September 10, 2001 SearchDatabase Member, Among the items in this week's update, you'll find a Featured Topic report discussing how the marriage between IBM and Informix is shaping up and the affect this is having on the database industry. * Featured Topic: Whither Informix? * SearchDatabase: 100,000 and Growing * Introducing new TargetSearch Powered by Google * Audio Archive: Bill Inmon's Top 10 * Plan Now: TDWI Fall Conference * New and Improved Data Warehousing Resources * Ask the DB2 Expert: Craig Mullins * Online Quiz: Database Basics * Understanding SQL and Java Together * Win a Blackberry and Read the Latest IDC White Paper * 2 New White Papers Free to our members * Final Notice to members FEATURED TOPIC: Whither Informix? Although IBM's acquisition of Informix is now a month old, questions remain. Will IBM really continue to support Informix products? How will the development of DB2 be affected? Why did IBM buy Informix anyway? Read on: http://www.searchDatabase.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid13_gci768593,00.html SEARCHDATABASE: 100,000 AND GROWING In a little over a year, searchDatabase membership has grown to over 100,000 database professionals. We are proud of this accomplishment and we plan to continue our commitment to bring you the targeted resources you want, when you want them. Please take a minute today and update your member profile to make sure you are taking full advantage of all searchDatabase has to offer you -- especially the free, targeted newsletters created just for you: http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/register/1,,sid13,00.html INTRODUCING NEW TARGETSEARCH POWERED BY GOOGLE We are excited to introduce the launch of our NEW TargetSearch powered by Google. We have combined the most powerful search technology on the Web, Google, with the most targeted sites on the Web to create the Web's most powerful and targeted search engine. 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