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Publish Date
04 September 2007
Last Update
09 October 2007
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Author(s)
- Chuck Ballard
- Carlton Doe
- Ajay Gupta
- Randy House
- Alexander Koerner
- Vijay Lolabattu
- Keshava Murthy
- Jacques Roy
- Karl Schimmel
- Richard Snoke
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 reengineering. 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.
Carlton Doe had over 10 years of Informix experience as a DBA, Database Server Administrator, and 4GL Developer before joining Informix in 2000. During this time, he was actively involved in the local Informix user group and was one of the five founders of the International Informix Users Group (IIUG). He served as IIUG President, Advocacy Director, and sat on the IIUG Board of Directors for several years. Carlton is best known for having written the books Informix-OnLine Dynamic Server Handbook and Administering Informix Dynamic Server on Windows NT, both of which are currently undergoing revisions for a second edition. His most recent book, IBM Informix Dynamic Server 11, The Next Generation in OLTP Data Server Technology, was just published by IBM. He is also the author of numerous IBM white papers and technical articles and co-authored several other IBM Redbooks publications. Carlton is currently a Senior Certified Consulting IT Specialist working as the Informix Technical Specialist for the Americas Geographies. He lives in Dallas, TX.
Ajay Gupta is the Software Architect for Backup/Restore, High Availability, and Data Replication Technology. He has held several technical leadership positions in the Development and QA organizations working on all major components of the IBM Informix Dynamic Server. Before joining IBM, he worked in the Operating Systems Group of the National Center for Software Technology (NCST), a premier R&D organization in India. Ajay holds a Masters of Technology (M.Tech) Degree in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, India.
Randy House is an Advanced Support Engineer specializing in the Informix Dynamic Server and has worked with Informix for over 10 years. Randy holds a Bachelors degree and a Masters degree in Computer Science and a Ph.D. in Engineering Management from the University of Missouri at Rolla. He is located in Lenexa, KS.
Alexander Koerner is a Certified Senior IT-Specialist in the IBM German Channel Technical Sales organization, based in Munich, Germany. Joining Informix in October 1989, he was instrumental in starting and leading the SAP/R3 on Informix project and has contributed to the success of many strategic projects across the region. Alexander currently focuses on Informix and SOA integration, but also actively supports IDS, XML, and DataBlade technology. His activities include contributions to several IBM Redbooks publications, presentations at conferences and events, such as the IBM Information OnDemand Conference, IBM Informix Infobahns, regional IUG meetings, XML One, and ApacheCon. Alexander is a member of the German Informatics Society and holds a Masters degree in Computer Science from the Technical University of Berlin.
Vijay Lolabattu is an Advisory Software Engineer in Advanced Informix support, currently working as Premium Support Analyst for SAP/Informix clients and a major banking client, and is located in Menlo Park, CA. He joined Informix in 1997 and has 13 years of industry experience. Vijay has a Bachelors degree in Commerce from India and a Masters degree in Computer Sciences from Jackson State University in Mississippi.
Keshava Murthy is the Architect of the IBM Informix Dynamic Server SQL and Optimizer components. He has worked on Sybase, Illustra, and Informix database servers. Keshav has developed features in the SQL, RTREE, distributed queries, heterogeneous transaction management, and extensibility components of IDS. Keshav has advised and enabled IBM clients and partners - big and small - to design, develop, and deploy enterprise and embedded applications using IDS. He received an outstanding technical achievement award for enabling Manhattan Associates' logistics application on IDS. Keshav holds a Bachelors degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Mysore, India.
Jacques Roy is a member of the IBM Worldwide Sales Enablement Organization. He is the author of IDS.2000: Server-Side Programming in C and the lead author of Open-Source Components for IDS 9.x. He is also the author of multiple technical developerWorks articles on a variety of subjects. Jacques is a frequent speaker at data management conferences, IDUG conferences, and user group meetings.
Karl Schimmel is a Certified IT Specialist in the US ChannelWorks group and is located at the Informix Lab in Lenexa, Kansas. After graduating from Wichita State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science in 1993, he started work for Informix in technical support. He spent the majority of his time in the Down System and Diagnostics group of Advanced Support for the core database engine. Karl transitioned into a pre-sales engineering role eight years ago, where he predominately works with partners from small SMB to large OEM accounts.
Richard Snoke is a Senior Certified IT Specialist in the ChannelWorks group in the United States. Dick has 33 years experience in the software industry. That experience includes activities, such as managing, developing, and selling operating systems and DBMS software for mainframes, minicomputers, and personal computers. His current focus is on the IBM DBMS products and, in particular, the Informix database products. Dick also supports related areas, such as information integration and high availability solutions.
ISBN
0738488798
IBM Form Number
SG24-7465-00