in Overland Park, Kansas (USA). The hotel is just down the street from the IBM Development Lab in Lenexa, home to most of the Informix Development and Support Staff, and a suburb in the metropolitan area of Kansas City, Missouri.

Querix

Querix will showcase its recent release 'Hydra4GL' 4.3 and the next Generation 4GL compiler Lycia with the new IBM Eclipse Based IDE with an integrated graphical debugger and XML based form designer. There will also be a technical tutorial session on how to utilize Web Services (supported in V4.3 and Lycia) from and to 4GL. This will open up access from non 4GL-based applications to access 4GL functions within minutes.

For more information, please contact:

Querix America

Telephone: freephone   1-866-732-0389  
Email: sales@querix.com

8174 S. Holly Street #225, Centennial, CO 80122-4004, US

Querix Europe

Telephone:   +44 (0) 23 80 385181  
Email: sales@querix.com

Querix House, 50 The Avenue,  Southampton, SO17 1XQ, UK

Conference Overview

The event will be a three full day event packed with four tracks of all Informix sessions and a day of tutorials prior to the event. The full conference price will be around the $500 price tag for early registration and around $200 for the tutorials on the Sunday prior to the event.

The Conference Planning Committee selected to run the conference is made up of long time active IIUG volunteers Cindy Lichtenauer, Walt Hultgren, James Edmiston, Tom Beebe, Tammy Frankforter, David Link, Bruce Simms, and Kernoal Stephens.

This will be the major conference of the year devoted to Informix and related technologies, featuring a great line-up of benefits and activities:

• Four full tracks for three full days of technical sessions

• The top Informix and IBM speakers from around the world

• Additional full-day and half-day tutorial sessions on the day before the conference by recognized experts on Informix

• Keynotes and special sessions by senior IBM Information Management and Informix Development and Marketing executives

• Free IBM Information Management Certification testing available to all attendees

• An exhibition hall where you will be able to meet representatives and discuss the latest offerings from vendors serving the worldwide Informix community

• Numerous networking opportunities at receptions and other planned social events

Technical Session Tracks

Conference sessions will be organized into four general subject area tracks that will run concurrently:

• The Database Applications and Tools track will cover such topics as application development tools and methodologies, application and database architecture, and maximizing application and SQL performance.

• The Informix Administration and Performance track will feature sessions on topics including database and data warehouse design and administration, performance tuning, backup and restore, and security.

• The Informix Edge track will contain talks on aspects of Informix that provide a distinct edge in application development and processing such as emerging technologies like XML and Web services, operation in cross-platform and heterogeneous environments, and support for Open Source and third-party tools.

• The Advanced Support Topics track will feature studies and advanced sessions on support topics, many taken from real-life development and support scenarios.