<s>
IBM	B-Application
Informix	I-Application
is	O
a	O
product	O
family	O
within	O
IBM	O
's	O
Information	O
Management	O
division	O
that	O
is	O
centered	O
on	O
several	O
relational	B-Application
database	I-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
(	O
RDBMS	B-Application
)	O
offerings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Informix	B-Application
products	O
were	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Informix	B-Application
Corporation	O
,	O
whose	O
Informix	B-Application
Software	O
subsidiary	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
IBM	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
version	O
of	O
Informix	B-Application
is	O
14.10	O
and	O
forms	O
the	O
basis	O
of	O
several	O
product	O
editions	O
with	O
variation	O
in	O
capacity	O
and	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Informix	B-Application
database	O
has	O
been	O
used	O
in	O
many	O
high	O
transaction	O
rate	O
OLTP	B-General_Concept
applications	O
in	O
the	O
retail	O
,	O
finance	O
,	O
energy	O
and	O
utilities	O
,	O
manufacturing	O
and	O
transportation	O
sectors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
extensions	O
,	O
Informix	B-Application
supports	O
data	O
types	O
that	O
are	O
not	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
SQL	B-Language
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
current	O
version	O
of	O
IBM	B-Application
Informix	I-Application
is	O
14.10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
major	O
enhancements	O
made	O
over	O
previous	O
releases	O
were	O
adding	O
built-in	O
index	O
compression	O
,	O
integration	O
of	O
JSON	O
collections	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
MongoDB	B-Application
JSON	O
drivers	O
into	O
the	O
server	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
enhancement	O
permitting	O
database	O
objects	O
to	O
be	O
partitioned	O
across	O
multiple	O
servers	O
in	O
a	O
cluster	O
or	O
grid	O
(	O
aka	O
sharding	B-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Queries	O
can	O
optionally	O
return	O
data	O
from	O
the	O
locally	O
connected	O
server	O
instance	O
or	O
from	O
an	O
entire	O
grid	O
with	O
the	O
same	O
SQL	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Informix	B-Application
version	O
14.10	O
introduced	O
support	O
for	O
partial	O
indexing	O
where	O
only	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
the	O
rows	O
in	O
a	O
table	O
are	O
indexed	O
and	O
for	O
multi-valued	O
key	O
indexes	O
which	O
support	O
indexing	O
the	O
elements	O
within	O
multi-valued	O
data	O
types	O
such	O
as	O
LIST	O
,	O
SET	O
,	O
MULTISET	O
,	O
and	O
BSON	O
array	O
fields	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
feature	O
is	O
marketed	O
by	O
IBM	O
as	O
Informix	B-Application
Flexible	O
Grid	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Informix	B-Application
is	O
offered	O
in	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
editions	O
,	O
including	O
free	O
developer	O
editions	O
,	O
editions	O
for	O
small	O
and	O
mid-sized	O
business	O
,	O
and	O
editions	O
supporting	O
the	O
complete	O
feature	O
set	O
and	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
support	O
of	O
the	O
largest	O
enterprise	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
also	O
an	O
advanced	O
data	O
warehouse	O
edition	O
of	O
Informix	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
includes	O
the	O
Informix	B-Application
Warehouse	O
Accelerator	O
which	O
uses	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
newer	O
technologies	O
including	O
in-memory	O
data	O
,	O
tokenization	O
,	O
deep	O
compression	O
,	O
and	O
columnar	O
database	O
technology	O
to	O
provide	O
extreme	O
high	O
performance	O
on	O
business	O
intelligence	O
and	O
data	O
warehouse	O
style	O
queries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Informix	B-Application
is	O
generally	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
optimized	O
for	O
environments	O
with	O
very	O
low	O
or	O
no	O
database	O
administration	O
,	O
including	O
use	O
as	O
an	O
embedded	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Informix	B-Application
has	O
been	O
widely	O
deployed	O
in	O
the	O
retail	O
sector	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
low	O
administration	O
overhead	O
makes	O
it	O
useful	O
for	O
in-store	O
deployments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
deeply	O
embed	O
Informix	B-Application
in	O
gateways	O
and	O
routers	O
,	O
timeseries	O
support	O
,	O
small	O
footprint	O
,	O
and	O
low	O
administration	O
requirements	O
,	O
Informix	B-Application
is	O
also	O
targeted	O
at	O
Internet-of-Things	O
solutions	O
,	O
where	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
data-handling	O
requirements	O
can	O
be	O
handled	O
with	O
gateways	O
that	O
embed	O
Informix	B-Application
and	O
connect	O
sensors	O
and	O
devices	O
to	O
the	O
internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2017	O
IBM	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
outsourcing	O
development	O
of	O
Informix	B-Application
to	O
Indian	O
IT	O
specialists	O
HCL	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
IBM	O
employees	O
working	O
on	O
Informix	B-Application
would	O
also	O
move	O
to	O
HCL	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
this	O
arrangement	O
IBM	O
will	O
continue	O
to	O
market	O
and	O
sell	O
Informix	B-Application
to	O
their	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
products	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
version	O
14.1	O
engine	O
the	O
IBM	B-Application
Informix	I-Application
family	O
also	O
includes	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
legacy	O
database	O
products	O
which	O
are	O
still	O
supported	O
in	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
include	O
Informix	B-Application
OnLine	O
,	O
and	O
Informix	B-Application
C-ISAM	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Collectively	O
these	O
products	O
are	O
often	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
Informix	B-Application
Classics	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IBM	B-Application
Informix	I-Application
family	O
also	O
includes	O
a	O
client-side	O
development	O
environment	O
,	O
the	O
Client-SDK	O
,	O
which	O
supports	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
different	O
environments	O
including	O
.net	O
for	O
Windows	O
developers	O
and	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
protocols	O
for	O
Unix	O
and	O
Linux	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
Training	O
includes	O
a	O
complete	O
set	O
of	O
core	O
Data	O
Servers	O
Training	O
courses	O
that	O
apply	O
to	O
Informix	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
courses	O
delve	O
into	O
many	O
essential	O
Informix	B-Application
concepts	O
,	O
from	O
fundamentals	O
to	O
advanced	O
SQL	B-Language
topics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
IBM	O
's	O
Academic	O
Initiative	O
,	O
IBM	O
is	O
offering	O
Informix	B-Application
software	O
,	O
documentation	O
and	O
training	O
to	O
higher	O
education	O
institutions	O
worldwide	O
through	O
its	O
new	O
Informix	B-Application
on	O
Campus	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
is	O
offering	O
an	O
inclusive	O
package	O
of	O
Informix	B-Application
materials	O
to	O
college	O
faculty	O
called	O
"	O
Informix	B-Application
In	O
a	O
Box	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
offers	O
hands-on	O
labs	O
and	O
PowerPoints	O
to	O
use	O
in	O
lessons	O
,	O
recorded	O
training	O
for	O
teachers	O
,	O
DVDs	O
with	O
class	O
material	O
and	O
VMware	O
virtual	O
appliance	O
images	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
T-shirts	O
for	O
students	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IIUG	O
(	O
International	O
Informix	B-Application
Users	O
Group	O
)	O
acts	O
as	O
a	O
federation	O
of	O
those	O
user	O
groups	O
and	O
provides	O
numerous	O
services	O
to	O
its	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
