The articles is about IBM has improved the Informix Dynamic Server. According to Kevin Brown, IBM’s Lead Architect for Informix Database, “the new tools allow [customers] to transform their data into Star Schema for efficient warehouse workloads, With this offering, we are providing the necessary tools to make their jobs that much easier" (www.eweek.com). Prior to this enhancement users would need to create manuscript and trigger to create schemas, schematic or preliminary plan. According to Brian Prince the new feature provides a visual representation of the user’s current database design and can be used to transform data into a star schema without writing a single line of code. According to brown this converts weeks of effort into just a few hours of work. Informix Dynamic Server is typically used for OLTP environment (online transaction processing) and DB2 for a database warehouse the new feature consolidates both tasks into one system. This was done in efforts to increase customer satisfaction rather that provide an edge on IBM competitors.
This correlates with chapter 6 because as noted the new feature increase productivity or rather simplifies it. The text explains that databases were implemented in order to access relevant data quickly and efficiently an attribute that today’s developer continues to improve as seen by this article.
By: Brian Prince
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/IBM-Adds-Informix-Data-Warhouse-Feature-to-Bolster-Database-Software
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