15 Facts About Informix Corporation

Informix Corporation was a software company located in Menlo Park, California.

Informix Corporation was active in the Unix, PC, Linux and Macintosh markets, and grew through both organic development and acquisitions.

For information on the current Informix Corporation branded database software products see the article IBM Informix Corporation.

The most significant difference between ISQL and the previous Informix Corporation product was the separation of the database access code into an engine process, rather than embedding it directly in the client — thus setting the stage for client-server computing, with the database running on a separate machine from the user's machine.

In 1988, Informix Corporation purchased Innovative Software, makers of a DOS and Unix-based office system called SmartWare and WingZ, a spreadsheet program for the Apple Macintosh.

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Informix Corporation sold a license to Claris, who combined it with a rather updated GUI as Claris Resolve.

Informix Corporation integrated Illustra's O-R mapping and DataBlades into the 7.

In 1997 Informix Corporation purchased a billboard on the interstate across from Oracle's headquarters in Redwood City, CA.

Informix Corporation ultimately sued Oracle to prevent loss of trade secrets.

In November 2002, Phillip White, the former CEO of Informix Corporation ousted in 1997, was indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with eight counts of securities, wire, and mail fraud.

In November 2005, Steve W Martin, a longtime Informix employee, published a book detailing the rise and fall of Informix Software and CEO Phil White, titled The Real Story of Informix Software and Phil White: Lessons in Business and Leadership for the Executive Team.

In March 2000, Informix Corporation acquired Ardent Software, a company with a history of mergers and acquisitions.

Informix Corporation shareholders approved this deal, which delivered $1 billion in cash to the much smaller remaining company, which intended to focus on the high growth ETL and information integration space, dominated at the time by Informatica.

Informix Corporation renamed itself Ascential Software, and continued to be led by CEO Peter Geyenes and President Peter Fiore.

Shareholders who had held on from the Informix Corporation era did not fare so well, after accounting for the reverse split the deal netted them only $4.