1. Informix Dynamic Server IIUG Update Steven Miller, Worldwide Brand Manager IBM Data Management Marketing Steven Miller, Worldwide Brand Manager IBM Data Management Marketing

2. 1 Today’s Agenda  IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) April 2 nd, Passport Advantage Announcement Product Lifecycle Platform Lifecycle Roadmap

3. 2 Passport Advantage  What is Passport Advantage? IBM’s system for order handling & fulfillment  IDS 9 is now available through this system New Packaging New Lower Prices!

4. 3 New Packaging & List Prices  IDS Enterprise Edition Unlimited $35,000 per CPU  IDS Enterprise Edition $1,500 per Concurrent Session (10 CS packs)  IDS Workgroup Edition Limited to 2 CPUs & Some Feature Restrictions $1,000 per server (including 1 Concurrent Session) $300 for every additional Concurrent Session

5. 4 Product Life Cycle Currently support the following versions of IDS as follows  7.24 (Time & Materials Patches)  7.30 (T&M Patches)  7.31 (FIXPACKS)  9.20 (Patches until 6/30/2002 then T&M Patches)  9.21 (Patches)  9.30 (FIXPACKS)

6. 5 Product Lifecycle Continued  Continuing to use the Informix PLC for the short-term  Will be converting to the IBM PLC over time  Major difference is that IBM pre-announces the EOL date for each version at GA  The Informix model was very fluid  IDS 7.31 – We are committed to supporting 7.31 through 12/31/2005.  IDS 9.x – We are committed to supporting 9 for the long-haul. Individual releases will have EOL dates assigned later this year.

7. 6 Platform Lifecyles  What drives the platform roadmap? Vendor Roadmaps –We will support a version of IDS on a specific platform until Vendor EOL or IDS EOL whichever comes first Industry Consolidation – OS’s are going away –Many vendors are/have moved to Windows or Linux Complexity Issue –Our strategy is to support at most 2 major releases of an OS –Important that you stay current

8. 7 IDS 9.30 Platforms  AIX 4.3.3 & 5.1 32 bit  AIX 5.1 64 bit  Compaq Tru64 5.1 64 bit  HPUX 11 - 32 & 64 bit  Irix 6.5x 32 bit  Linux  Reliant Unix 5.4.x 32 & 64 bit  Solaris 6 32 bit, Solaris 7 64 bit  Windows NT, W2K Server Editions

9. 8 Older Platforms  If you are on one of these platforms, need to look elsewhere going forward: Dynix PTX Reliant Unix Solaris Intel SCO OpenServer -> OpenUnix + LKP NCR MP-RAS DGUX

10. 9 IDS 9  IDS 7.31 was the final feature release of IDS 7 line We continue to supply customers with regular fixpacks  What does IDS 9 have to offer the IDS 7 customer that does not want or need the Universal Server features?  Dynamic Logs  Dynamic Locks  Shared Statement Cache  Newest Platforms  Enterprise Replication Performance  …

11. 10 More IDS 9 OLTP Features  Fuzzy Checkpoints  Memory Resident Tables  Long Ids  On Select Triggers  Retain Update Locks  Additional SQL functions  Non-Logging Tables  More In-Place Alters  Attach Detach Fragment  …

12. 11 What’s Coming in IDS 9.40?  We asked our IDS 7 customers what they needed in IDS 9 before they would upgrade  We’ve listened and are building a release that addresses your key concerns: Scalability Security Ease of Upgrade & Performance SQL Compatibility HDR Improvements Complete Unicode Support Webservices  Targeted for 1H2003 delivery!

13. 12 IDS 9.50 & 9.60 Planning is Underway  We have begun planning for the next 2 releases beyond IDS 9.40  We need & value your input  We will work with the IIUG to gather input during the planning of these releases