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VLDB Strategies Stephen Brobst and Owen Robertson Very large databases keep growing, and DBAs and application developers must overcome tough challenges to make both OLTP and DSS applications workable. This article examines what VLDB means today and the strategies and techniques for managing ever-larger databases. Growing Pains Ken Rudin Today's applications must scale up to remain viable. Building highly scalable solutions requires an architecture that supports constant growth. Ken Rudin explains how to design and implement applications that don't hit the ceiling on the ground floor. Notification Systems Stewart McKie A new wave of business applications armed with notification engines are proactively informing users of critical events they must respond to promptly. This article describes how leading business applications are implementing and using notification systems to augment traditional static reports. Data Mining Today Peter Brooks As terabyte-size databases and data warehouses become commonplace, it is more difficult to create value from the data. DBMS Contributing Editor Peter Brooks surveys the expanding field of data mining tools and shows how they automate the discovery of relationships in data. (Includes a product chart for more information on selected Data Mining Products.) Also see the sidebar "Lessons from the Trenches: Knowledge, Discovery, and Data Mining" by Herb Edelstein and Janet Millenson.

From the Editor by Maurice Frank The not-so-universal servers. Enterprise C/S by Judith Hurwitz Firewalls for securing Intranets. Data Warehouse Architect by Ralph Kimball Power features for serious query tools. SQL for Smarties by Joe Celko The quest for answers. Application Architect by David S. Linthicum RAD realities. Server Side by Martin Rennhackkamp Implementing database security in leading servers. Object.Client by Tom Spitzer Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0 survives.

Products Hands-On Reviews Edited by Betsy Slattery Allaire Corp.'s Cold Fusion 2.0 Professional is a server-side Web-database application development tool. Sagent Technology Inc.'s integrated Data Mart Solution product family helps you build, manage, and access data marts.

Departments Letters Event Alerter A calendar of conferences, trade shows, and seminars. Client/Server Connection News from around the industry.