The Middleware Muddle
by David Ritter
A new menagerie of middleware is emerging, bringing products that promise great flexiblity in partitioning enterprise applications across the diverse corporate computing landscape. David Ritter explores what factors to consider in choosing a solution, how current products stack up, and what role TP monitor and Web and application servers should play.

Backing up the Oracle Enterprise
by Derek C. Ashmore
Client/server systems have proliferated over the past few years, causing an enormous growth in the number of database servers in most enterprises. As the number of servers grows, it becomes more and more difficult to administer databases at an individual level. Derek Ashmore presents ways to get a portion of these administrative duties -- specifically, backups and recoveries for Oracle7 and Oracle8 databases -- under control at an enterprise level.

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Enterprise Manager
by Judith Hurwitz
Objects vs. components.

Data Warehouse Architect
by Ralph Kimball
The key to surrogate keys.

SQL for Smarties
by Joe Celko
Web tools and Beanie Babies.

Application Architect
by David S. Linthicum
Winning with component management.

Server Side
by Martin Rennhackkamp
Replicating with PeerDirect.

Net Developer
by Nelson King
XML takes the field.

Start Here
by Clara H. Parkes