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Informix's CEO Appointed to Computerworld's Smithsonian Awards
Chairmen's Committee
Finocchio to Bring Real-World Knowledge of Technology Innovators to
Prestigious Nominating Committee
MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 1999-- Three Informix
Customers Selected as Finalists for the Computerworld Smithsonian
Awards. Informix Corporation, (NASDAQ:IFMX - news) the technology leader in enterprise database-powered solutions, today announced the
appointment of Bob Finocchio, chief executive officer at Informix, to
Computerworld's prestigious Smithsonian Awards Chairmen's Committee
and the selection of three Informix customers as finalists in this
year's competition.
One hundred top CEOs of leading information technology companies are
carefully selected each year to nominate IT applications that are the
year's best technological innovations. Because of Informix's
dedication to researching and partnering with leading technology
innovators, Finocchio's informed industry perspective is highly
beneficial to the nominating committee.
''It's a great honor to be appointed to the Computerworld Smithsonian
Awards Chairmen's Committee with such technology leaders as Craig
Barrett of Intel Corporation, Scott McNealy of Sun Microsystems and
Bill Gates of Microsoft Corporation,'' commented Bob Finocchio, chief
executive officer at Informix. ''The Awards are a very worthy
achievement and I'm pleased to participate in recognizing the
technology leaders that are shaping the progress of this dynamic
industry.''
About the Computerworld Smithsonian Program
Each year, the Computerworld Smithsonian Awards Program, ''the Academy
Awards of Information Technology,'' identifies and honors men and
women whose visionary use of information technology produces positive
social, economic and educational change. These innovators are
nominated by a unique and prestigious group of individuals--the
Chairmen's Committee. All nominations become part of the Smithsonian
Institution's permanent research collection at the National Museum of
American History.
The applications are nominated in ten categories, grouped under three
broad umbrellas: Arts and Sciences, Community, and the Workplace. Five
finalists are named in each category, and the winners are announced in
June. The Computerworld Smithsonian Awards Program represents an
opportunity to honor and recognize those who are harnessing the power
of information technology to benefit society.
For more information about the Computerworld Smithsonian Awards
Program, visit the official Web site at innovate.si.edu.
''Best of Breed'' Technologies
Demonstrating Informix's determination to give their customers
''best-of-breed'' choices in technology, a record number of Informix customers have been nominated for a Smithsonian Award
because of their superior contribution to the industry. Informix continues to tackle and solve the
toughest high-level problems that customers face in data warehousing, e-commerce, and on-line
transaction processing (OLTP) environments.
Because of their outstanding achievement in technology innovation,
three Informix customers - National Weather Service, GTE Bastille
Program, University California San Francisco (UCSF) Positive Health
Program at SFGHMC - were awarded finalist status.
National Weather Service
In the Environment, Energy and Architecture category, Informix
customer National Weather Service received finalist status for its
Advanced Weather Interactive Process System (AWIPS). The AWIPS
improves severe weather predictions through the fast, graphical
depiction and integration of environmental observations and numerical
model data. Faster, more accurate warnings provide increased public
reaction time, saving lives and promoting efficient commerce.
University California San Francisco
In the Medicine category, Informix customer UCSF Positive Health
Program at SFGHMC received finalist status for its HIV InSite Web
site. The HIV InSite web site is the most comprehensive HIV/AIDS web
site in the world. Created and maintained by leading medical
researchers, the site contains current, accurate, reliable and
easy-to-use information about issues related to HIV and AIDS.
GTE - Bastille
In the Government category, Informix customer GTE received finalist
status for its The Bastille®. The Bastille is the only electronic
data-sharing system designed for criminal investigators, which allows
for the exchange of crime reports, graphics, photos, and additional
investigative information on a worldwide level. Using a private
network over the Internet, The Bastille allows law enforcement to
share investigative information across jurisdictions, thereby catching
more criminals and closing more cases.
About Informix
Informix Corporation, based in Menlo Park, California, provides
innovative database products that assist the world's major
corporations to attain competitive advantage. Informix is widely
recognized as the technology leader for corporate computing
environments ranging from small workgroups to very large parallel
processing applications. Informix's database server, application development tools, superior customer service, and strong partnerships
enable the company to be at the forefront of major information
technology solution areas including data warehousing, high performance
OLTP, and Web/e-commerce. For more information, contact the sales
office nearest you or visit our Web site at www.informix.com/
And.....
Informix's CEO Appointed to Computerworld's Smithsonian Awards Chairmen's Committee
Finocchio to Bring Real-World Knowledge of Technology Innovators to Prestigious Nominating Committee
MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 1999-- Three Informix Customers Selected as Finalists for the Computerworld Smithsonian Awards
Informix Corporation, (NASDAQ:IFMX - news) the technology leader in enterprise database-powered solutions, today announced the appointment of Bob Finocchio, chief executive officer at Informix, to Computerworld's prestigious Smithsonian Awards Chairmen's Committee and the selection of three Informix customers as finalists in this year's competition.
One hundred top CEOs of leading information technology companies are carefully selected each year to nominate IT applications that are the year's best technological innovations. Because of Informix's dedication to researching and partnering with leading technology innovators, Finocchio's informed industry perspective is highly beneficial to the nominating committee.
''It's a great honor to be appointed to the Computerworld Smithsonian Awards Chairmen's Committee with such technology leaders as Craig Barrett of Intel Corporation, Scott McNealy of Sun Microsystems and Bill Gates of Microsoft Corporation,'' commented Bob Finocchio, chief executive officer at Informix. ''The Awards are a very worthy achievement and I'm pleased to participate in recognizing the technology leaders that are shaping the progress of this dynamic industry.''
About the Computerworld Smithsonian Program
Each year, the Computerworld Smithsonian Awards Program, ''the Academy Awards of Information Technology,'' identifies and honors men and women whose visionary use of information technology produces positive social, economic and educational change. These innovators are nominated by a unique and prestigious group of individuals--the Chairmen's Committee. All nominations become part of the Smithsonian Institution's permanent research collection at the National Museum of American History.
The applications are nominated in ten categories, grouped under three broad umbrellas: Arts and Sciences, Community, and the Workplace. Five finalists are named in each category, and the winners are announced in June. The Computerworld Smithsonian Awards Program represents an opportunity to honor and recognize those who are harnessing the power of information technology to benefit society.
For more information about the Computerworld Smithsonian Awards Program, visit the official Web site at innovate.si.edu.
''Best of Breed'' Technologies
Demonstrating Informix's determination to give their customers ''best-of-breed'' choices in
technology, a record number of Informix customers have been nominated for a Smithsonian Award because of their superior contribution to the industry. Informix continues to tackle and solve the toughest high-level problems that customers face in data warehousing, e-commerce, and on-line transaction processing (OLTP) environments.
Because of their outstanding achievement in technology innovation, three Informix customers - National Weather Service, GTE Bastille Program, University California San Francisco (UCSF) Positive Health Program at SFGHMC - were awarded finalist status.
National Weather Service
In the Environment, Energy and Architecture category, Informix customer National Weather Service received finalist status for its Advanced Weather Interactive Process System (AWIPS). The AWIPS improves severe weather predictions through the fast, graphical depiction and integration of environmental observations and numerical model data. Faster, more accurate warnings provide increased public reaction time, saving lives and promoting efficient commerce.
University California San Francisco
In the Medicine category, Informix customer UCSF Positive Health Program at SFGHMC received
finalist status for its HIV InSite Web site. The HIV InSite web site is the most comprehensive
HIV/AIDS web site in the world. Created and maintained by leading medical researchers, the site
contains current, accurate, reliable and easy-to-use information about issues related to HIV and AIDS.
GTE - Bastille
In the Government category, Informix customer GTE received finalist status for its The Bastille®. The Bastille is the only electronic data-sharing system designed for criminal investigators, which allows for the exchange of crime reports, graphics, photos, and additional investigative information on a worldwide level. Using a private network over the Internet, The Bastille allows law enforcement to share investigative information across jurisdictions, thereby catching more criminals and closing more cases.
and....
Informix Dynamic Server Takes a Bite Out of Crime Down Under
Australia's New South Wales Police Service Uses Informix Data
Warehousing to Analyze Crime Patterns, Resulting in More Proactive
Policing
MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 1999-- Informix®
Corporation (NASDAQ:IFMX - news), the technology leader in enterprise database-powered solutions, today announced that the New South Wales
(NSW) Police Service, the third-largest police organization in the
English-speaking world, has selected Informix Dynamic Server(TM) with
Universal Data Option(TM) and Advanced Decision Support(TM) to form
the basis of the new state-wide police data warehouse.
The solution will integrate numerous existing transaction-based
operational and administrative systems to provide greatly enhanced
analysis capabilities, including the ability to search across rich
data types such as geographic and vector information, voice and image
data, as well as standard text documents. The data warehouse is part
of a major upgrade to the Police Service's information systems
infrastructure.
Robert Rixon, project manager with the NSW Police Service Information
Technology Services commented, ''Until now, information that police
officers need has been locked in disparate systems. Getting integrated
information from related, but separate, sources has been difficult and
slow. The data warehouse will unleash the data resources we have
always had available, but could not easily access.''
The Informix data warehouse will integrate data from many of the more
than 60 mainframe-based applications across the Service; the resulting
information will ''feed'' multiple data marts throughout the Service.
The first data mart will go live in July 1999, replacing the Service's
current executive information system. Other marts will follow,
providing wide-spread analyses of police information--such
as comparisons of region, time and location against various
crime-types such as theft, assaults, drug-related crimes and even traffic infringements. Financial and human resources management data
will be integrated with the operational data in the future.
The data warehouse is being implemented now on an eight-processor Sun
E5500 UNIX server. By the end of the year the warehouse is expected to
contain a half terabyte of data, and the Police Service estimates that
this figure will double by the end of 2000.
Approximately 17,000 Police Service staff across the state will use
the Informix solution, with 500 stations expected to go on-line or be
provided with remote access to data marts. The Service is also
contemplating providing limited Internet access, making public service
information available to the NSW community.
According to Jeffrey Jarratt, deputy commissioner, Operations, ''The
Informix data warehouse will allow us to ascertain not just what or
where crime occurred, but we will also be able to look for patterns
in crimes. It will help us to proactively predict what may happen
next. The ability to marry together all this information takes us way
beyond traditional, reactive policing. It will allow us to place our
resources where they are needed, when they are needed, to stop crime
occurring.''
Jarratt added, ''The data warehouse is just one part of an integrated
infrastructure that Police are implementing, not only to respond to
the challenges created by the Sydney Olympic Games, but as part
of its drive to become the leading Police Force in the next
millennium.''
About Informix Dynamic Server with Universal Data Option
Informix Dynamic Server speeds query and administration tasks,
maintains optimal performance regardless of computing environment, and
enables the development of database applications that take full
advantage of all available hardware resources. With flexible
configuration options, Informix Dynamic Server supports all data
types, provides maximum performance and scalability for decision
support, supports data warehouse applications running in high-end
parallel environments and allows the creation of intelligent Web
applications.
The Universal Data Option uses DataBlade® technology to extend the
traditional relational database functionality of Informix Dynamic
Server to incorporate new data types such as photos and maps, and
new industry-specific business logic such as package routing rules or
complex currency exposure analysis. This option also allows customers
to take advantage of new server functions and indexing methods for Web
and content management.
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