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The current version of IBM Informix is 11.7, it was code-named "Panther" during development. The major enhancements made were adding built-in data compression and a major enhancement of the ability of the database engine to run on clusters. Heterogenous clusters are fully supported, and there are several deployment options that are available, including some that provide very high levels of data redundancy and fault tolerance. This feature is marketed by IBM as Informix Flexible Grid.
Informix 11.7 is offered in a number of editions, including free developer editions, editions for small and midsized business, and editions supporting the complete feature set and designed to be used in support of the largest enterprise applications.
There is also a data warehouse edition of Informix 11.7. This version includes the Informix Warehouse Accelerator which uses a combination of newer technologies including in-memory data, tokenization and columnar database technology to provide high performance on business intelligence and data warehouse style queries.
Informix TimeSeries is a unique feature of the database system that allows for efficient and fast manipulation of time series data, such as that generated by devices such as smart electric meters, or as found in financial trading systems with time stamped stock 'ticks'. This type of data is not well suited to storage or use in the normal SQL supported style of data organization.
Unique among IBM database products the Apple Mac environment is supported by Informix 11.7.
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