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Monday, November 3, 2014

China is standardizing all new database applications on Informix!

Here's the "world" shaking news I promised. IBM and China have come to an agreement whereby IBM will share the code for Informix with a Chinese software house, GBASE, who will modify its security code to conform to Chinese government standards. In turn China will be building all future database projects using Informix.

The agreement allows for sharing innovations to the Informix code made by either party to be shared by both. If anyone wanted proof that Informix is here to stay and is NEVER going away, this is it. China is the world's second largest market and probably the fastest growing technology market. The government of China does not want any software or hardware used for government projects or enterprises that it does not control, fearing Western spying through the systems it uses. So, they are standardizing on Informix. Cool!

IBM Press release dated: October 29, 2014

  GBASE and IBM to collaborate on locally innovated database in China 

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and General Data Technology Co.,Ltd, known as GBASE announces an agreement today, to create a locally innovated database product for the China marketplace. In support of the China government's national technology agenda, GBASE will develop and sell this local innovation based on IBM Informix technology. The agreement extends the reach of IBM’s Informix database technology into this market by providing a localized solution to better address the rapidly evolving needs of Chinese businesses. The agreement permits GBASE to build and license their own version of IBM Informix database, which will be offered to clients in the Chinese market as a stand alone product solution. The China market for database technology is estimated to be in excess of $700m according to IDC. The partnership between IBM and GBASE can fuel the growth of this market by creating a best in class database solution tailored to the unique requirements of the China marketplace. “This agreement confirms IBM’s innovation and commitment to growth in emerging markets in general and China specifically”, states Sean Poulley, Vice President, IBM Databases and Database Management. "Our intent is to help partners and clients gain competitive edge and transform their business with innovative database technologies in China, with China, for China”. Informix is one of the world’s most widely used databases, supporting clients who range from the largest multinational corporations to many regional and local small businesses. It is widely deployed in the retail, banking, manufacturing and government segments, all of which are important growth areas in China today. Informix is well known for its innovative design, which enables a single platform that powers both OLTP and OLAP workloads for real-time analytics, scales easily for cloud environments and provides continuous availability. It's renowned for extremely high levels of performance and availability, distinctive capabilities in data replication and scalability, and minimal administrative overhead. With this partnership agreement these advantages will be made more readily available to the fast-growing Chinese market.

3 comments:

  1. This is an enormous piece of news!!! And this should reset expectations of many people and companies that thought that Informix was a dead product.

    This is a beautiful recognition of the real value of the product versus legends broadcasted by people who do not know, or do not want to know Informix.

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  2. Great news for the many supporters on Informix out there. Still rocking after all these years..

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