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Compare the Informix Version 11 editions
Learn the differences in features, functions, and pricing models Carlton Doe (cdoe@us.ibm.com), Executive IT Specialist, Informix Technical Sales, North America, IBM Summary: Confused about the various editions of IBM® Informix? In thisarticle, get an introduction to each edition, and then you can compare features, benefits, and licensing considerations in a side-by-side table. Regardless of which edition you choose, Informix brings you legendary ease-of-use, reliability, stability, and access to extensibility features. Date: 25 May 2010 (Published 10 Jan 2008) PDF: A4 and Letter (54KB | 15 pages)Get Adobe® Reader® Also availablein: Chinese Russian Portuguese Activity: 27584 views Comments: 2 (View or add comments) Average rating (based on 35 votes) Introduction IBM® Informix® is IBM's premier database for high volume online transaction processing (OLTP) as well as integrated applications. Informix has built an incredible reputation over time as the database server that "just works!" Informix has kept pace with itscustomers as they've grown and expanded without costing them a fortune for ongoing maintenance and administration. In most cases, these companies have grown without requiring significant infrastructure upgrades because Informix is so efficient. In turn, customers have responded by rating Informix as #1 in customer satisfaction for several years. Customers choose Informix because of its reliability,flexibility, ease-of-use, and total cost of ownership. In simple terms, this means Informix works without a problem or major administrative issues regardless of the operating system Informix is running on, so you can manage your application needs as your business dictates. Informix is available across a broad range platforms and operating systems including AIX®, HP-UX, Sun Solaris, Macintosh OS X,Linux® - System i®, - System p®, - System x®, - System z®, and Windows®. Not all customers need the same database features and functionality though. In some cases, this is a technological decision; for example, a customer may not be using Enterprise Replication or some of the advanced backup and recovery features. In other cases, licensing requirements and the expenses involved drive these decisions.From a product licensing perspective, Informix is well attuned to both cases. Informix has recently made some dramatic and significant changes to the licensing model including "For-Purchase" and "Free" editions that can be downloaded and used in production. These editions are tailored from a price and functionality perspective to a specific market segment. The Informix purchased editions offersome sub-capacity pricing models, giving you the flexibility to buy just what you need to support your data services requirements without having to worry about the total processing power of the hardware on which Informix is installed. All editions may be deployed in "virtual" environments, giving you additional deployment flexibility. Finally, for the ultimate in flexibility and pricing convenience,you can take advantage of new "pay-asyou-go", ready-to-use cloud computing technologies featuring Informix through vendors such as Amazon Cloud Computing and other providers. Regardless of the edition you use, Informix comes with the full implementation of the Dynamic Scalable

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Architecture (DSA) with its unmatched performance, reliability, ease of use, and availability. In some cases, particularly with the Free editions, there are restrictions on the breadth and depth of features and functionality available for you to use. With some of the Informix For-Purchase editions there are similar, though not as dramatic restrictions....