Download or read book Administering Informix Dynamic Server written by Carlton Doe and published by MC Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information on administering and maintaining database systems using Informix Dynamic Server.

Download or read book Informix Guide to SQL written by Informix Software, Inc and published by Prentice Hall PTR. This book was released on 1995 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed as a companion volume to the INFORMIX Guide to SQL: Tutorial, this comprehensive reference covers the Structured Query Language (SQL) as it is implemented in Informix products. KEY TOPICS: Outlines the structure and contents of the demonstration database (stores5) and explains the 21 Informix system catalog tables that describe that structure; defines the column data types supported by Informix products and explains data type conversion techniques; describes the various environment variables that can or should be set to properly use Informix products; explains error handling, the system descriptor area and the SQL Descriptor Area (sqlda); details the workings of all the SQL statements supported by Informix products with step-by-step diagrams explaining every clause of each SQL statement; and shows how to create and use stored procedures. MARKET: A reference to SQL for those who already know how to use computers and who rely on them in their daily work.

Download or read book Data Warehousing with the Informix Dynamic Server written by Chuck Ballard and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2009-12-10 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The IBM Informix® Dynamic Server (IDS) has the tools to build a powerful data warehouse infrastructure platform to lower costs and increase profits by doing more with your existing operational data and infrastructure. The Informix Warehouse Feature simplifies the process for design and deployment of a high performance data warehouse. With a state-of-the-art extract, load, and transform (ELT) tool and an Eclipse-based GUI environment that is easy to use, this comprehensive platform provides the foundation you need to cost effectively build and deploy the data warehousing infrastructure, using the IBM Informix Dynamic Server, and needed to enable the development and use of next-generation analytic solutions . This IBM® Redbooks® publication describes the technical information and demonstrates the functions and capabilities of the Informix Dynamic Server Warehouse Feature. It can help you understand how to develop a data warehousing architecture and infrastructure to meet your particular requirements, with the Informix Dynamic Server. It can also enable you to transform and manage your operational data, and use it to populate your data warehouse. With that new data warehousing environment, you can support the data analysis and decision-making that are required as you monitor and manage your business processes, and help you meet your business performance management goals, objectives, and measurements.

Download or read book IBM Informix Developer s Handbook written by Whei-Jen Chen and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2011-01-17 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 JavaTM, .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 development environments. It discusses the skills and techniques for building Informix applications with Java, ESQL/C, OLE DB, .NET, PHP, Ruby on Rails, DataBlade®, and Hibernate. The book uses code examples to demonstrate how to develop an Informix application with various drivers, APIs, and interfaces. It also provides application development troubleshooting and considerations for performance. This book is intended for developers who use IBM Informix for application development. Although some of the topics that we discuss are highly technical, the information in the book might also be helpful for managers or database administrators who are looking to better understand their Informix development environment.

Download or read book IBM Informix Flexible Grid Extending Data Availability written by Whei-Jen Chen and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2012-12-18 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Grid provides the ability to automatically create database objects, such as tables, indexes, and stored procedures, on all nodes within the grid as a single operation. These enhanced Enterprise Replication features provide solutions for those customers requiring reliable and quick dissemination of data across a global organization. There is also enhanced capability for customers requiring High Availability Disaster Recovery, in the form of the ability to resend primary server indexes to secondary servers without requiring a rebuild of the index on the primary server. Capabilities such as these enable faster, easier, and more reliable distribution and high availability of data, resulting in improved access and use throughout the enterprise.

Download or read book Smarter Business Dynamic Information with IBM InfoSphere Data Replication CDC written by Chuck Ballard and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2012-03-12 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To make better informed business decisions, better serve clients, and increase operational efficiencies, you must be aware of changes to key data as they occur. In addition, you must enable the immediate delivery of this information to the people and processes that need to act upon it. This ability to sense and respond to data changes is fundamental to dynamic warehousing, master data management, and many other key initiatives. A major challenge in providing this type of environment is determining how to tie all the independent systems together and process the immense data flow requirements. IBM® InfoSphere® Change Data Capture (InfoSphere CDC) can respond to that challenge, providing programming-free data integration, and eliminating redundant data transfer, to minimize the impact on production systems. In this IBM Redbooks® publication, we show you examples of how InfoSphere CDC can be used to implement integrated systems, to keep those systems updated immediately as changes occur, and to use your existing infrastructure and scale up as your workload grows. InfoSphere CDC can also enhance your investment in other software, such as IBM DataStage® and IBM QualityStage®, IBM InfoSphere Warehouse, and IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management Server, enabling real-time and event-driven processes. Enable the integration of your critical data and make it immediately available as your business needs it.

Download or read book Embedding IBM Informix written by Whei-Jen Chen and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2011-02-17 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this IBM® Redbooks® publication, we discuss and describe the capabilities for embedding Informix® into applications and software. We introduce the technological architecture and describe several of the functions and features that support Informix 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 database server can support the requirements of an embeddable DBMS, and is doing so for many companies today. The low administration requirements of the Informix database server enable clients to deploy thousands of Informix instances, embedded in applications in locations where there are no technical resources to support the database. The real requirement is for applications with embedded databases that require little or no administration, take minimum storage resources, have excellent performance, and are highly reliable. As a mature and reliable DBMS, the Informix database server works well with small, growing, and large databases, and meets the key requirements for embedded databases, which include the ability to execute without needing any configuration or other DBA administrative activities, and the flexibility to work on all of the platforms commonly used in the marketplace today.

Download or read book The Informix Handbook written by Ron Flannery and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2000 with total page 1448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 a developer, DBA, manager, Web professional, or end user, this is the one Informix resource that delivers it all:

Download or read book Database and Data Communication Network Systems Three Volume Set written by Cornelius T. Leondes and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2002-07-09 with total page 975 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Database and Data Communication Network Systems examines the utilization of the Internet and Local Area/Wide Area Networks in all areas of human endeavor. This three-volume set covers, among other topics, database systems, data compression, database architecture, data acquisition, asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) and the practical application of these technologies. The international collection of contributors was culled from exhaustive research of over 100,000 related archival and technical journals. This reference will be indispensable to engineering and computer science libraries, research libraries, and telecommunications, networking, and computer companies. It covers a diverse array of topics, including: * Techniques in emerging database system architectures * Techniques and applications in data mining * Object-oriented database systems * Data acquisition on the WWW during heavy client/server traffic periods * Information exploration on the WWW * Education and training in multimedia database systems * Data structure techniques in rapid prototyping and manufacturing * Wireless ATM in data networks for mobile systems * Applications in corporate finance * Scientific data visualization * Data compression and information retrieval * Techniques in medical systems, intensive care units

Download or read book The Definitive Guide to Data Integration written by Pierre-Yves BONNEFOY and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2024-03-29 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the essentials of data integration with this comprehensive guide, covering everything from sources to solutions, and discover the key to making the most of your data stack Key Features Learn how to leverage modern data stack tools and technologies for effective data integration Design and implement data integration solutions with practical advice and best practices Focus on modern technologies such as cloud-based architectures, real-time data processing, and open-source tools and technologies Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Book DescriptionThe Definitive Guide to Data Integration is an indispensable resource for navigating the complexities of modern data integration. Focusing on the latest tools, techniques, and best practices, this guide helps you master data integration and unleash the full potential of your data. This comprehensive guide begins by examining the challenges and key concepts of data integration, such as managing huge volumes of data and dealing with the different data types. You’ll gain a deep understanding of the modern data stack and its architecture, as well as the pivotal role of open-source technologies in shaping the data landscape. Delving into the layers of the modern data stack, you’ll cover data sources, types, storage, integration techniques, transformation, and processing. The book also offers insights into data exposition and APIs, ingestion and storage strategies, data preparation and analysis, workflow management, monitoring, data quality, and governance. Packed with practical use cases, real-world examples, and a glimpse into the future of data integration, The Definitive Guide to Data Integration is an essential resource for data eclectics. By the end of this book, you’ll have the gained the knowledge and skills needed to optimize your data usage and excel in the ever-evolving world of data.What you will learn Discover the evolving architecture and technologies shaping data integration Process large data volumes efficiently with data warehousing Tackle the complexities of integrating large datasets from diverse sources Harness the power of data warehousing for efficient data storage and processing Design and optimize effective data integration solutions Explore data governance principles and compliance requirements Who this book is for This book is perfect for data engineers, data architects, data analysts, and IT professionals looking to gain a comprehensive understanding of data integration in the modern era. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced professional enhancing your knowledge of the modern data stack, this definitive guide will help you navigate the data integration landscape.

Download or read book Solving Business Problems with Informix TimeSeries written by Vaibhav S Dantale and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2012-09-21 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 collect information over a wireless network and to collect more data than ever before. IBM Informix® TimeSeries is optimized for the processing of time-based data and can provide the following benefits: Storage savings: Storage can be optimized when you know the characteristics of your time-based data. Informix TimeSeries often uses one third of the storage space that is required by a standard relational database. Query performance: Informix TimeSeries takes into consideration the type of data to optimize its organization on disk and eliminates the need for some large indexes and additional sorting. For these reasons and more, some queries can easily have an order of magnitude performance improvement compared to standard relational. Simpler queries: Informix TimeSeries includes a large set of specialized functions that allow you to better express the processing that you want to execute. It even provides a toolkit so that you can add proprietary algoritms to the library. This IBM Redbooks® publication is for people who want to implement a solution that revolves around time-based data. It gives you the information that you need to get started and be productive with Informix TimeSeries.

Download or read book Informix Basics written by Glenn Miller and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1999 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, a world-class Informix expert guides both novices and power users through the complex suite of Informix products, helping them master the development and administration skills they need most. Informix Basics is chock-full of exercises, practical examples and real-world tips - all honed through Glenn Miller's 14 years "in the trenches" teaching, building, and administering Informix databases. It shows not just what to do, but how and why to do it, and which tools to use. It covers virtually every key issue Informix developers and DBAs are likely to face, including: designing databases for maximum efficiency and power; working with SQL; using advanced SQL techniques such as stored procedures and triggers; 4GL programming and user interface development, and more. Coverage also includes data migration, interfacing with 3GLs, and the basics of Informix database administration. Informix Basics is ideal for new Informix users; power users seeking to learn application development; and database professionals migrating from other environments.

Download or read book Migrating from Microsoft SQL Server to IBM Informix written by Whei-Jen Chen and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2010-07-22 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 migrating the database objects and data from SQL Server to Informix using various methods. We show the SQL differences between SQL Server and Informix and illustrate, with examples, how to convert tables, views, stored procedures, functions, and triggers. We provide script conversion samples for data loading. We describe application programming and conversion considerations. In addition, we discuss the Informix configuration, as well as the administration features and functions Informix provides to help DBAs manage the Informix database server after it is migrated. With this information, you can develop your required transition methodology, and you can plan and execute the conversion activities in an orderly and cost-effective manner.

Download or read book IBM InfoSphere Information Server Deployment Architectures written by Chuck Ballard and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2013-01-17 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Typical deployment architectures introduce challenges to fully using the shared metadata platform across products, environments, and servers. Data privacy and information security requirements add even more levels of complexity. IBM® InfoSphere® Information Server provides a comprehensive, metadata-driven platform for delivering trusted information across heterogeneous systems. This IBM Redbooks® publication presents guidelines and criteria for the successful deployment of InfoSphere Information Server components in typical logical infrastructure topologies that use shared metadata capabilities of the platform, and support development lifecycle, data privacy, information security, high availability, and performance requirements. This book can help you evaluate information requirements to determine an appropriate deployment architecture, based on guidelines that are presented here, and that can fulfill specific use cases. It can also help you effectively use the functionality of your Information Server product modules and components to successfully achieve your business goals. This book is for IT architects, information management and integration specialists, and system administrators who are responsible for delivering the full suite of information integration capabilities of InfoSphere Information Server.

Download or read book InfoWorld written by and published by . This book was released on 1995-11-06 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: InfoWorld is targeted to Senior IT professionals. Content is segmented into Channels and Topic Centers. InfoWorld also celebrates people, companies, and projects.

Download or read book Network Security Assessment written by Chris McNab and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How secure is your network? The best way to find out is to attack it. Network Security Assessment provides you with the tricks and tools professional security consultants use to identify and assess risks in Internet-based networks-the same penetration testing model they use to secure government, military, and commercial networks. With this book, you can adopt, refine, and reuse this testing model to design and deploy networks that are hardened and immune from attack.Network Security Assessment demonstrates how a determined attacker scours Internet-based networks in search of vulnerable components, from the network to the application level. This new edition is up-to-date on the latest hacking techniques, but rather than focus on individual issues, it looks at the bigger picture by grouping and analyzing threats at a high-level. By grouping threats in this way, you learn to create defensive strategies against entire attack categories, providing protection now and into the future.Network Security Assessment helps you assess: Web services, including Microsoft IIS, Apache, Tomcat, and subsystems such as OpenSSL, Microsoft FrontPage, and Outlook Web Access (OWA)Web application technologies, including ASP, JSP, PHP, middleware, and backend databases such as MySQL, Oracle, and Microsoft SQL ServerMicrosoft Windows networking components, including RPC, NetBIOS, and CIFS servicesSMTP, POP3, and IMAP email servicesIP services that provide secure inbound network access, including IPsec, Microsoft PPTP, and SSL VPNsUnix RPC services on Linux, Solaris, IRIX, and other platformsVarious types of application-level vulnerabilities that hacker tools and scripts exploitAssessment is the first step any organization should take to start managing information risks correctly. With techniques to identify and assess risks in line with CESG CHECK and NSA IAM government standards, Network Security Assessment gives you a precise method to do just that.

Download or read book Informix Unleashed written by John Patrick McNally and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 1258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In keeping with the Unleashed series, this book is one of the most comprehensive sources for Informix information on the market. Informix Unleashed covers all apsects of the program, from installation and configuration through all phases of development and administration. The CD contains code from the book, as well as libraries, sample utilities, and third part programs.