Server-Side Development Decisions
Kevin Reichard
A profound battle for the hearts and minds of those who design and implement database-driven Internet/Intranet servers could set the tone for database development into the next millennium. The contest pits Java-based tools against a more traditional client/server approach based on CGI and server-based APIs. Kevin Reichard surveys recent technologies from Netscape, Microsoft, JavaSoft, and other vendors.
Textbases Deliver Web Results
Tom Spitzer
Anybody working in information systems knows about the wealth of information that organizations accumulate. The explosion of information publishing by Web servers demands improvements in text-retrieval capabilities. Contributing Editor Tom Spitzer reports on how numerous text management products have evolved to support Internet and Intranet access, and he examines the pros and cons of their various approaches.
The Object Database Goes Online
Nelson King
Long engaged in a struggle to educate potential customers about the value of their approach, ODBMS vendors must now prove that their data management model suits the Internet. Nelson King explores how the Internet can actually help ODBMS products gain acceptance as masters at managing complex data.
A New Face for OLAP
Rich Carickhoff
Information distributed over an Intranet frequently calls for the same basic analytical functionality as traditional client/server OLAP applications. Although OLAP tools have already begun migrating to the Web, this status report shows how vendors are tackling the next step: adding Java applets and ActiveX controls for increased functionality and better interfaces.
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From the Editor
by Maurice Frank
What kind of database server will drive your next Internet or Intranet application?
Net Developer
by David Linthicum
IIOP may give distributed objects a new way around.
The Web at Work
by Clara H. Parkes
When you're looking for a job, you need to network on a wide scale.
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