Our goal is to be the technology leader in Internet solutions. To fulfill this, we will continue to combine internal research and development with external growth through mergers and acquisitions. Speed to market and availability of development resources make acquiring new technology a viable complement to developing components internally. In 1998 and 1999 we acquired Red Brick, Cloudscape and Ardent. Mergers and acquisitions will continue to play an important role in our future.

Informix today is more customer-focused than ever before. All functions are now consolidated into one seamless integrated organization, where the account executive is fully responsible for the relationship with the customer, from sales and fulfillment to continued support and customer satisfaction.

	Product development is guided by four customer-focused principles:
	Listen to our customer
	Be relevant: develop solutions that meet their needs
	Speed to market: focus on quick implementation of our product
	Minimize the total cost of ownership