Less than a year after unleashing its "Cheetah" data server, IBM is set to release a new version of its software with enhanced availability.

<A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/IBM-UnCages-Cheetah-2-Data-Server/?kc=EWKNLNAV042908STR5">IDS(Informix Dynamic Sever) 11.5, code-named "Cheetah 2,"</A> builds on the failover-recovery capabilities of its predecessor by now supporting full read/write transactions across all nodes. The last version of IDS only supported reads on secondary nodes, the company said. The latest version of IDS will be available worldwide beginning on May 6.