Modern Informix

Informix is a high-performance, object-oriented and relational database that seamlessly integrates into applications, effectively capturing data of any size or complexity. Due to its powerful scaling capabilities and autonomous features, Informix can operate undetected and maintain itself with ease. With a vast customer base and decades of development, Informix remains the trusted, continuously available database that empowers critical applications at the edge and beyond.

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Capabilities of Informix

High Availability

Informix offers robust high availability solutions through replication and clustering, ensuring minimal downtime and continuous access to data even during maintenance or failures.

Scalable Performance

Designed to handle growing workloads efficiently, Informix scales vertically and horizontally to support large datasets and high transaction volumes without compromising speed.

Deployment on Cloud and On-Premise

Flexible deployment options allow Informix to run seamlessly in private/public clouds or traditional on-premise environments, supporting hybrid strategies.

Embeddable

Informix can be embedded into applications and devices, making it ideal for IoT and edge computing scenarios where lightweight, integrated databases are needed.

Secure Data and Access

Comprehensive security features include encryption, authentication, and role-based access control to protect sensitive data and ensure compliance.

Object-Oriented Extendable Architecture

Informix uses an extensible architecture that supports custom data types and advanced functionality, enabling developers to tailor the database to unique business needs.

Massive Storage Capacity

Built to manage massive volumes of structured and unstructured data, Informix supports large scale enterprise storage requirements.

JSON and Mongo: Informix natively supports JSON and MongoDB APIs, enabling developers to work with NoSQL-style data alongside relational data in a single platform.
Connectivity: Offers multiple connectivity options such as ODBC, JDBC, REST APIs, and native drivers, ensuring compatibility with diverse applications and environments.
Application Development: Integrates with popular development environments and languages, C, C++, .Net, 4GL, SQL, NoSQL for rapid application development.
Manage: InformixHQ provides a modern web-based interface for monitoring, tuning, and managing databases, simplifying administrative tasks.
Time Series: Efficiently handles time stamped data for IoT, financial, and sensor applications.
Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Data: Supports geospatial data types and queries for location-based services.
Advanced Text Search: Enables full-text indexing and searching across large datasets for faster information retrieval.
Data Warehouse: Dimensional tables, large data volume parallel processing and in memory columnar tables with IWA.

SmallNet Servies for Informix

Health Check & Roadmap

Rapid assessment of your Informix environment (HA, storage, security, performance). We deliver a prioritised action plan and a modernisation roadmap aligned to your business goals

Upgrade & Migration

Plan and execute upgrades to Informix 15 and platform moves (on‑prem → cloud/containers/edge) with zero‑surprise cutovers and rollback safety.

Managed Support

Flexible support to keep your Informix and connected data pipelines running reliably and efficiently, with capacity on tap when you need it

Integration & Governance

End‑to‑end data integration with IBM Information Server/DataStage and governance tooling

Training

Hands‑on enablement for DBAs, architects and developers across IBM data tooling, tailored to your Informix landscape

Proof‑of‑Value

Short, outcome‑focused sprints to validate performance, HA and hybrid‑data scenarios on your own datasets before you scale.

Ready to Modernise Informix?

Book a health check or discuss an upgrade plan with our Informix experts by filling in the form or emailing info@smallnetconsulting.co.uk

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