Informix in a Box

Are you a faculty member or a student? Imagine learning Informix being just as easy as opening a box.

Are you an Informix advocate that wants to help more students learn about Informix?

Informix in a Box. One stop shop for everything you need to get students started with Informix.

Questions? Contact us at idsoncampus at us.ibm.com.

IDS Fundamentals Exam is out!

It is hereeeeeeeeeee! What is? A new certificate opportunity to proudly prove your Informix knowledge?

Yes! It is ...

the IDS Fundamentals exam!!

You can take the exam at http://www-03.ibm.com/certify/certs/30001201.shtml.

Informix on Campus Wiki now visible!

Our apologies.. we did not realize the Informix on Campus wiki is not visible to the public, until Eric Herber brought it up. Big oops!

The view permission is now fixed, and it is at https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Informix%20on%20Campus or you can click on the "Informix on Campus wiki" link under Education section on the right.

Informix on Campus traveled to Washington D.C. area

For the first time Informix on Campus initiative traveled to the Washington D.C. area. At the Jenzabar Annual Meeting 2009 (JAM '09), conference attendees had a chance to hear about the IBM Academic Initiative (AI) and the Informix on Campus activities.

The initiative is focused towards teachers and faculty members who are responsible for developing Computer Science/Engineering curriculum at educational institutions and the IBM Academic Initiative was well received by those attendees. Thanks to fellow IBMers Debbie Bruchez and Mike Terrell for manning the IBM booth and for creating interest about the IBM AI presentation.In addition to the conference, Informix on Campus is working with IBM business partners to help reach out ot more educational institutions in the Washington D.C. area. We will keep up the momentum and continue reaching out to more campuses.

Are you wondering how your alma mater or your regional institution can collaborate with IBM? Talk to us: idsoncampus at us.ibm.com
Please refer to this presentation before talking to your academic contacts - students as well as educators.

Round Table Discussion at IIUG - A Success

Andrew Ford and Norma Jean Sebastian wrote a couple of nice posts regarding the Academic Initiative Informix is taking and the round table discussion taken place at the IIUG conference last week here.

A total of 12 professors participated in this one day event at the IIUG conference to discuss about the Informix on Campus that is starting up. They are from Missouri State University, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Wichita State University, Baker University, Kansas State University, and the University of Kansas. One of the professors won a nice HDTV from a drawing event that day!

We need pictures of this event where professors participated in IIUG conference - let us know by commenting here or emailing idscampus at us.ibm.com!

Welcome to Informix on Campus blog!

Welcome to Informix on Campus blog!

Here we will share events, news, and happenings going on with Informix on Campus.

Please check out the links on the right for more information.

Last week we hosted a roundtable with several professors, kicking off the Informix on Campus program at the International Informix Users Group (IIUG) conference for the first time ever at Overland Park, Kansas! More information and pictures on that are coming soon.

The purpose of the IBM Academic Initative program is to partner with colleges and universities worldwide to better educate millions of students for a more competitive information technology workforce. The Informix on Campus is geared toward Informix education and we hope you will be interested in learning about Informix!

For more information or if you are interested in contributing to this blog, please email idscampus at us.ibm.com. Contributions are greatly appreciated and welcomed!