Informix - Overview - Czech Republic

What is Informix?

IBM Informix® is a fast and flexible database with the ability to seamlessly integrate SQL, NoSQL/JSON, and time series and spatial data. Its versatility and ease of use make Informix a preferred solution for a wide range of environments, from enterprise data warehouses to individual application development. Also, with its small footprint and self-managing capabilities, Informix is well suited for embedded data-management solutions.

Clients in the world’s most innovative companies depend on Informix. Learn why — in their own words — in this G2 Crowd report, Informix Software: An Embedded Database for the Edge and Beyond (PDF, 1.7 MB).

Image from G2 Crowd report on Informix. Informix serves organizations of all sizes: Enterprise 40%, midmarket 33%, small business 27%.

Key features

Real-time analytics

The single Informix platform helps you power transactional workloads easily in a wide range of environments to enable analytics-driven insights quickly.

Fast, always-on transactions

To support mission-critical environments, IBM Informix includes high-availability data replication (HADR), remote secondary standby database servers and shared-disk secondary servers. The flexible grid feature also enables rolling upgrades with no outages.

Fewer data management hassles

Informix offers easy deployment features like “smart triggers” that implement event-driven processing and database push notifications, with no schema changes. This allows you to automate your data management and focus on your core business.

Simplicity

With a silent installation and small footprint that requires just 100 MB of memory, Informix is simple and non-disruptive. Self-managing capabilities make it ideal as an embedded data management solution. Informix can be up and running in minutes.

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Editions

Informix is available in a variety of editions — optimized for environments ranging from large enterprises to individual application development — with feature sets, deployment options and prices to fit your needs.

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Embedded for IoT

Informix database software incorporates design concepts that are uniquely suited to the challenges in today's embedded devices, combining high performance and functionality with minimal administrative requirements.

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Informix developer tools

This suite of tools — which includes Informix Client SDK — helps facilitate the integrated design, development, testing and administration of the Informix database system.

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Choose your deployment option

On-premises deployment

Leverage your existing infrastructure and utilize a greater scope of customization with on-premises deployment. All Informix editions are available on premises.

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Informix on Cloud

Informix on Cloud offers the same features as an on-premises Informix deployment, without the cost, complexity and risk of managing your own infrastructure.

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Embedded for IoT

Informix easily meets the challenges of today's embedded devices, with strong capabilities in data replication and scalability, and minimal administrative overhead.

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Read client success stories

Petrosoft

See how connected IoT devices and data analysis with IBM Informix helped Petrosoft transform the fuel retail business and drive outcomes from safer operations to increased profitability.

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SmartAxiom

Discover how SmartAxiom teams were able to reduce development time by 30 percent and run database software 20 percent faster with IBM Informix, all by reducing the risk of costly downtime.

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GreenCom

Learn how GreenCom uses sensor data and IBM Informix to understand and coordinate multiple energy resources, maximizing energy efficiency and saving consumers up to 30 percent.

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