
IBM invited us to become their Partner in 2002, straight as a Premium VAR. Bypassing all the intermediary steps was possible due to SoftProdukt’s unique competences in the newly acquired Informix DBMS. Why did it matter to IBM? Informix database had a huge footprint in Europe, on par with Oracle. In fact, IBM Informix it is still a database of choice in embedded systems or IOT, used in mainstream telecommunications, by WalMart, Home Depot or Visa. In the following years, we expanded…