Managing Applications by Steven Foote Well-functioning applications are the backbone of any successful enterprise. Despite the growing need for tools to manage these applications and their underlying components, no one solution has emerged. In this article, Steven Foote surveys techniques and strategies to help you manage your applications, with an emphasis on the influence of Web technology. Packaged Apps for the Masses by Stewart McKie As larger enterprises become saturated with new-generation client/server enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, ERP vendors are being forced to extend their technology to meet the needs of small- to midscale systems. This article surveys what the major ERP vendors are doing to change their tune; from Web enablement to new channels and faster implementations to appeal to this new market. Looking for Data in All the Wrong Places by Peter Brooks The typical organization is overloaded with data from every type of free-form information source imaginable, including databases, intranets, extranets, and the Internet. Finding the data you're looking for is comparable to finding the proverbial needle in the haystack. This article discusses the latest search technologies and provides tactics for searching and extracting information from free-form information sources. November Cover Story: Distributed Systems Security by David White Authorization, Authentication, and Encryption Technology Can Help Lower the Risks of a Distributed System.

From the Editor by Maurice Frank Is Microsoft afraid of Java? Enterprise Manager by Judith Hurwitz Introducing the leverageware approach. Data Warehouse Architect by Ralph Kimball The big picture in data mining. SQL for Smarties by Joe Celko Doing Bad Things Well Application Architect by David S. Linthicum Patterns demystified. Server Side by Martin Rennhackkamp Replicating mobile databases. Object.Client by Tom Spitzer Keeping up with Web time.

Hands-On Reviews Edited by Betsy Slattery Logic Works Inc.'s database design tool ERwin ERX 3.0 lets you design and generate databases for client/server, Web, intranet, and data warehouse applications. Powersoft Corp.'s PowerDesigner 6.0 is an integrated toolset for building databases, data warehouses, and data-aware components. A comparison of ERwin 3.0 and PowerDesigner 6.0 What's new with several other CASE tools.

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