Having conquered the desktop, software mogul Microsoft Corp. is now attempting to scale the enterprise market with Windows NT 4.0. This final article in our Enterprise Series takes a look at Microsoft's product strategy and corporate vision, from its fir st ventures with Basic in 1975 to the multibillion-dollar company we know today.
Database Programming with OLE and ActiveX
by Ken North
To remain competitive in an ever-growing market, SQL vendors must find ways to make their products stand out from the competition. This article explores how vendors are looking toward objects to provide unique programming features, and it includes an int erview with Microsoft Data Access Product Manager Greg Nelson, who discusses Microsoft's direction for its data access solutions.
A Database Perspective on GIS
by Tom Spitzer
Almost 90 percent of information in databases has some geographic attributes. With such statistics, the industry is seeing an explosion in geographic data acquisition and analysis. Contributing Editor Tom Spitzer looks at the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) industry and how relational database vendors are using this technology to leverage information with geographic content.
Enterprise C/S
by Judith Hurwitz
Technology alone won't give you a competitive advantage.
Data Warehouse Architect
by Ralph Kimball
Expanding your data warehouse with causal dimensions.
SQL for Smarties
by Joe Celko
Summing up summation.
C/S Developer
by David S. Linthicum
Is there a winner in the distributed objects game?
Desktop DBMS
by Ray Konopka
Guest columnist Ray Konopka takes a look at encapsulating business rules in Delphi components.
NetScheme Solutions Inc.'s NetScheme InterMart Toolkit lets you generate Web pages from your databases without writing a single SQL statement.
CenterView Software Inc.'s Data Director 2.0, formerly known as Choreo, is a tightly integrated development extension for Visual Basic 4.0 that adds both design-time and runtime functionality.
Soft Notes, new client/server database and Internet/Intranet products and upgrades.
Event Alerter
A calendar of conferences, trade shows, and seminars.
Client/Server Connection
News from around the industry.
From the Editor
By Maurice Frank
Shaking Up a Small Town
DBMS Server Comparison Summary
By Martin Rennhackkamp
This overview and chart compare at a glance how six leading RDBMS servers support critical features. A DBMS server evaluation worksheet is available on the DBMS Web site.
Oracle7 Release 7.3
By Martin Rennhackkamp
The latest version of Oracle's core RDBMS engine anchors the Oracle Universal Server.
Sybase SQL Server 11
By Martin Rennhackkamp
Improved performance helps Sybase SQL Server 11 recover from System 10's stumble.
Informix-OnLine Dynamic Server 7.2
By Willem Roos
The Informix-OnLine Dynamic Server is a multi-threaded RDBMS based on Informix's Dynamic Scalable Architecture (DSA).
Microsoft SQL Server 6.5
By Cor Winckler
Running only on Windows NT, SQL Server 6.5 tightly integrates the operating system and the DBMS.
IBM DB2 2.1.1
By Natalie van der Walt
Nearly 30 years of DBMS R&D have paid off for IBM with DB2.
CA-OpenIngres 1.2
By Martin Rennhackkamp
After a series of takeovers, CA-OpenIngres has found a home at Computer Associates.