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| • | Informix is a family of relational database management system products from IBM, acquired in 2001 from a company (also called Informix) which dates its origins back to 1980.
The Informix DBMS started from the pioneering Ingres system that also led to Sybase and Microsoft SQL Server. For a period during the 1990s Informix was the second most popular database system, after Oracle. Success did not last very long, however, and by 2000 a series of management blunders had significantly weakened the company financially.
In 2001 IBM, prompted by a suggestion from Wal-Mart [HTTP ], purchased Informix. IBM has long-term plans to merge Informix technology into DB2, though as of 2004 it continues to release enhanced versions of the Informix product line. In early 2005, IBM released version 10 of Informix IDS.
In November of 2005, a book detailing the rise and fall of Informix Software and CEO Phil White was published. Written by a long time Informix employee, The Real Story of Informix Software and Phil White: Lessons in Business and Leadership for the Executive team[HTTP ]provides a detailed chronology of the company's initial success, ultimate failure, and how CEO Phil White ended up in jail.
Source: [wikipedia: informix]
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