Migrating from Oracle . . . to IBM Informix Dynamic Server on Linux, Unix, and Windows

Publish Date
02 July 2009

Last Update
06 July 2009

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Author(s)

Chuck Ballard is a Project Manager at the International Technical Support organization, in San Jose, California. He has over 35 years experience, holding positions in the areas of Product Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Technical Support, and Management. His expertise is in the areas of database, data management, data warehousing, business intelligence, and process re-engineering. He has written extensively on these subjects, taught classes, and presented at conferences and seminars worldwide. Chuck has both a Bachelors degree and a Masters degree in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University.

• Chuck Ballard

Holger Kirstein is a resolution team engineer with the European Informix support team. He joined the Informix support team in 1996 and has over 15 years experience in application development and support for Informix database servers and Informix clients. He holds a Masters of Applied Computer Science from Technische UniversitŠt, Dresden.

• Holger Kirstein

Srinivasrao Madiraju is a senior software engineer working on the Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) integration team. He is responsible for quality integration of new features into IDS, particularly in the SQL area. He has recently been involved in Cloud Computing Technology with IDS. Srini has also participated in projects focused on high availability, virtualization and cluster technologies, and working with a number of hardware vendors. Srini holds a Masters degree in Computer Applications from Osmania University in India.

• Srinivasrao Madiraju

Sreeni Paidi has over 12 years of experience working on Informix, Oracle, and DB2 database servers as a Database Programmer, DBA, Database Integration Architect, and Partner Enablement Consultant. He worked with technology partners and customers around the world on various database related topics such as database porting, performance tuning, troubleshooting, benchmarking, training, and setting up servers for high availability. Sreeni joined IBM US as part of Trigo Technologies acquisition in 2004. He is currently working for the IBM Data Management Solutions Organization as a Lead Informix Consultant for India, Australia and New Zealand. Sreeni holds a Bachelors degree in Computer Science from the Osmania University, Hyderabad, India.

• Sreeni Paidi

Nora Sokolof is a Consulting Technical Sales specialist with IBM Software North America. She is a member of the Data Servers and Application Development team and specializes in Information Management software products. She has held positions as a DB2, Informix, Oracle and PeopleSoft development DBA. She is also the author of several white papers including Transitioning from IBM Informix to DB2 - Database Comparisons and Migration Topics, and has co-authored the following IBM Redbooks publications:Planning for a Migration of PeopleSoft 7.5 from Oracle/UNIX to DB2 for OS/390, SG24-5648, and Oracle to DB2 Conversion Guide for Linux, UNIX, and Windows, SG24-7048. Nora holds a Master of Science degree in Software Engineering from Pace University and has been an IBM software professional for more than 22 years.

• Nora Sokolof

Renato Spironelli is a Senior Oracle DBA and Oracle Certified Professional on Oracle 8i, 9i and 10g. He has more than 10 years of experience working in production environments, supporting clients in areas such as database porting, backup and recovery solutions, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and setting up server environments for high availability. Renato has been working for IBM since 2005 in the IBM Integrated Technology Delivery (ITD) organization in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

• Renato Spironelli

ISBN

0738433020

IBM Form Number
SG24-7730-00