Tackling Toolsets
Navigating the Current Landscape of Client/Server, Internet/Intranet Application Development Tools (Feature)
April, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 4) Page 65
Schumacher, Robin
Taking Care of Business
A major BPR effort reshapes the way a diverse corporation deals with health-care data. (Column: Client/Server Deployment)
December, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 13) Page 105
Bolt, Rob
Taming Client/Server (Andrew J. Filipowski)
Platinum Technology's Andrew Filipowski outlines his company's client/server vision. (Interview)
June, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 7) Page 44
Rigney, Theresa
Taming Data Giants
Getting a Grip on VLDB in the Real World (Feature)
February, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 2) Page 38
Brobst, Stephen
Taming Data Giants, Part 2
Managing massive databases requires specialized strategies and techniques. (Feature)
March, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 3) Page 63
Brobst, Stephen
Tango Enterprise 3.0
Tango Enterprise is a visual develpment tool that integrates ODBC-compliant SQL databases with Web servers. (Review)
May, 1998 (Vol 11, Num 5) Page 33
Goddard, Douglas
Targeting Customers
MCI leverages data warehouse technology to strengthen its marketing campaigns. (Feature)
December, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 13) Page 54
Brooks, Peter
Ten Years of DBMS
Looking back and looking forward, DBMS covers database application development technologies. (Column: From the Editor)
January, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 1) Page 10
Frank, Maurice
Terminus of the DBMS Express
(Column: Start Here)
, (Vol 0, Num 0) Page 64
Parkes, Clara H.
Test-Driving the CA-Ingres/Replicator
A South African network management system takes the CA-Ingres/Replicator out for a spin. (Feature)
April, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 4) Page 72
Rennhackkamp, Martin
Testing for Survival and Profit
If you're an IS manager, testing during development and deployment can save you money -- and your job. Here's how three companies benefited from automated testing. (Feature)
December, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 13) Page 90
Atre, Shaku
Testing the GUI
As it gets easier and easier to build powerful GUI-based applications, one question remains: How do you know if they work right? (Feature)
November, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 12) Page 52
Marsh, Vivien
Testing Year 2000 Conversions
(Feature)
January, 1998 (Vol 11, Num 1) Page 67
Pollner, Andrew
Textbase versus Database
Managing large amounts of corporate textual data requires more than just a relational solution. (Column: SQL Explorer)
January, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 1) Page 18
Celko, Joe
Textbases Deliver Web Results
If all text retrieval products support Web access, how do you pinpoint the best one for your job? (Feature)
January, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 1) Page 13, Internet Systems
Spitzer, Tom
The ABCs of SAP R/3
What it is, why all the fuss, and why should you care? (Column: C/S Developer)
October, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 11) Page 28
Linthicum, David S.
The Accidental CEO (Powersoft Corp. CEO Mitchell E. Kertzman)
Mitchell E. Kertzman explains how he fell into the development tools business and sets the record straight about the Powersoft/Sybase alliance. (Interview)
August, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 9) Page 34
Rigney, Theresa
The Aggregate Navigator
How to optimize your data warehouse using aggregates without driving your end users crazy. (Column: Data Warehouse Architect)
November, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 12) Page 18
Kimball, Ralph
The Application Dependency Stack
Managing interrelationships within a distributed computing environment. (Column: Enterprise Client/Server)
December, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 13) Page 8
Hurwitz, Judith
The Borland Potential
Borland still has good tools and innovative technology, but it may be too little, too late. (Column: Desktop DBMS)
September, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 10) Page 109
Spitzer, Tom
The Business Behind the Enterprise
(Column: Start Here)
June, 1998 (Vol 11, Num 6) Page 80
Parkes, Clara H.
The CA Enterprise
The 20 year old mainframe giant shifts its focus towards multiplatform client/server tools. (Feature)
August, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 9) Page 74
McKie, Stewart
The Challenge of Replication, Part 2
The second part of a two-part series examines the state of replication in 1995: Do the products deliver on the technology promise? (Feature)
April, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 4) Page 62
Edelstein, Herb
The Challenge of Replication, Part I
(Feature)
March, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 3) Page 46
Edelstein, Herb
The Client/Server Internet
Want to leverage the Internet for Client/Server? Grab some HotJava and get to work. (Column: C/S Developer)
January, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 1) Page 26
Linthicum, David S.
The Coming of Parallel Servers
Organizations looking for a high level of performance and scalability may find a savior in MPP technology. (Column: Mission-Critical View)
May, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 5) Page 14
Bloor, Robin
The Competitive Spirit
Try your hand at the Oracle CDE programming competition specification. (Feature)
September, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 10) Page 84
Kalman, David
The Database Market Splits
Data Warehousing gets the data out. (Column: Data Warehouse Architect)
September, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 10) Page 12
Kimball, Ralph
The Dawning of a Virtual World
Electronic communications and technologies will deliver client/server to general consumers. (Column: Mission-Critical View)
March, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 3) Page 10
Bloor, Robin
The Design and Construction of LISA
Using distributed object technology, developers were able to design a mission-critical property management application in nine months. Here's how. (Feature)
December, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 13) Page 68
Pompeii, John
The Disappearing Programmer
As object-oriented concepts take hold, the need for specialized programming is declining. (Column: Mission-Critical View)
August, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 9) Page 14
Bloor, Robin
The Doctor of DSS (Ralph Kimball)
For 10 years, the RDBMS industry has focused on getting data in. Decision-support system (DSS) specialist Ralph Kimball focuses on getting it out. (Interview)
July, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 8) Page 54
Kalman, David
The End of Dignity?
Borland's new channel and new IBM tools. Plus, a DBMS CompuServe forum member shares his 10 rules for selecting databases and tools. (Column: From the Editor)
March, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 3) Page 8
Kalman, David
The Evolution of Client/Server CASE
How the new CASE tools promise to simplify data management and automate development. (Feature)
January, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 1) Page 67
Frank, Maurice
The Evolution of Metadata
You must be aware of the capabilities and limitations of current metadata offerings. (Column: Enterprise Client/Server)
July, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 8) Page 12
Hurwitz, Judith
The Expectation Gap
Learning lessons from the Pentium debacle. (Column: From the Editor)
March, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 3) Page 8
Kalman, David
The Five Levels of Workflow
How workflow management technology will change the process of client/server accounting. (Feature)
April, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 4) Page 74
McKie, Stewart
The Form Factor
A foray into building a forms-based client/server front end. (Column: Desktop DBMS)
November, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 12) Page 115
Spitzer, Tom
The Forte Infrastructure (Forte Software's Paul Butterworth)
Forte's Chief System Architect shares lessons learned from building large-scale distributed applications (Interview)
June, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 7) Page 52
Frank, Maurice
The Future of SQL Programming
The new SQL/PSM standard ushers in a new era of SQL programming. (Column: SQL for Smarties)
January, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 1) Page 20
Celko, Joe
The Good, the RAD, and the Ugly
Don't be swayed by the hype: you must still proceed with caution when using RAD. (Column: Application Architect)
February, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 2) Page 22
Linthicum, David S.
The Great Key Debate
Seven reasons to use intelligent keys over surrogate keys. (Column: SQL Explorer)
September, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 10) Page 17
Celko, Joe
The Habits of Successful MPP Sites
Examining the four success factors that will help companies "evolve" to parallel processing environments. (Column: Server Side)
October, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 11) Page 89
Rudin, Ken
The Hidden Costs of Client/Server
Unless your organization plans for client/server wisely, it may be shocked at the expense. (Feature)
June, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 7) Page 70
Atre, Shaku
The Hypertier Component Model
A flexible applications architecture will help your organization succeed. (Column: Enterprise Manager)
August, 1998 (Vol 11, Num 8) Page 8
Hurwitz, Judith
The IBM Enterprise
With a strong battle strategy and the right ammunition, IBM may lead the charge to the "Interactive Enterprise." (Feature)
April, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 4) Page 74
McKie, Stewart
The Informix Enterprise Strategy
Informix is pursuing several strategies to complement its database and tools business (Feature)
June, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 7) Page 42
McKie, Stewart
The Infrastructure of the Movable Enterprise
A new architecture to meet the changing needs of the virtual corporation. (Column: Enterprise Client/Server)
August, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 9) Page 10
Hurwitz, Judith
The Internet and ORBs
Using Object Request Brokers (ORBs) to fortify distributed computing over the Internet (Column: Enterprise C/S)
July, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 8) Page 12
Hurwitz, Judith
The Internet Bandwagon
Microsoft's attempts to squash the competition and stake its claim at the top. (Column: From the Editor)
October, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 11) Page 12
Parkes, Clara H.
The Java APIs
Java Expands its Language Facilities to Better Support Complex Application Development (Feature)
April, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 4) Page 16, Internet Systems
Linthicum, David S.
The Java War Escalates
Sun sues Microsoft over Java compatibility. (Column: From the Editor)
December, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 13) Page 6
Frank, Maurice
The JDBC Connection
Java gets ready for client/server primetime with the JDBC database access API. (Feature)
October, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 11) Page 21, Internet Systems
Linthicum, David S.
The Limits of PC Databases
Real-life PC applications that will challenge your notions of large-scale, mission critical computing. (Feature)
June, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 7) Page 44
Winchell, Jeff
The Long Road from Data to Wisdom
(Column: Start Here)
March, 1998 (Vol 11, Num 3) Page 72
Parkes, Clara H.
The Low End Must Die
Why vendors must abandon low-end/high-end thinking, and Powersoft's new Desktop. (Column: From the Editor)
April, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 4) Page 8
Kalman, David
The Magical Framework Myth
IBM's San Francisco project brings new hope for enterprise frameworks. (Column: Application Architect)
January, 1998 (Vol 11, Num 1) Page 22
Linthicum, David S.
The Microsoft Enterprise
The desktop giant makes its move for the enterprise market. (Feature)
November, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 12) Page 76
McKie, Stewart
The Midas Touch
A look inside Borland's high-end, enterprise-ready middleware solution. (Column: Application Architect)
August, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 9) Page 22
Linthicum, David S.
The Middleware Muddle
Application servers and TP monitors are finding new life on the net. (Feature)
May, 1998 (Vol 11, Num 5) Page 49
Ritter, Dave
The Myths Behind ODBC: A Contrary View
Why ODBC fails to live up to its promises. (Sidebar)
March, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 3) Page 58
Finkelstein, Richard
The New Btrieve (Btrieve Technologies' Nancy R. Woodward, Ron. R. Harris, and Douglas W. Woodward)
Novell departs the database business and gives Btrieve and NetWare SQL a new lease on life. (Interview)
April, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 4) Page 42
Kalman, David
The New Middleware
(Feature)
February, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 2) Page 50
Finkelstein, Richard
The New Object Databases at Work
New trends and experiences in the field of object data management. (Feature)
March, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 3) Page 66
English, Larry
The New Workgroup Servers
This comprehensive analysis examines where the new workgroup servers fit into today's computing environment. (Feature)
September, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 10) Page 44
Price, Josh; Vijay, Bharat
The Nuances of NetWare
Optimizing your network for database applications. (Column: Desktop DBMS)
September, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 10) Page 80
Spitzer, Tom
The Object Database Goes Online
Can the Internet help the ODBMS gain acceptance as the undisputed master of complex data management? (Feature)
January, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 1) Page 18, Internet Systems
King, Nelson
The Object Database Management Group
What's inside the ODMG-93 standard. (Sidebar)
July, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 8) Page 62
Jepson, Brian
The Open Systems Paradox
As vendors struggle to differentiate their products, "Open Systems" remains a fantasy. (Column: Mission-Critical View)
June, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 7) Page 14
Bloor, Robin
The Operational Data Warehouse
It needs both a transaction version of data and a periodic snapshot version of data. (Column: Data Warehouse Architect)
January, 1998 (Vol 11, Num 1) Page 14
Kimball, Ralph
The Oracle Enterprise Strategy
From the networked enterprise to the Network Computer, Oracle builds on its database foundation. (Feature)
September, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 10) Page 42
McKie, Stewart
The Painful Performance Problem
Adding gigabytes of memory and CPU cycles will increase your performance, right? Wrong. (Column: Mission-Critical View)
November, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 12) Page 14
Bloor, Robin
The Power of Parallel Database
A nuts-and-bolts look at parallel database and hardware technology: concepts and products. (Feature)
March, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 3) Page D
Edelstein, Herb
The Price of Fame and Glory
Joe exposes, discusses, and analyzes the news from Database and Client/Server World. (Column: SQL Explorer)
October, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 11) Page 18
Celko, Joe
The Problem with Comparisons
A freshman in Business needs a Ph.D. in SQL, Part 1. (Column: Data Warehouse Architect)
January, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 1) Page 16
Kimball, Ralph
The Product That Won't Die
Microsoft breathes new life into Visual FoxPro 5.0. (Column: Object.Client)
February, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 2) Page 73
Spitzer, Tom
The Promise of EJB
The EJB specification brings a mutltitier model to the Java platform. (Column: Component Assembler)
August, 1998 (Vol 11, Num 8) Page 75
Spitzer, Tom
The Race is On!
Microsoft SQL Server rallies for the mobile database market. (Column: Server Side)
July, 1998 (Vol 11, Num 7) Page 65
Rennhackkamp, Martin
The Relational Model Turns 25
...And we're still trying to get it right. (Feature)
October, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 11) Page 46
McGovern, David
The Return of the LOBs
DBMS Vendors are Finally Giving Large Objects the Respect they Deserve (Column: Server Side)
April, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 4) Page 73
Rennhackkamp, Martin
The Road to Normalization
Because there's a lot more to normalizing a database than just buying a CASE tool, here's a nuts-and-bolts guide. (Feature)
April, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 4) Page 66
Celko, Joe; Hubbard, Douglas W.
The SET Protocol
New standards for ensuring safe payment card transmissions across the Internet. (Sidebar)
September, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 10) Page 91
Indermaur, Kurt
The Staying Power of C++
New visual client/server development tools make C++ a cinch. (Column: C/S Developer)
September, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 10) Page 24
Linthicum, David S.
The Store's the Thing
Comparison shopping for better online commerce. (Column: Net Developer)
September, 1998 (Vol 11, Num 9) Page 61
King, Nelson
The Successes and Failures of Application Development Tools
Will your application development last like the Rolling Stones or crash and burn like Milli Vanilli? (Feature)
May, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 5) Page 71
Linthicum, David S.
The Sybase Enterprise
Despite stormy conditions, Sybase feels it has the right strategy -- from laptop to enterprise -- for any shop's specialized requirements (Feature)
May, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 5) Page 46
Rigney, Theresa
The Ten Commandments of Object Database Development
Ten guidelines for successful deployment of object databases. (Sidebar)
March, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 3) Page 68
English, Larry
The Terrors of Translation Tables
Joe debunks a common technique for decoding codes into meaningful strings. (Column: SQL for Smarties)
February, 1998 (Vol 11, Num 2) Page 20
Celko, Joe
The Truth About OLAP
Is OLAP a viable technology, or just the latest industry buzzword? (Feature)
August, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 9) Page 40
Frank, Maurice
The Unified Modeling Language Takes Shape
Rendering the fundamental components of the UML and the value different views provide. (Feature)
July, 1998 (Vol 11, Num 7) Page 47
Reed, Paul
The VBA-Powered Desktop
Microsoft's VB-Based Application Scripting Environment May Become a de facto Standard (Column: Object.Client)
April, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 4) Page 75
Spitzer, Tom
The Visigenic View (Visigenic's Roger Sippl and Therese Langlais)
Roger Sippl's new client/server application development tool makes old languages new again. (Column: DBMS Interview)
June, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 7) Page 50
Kalman, David
The Web at Work
A behind-the-scenes look at powerful, database-driven Web sites. (Feature)
October, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 11) Page 40, Internet Systems
Parkes, Clara H.
The World of Software
Joe compares data warehouses and production databases, and explains why he disagrees (again) with Chris Date. (Column: SQL Explorer)
June, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 7) Page 17
Celko, Joe
Things SQL Can Do
A look at why decision-support queries can be done in standard SQL with a minimum of fuss. (Column: Server Side)
November, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 12) Page 112
Roti, Steve
Thinking in SQL
NIST, DAMA, and SQL3...oh my! (Column: SQL for Smarties)
December, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 13) Page 16
Celko, Joe
Third-Party Visual Basic Add-Ons
To enrich your VB development effort, don't develop without them. (Column: Desktop DBMS)
August, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 9) Page 88
Spitzer, Tom
Three Little SQLs
Three small companies have developed SQL-based tools that pack the same (if not more) punch than the larger products. (FFE Software Inc.'s FirstSQL, Ocelot Computer Services Inc.'s Ocelot2 - The SQL!, and SQL Realisations' SQL-Ares.) (Column: SQL Explorer)
January, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 1) Page 17
Celko, Joe
Three Vendors to Watch
Visigenic, Object Design, and Rational Software are on the Rise (Column: From the Editor)
June, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 7) Page 6
Frank, Maurice
Three-Tier Computing in Focus
Three-tier computing is a viable technology, but beware of the hype and hoopla. (Column: Enterprise C/S)
July, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 8) Page 12
Hurwitz, Judith
Tiers Without Tears
Packaging logic into components makes multitier architectures less painful. (Column: Component Assembler)
February, 1998 (Vol 11, Num 2) Page 74
Spitzer, Tom
Tightrope Across the Chasms
Complex requirements, a complex environment, and an impossible schedule make for a developer's nightmare. (Feature)
April, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 4) Page 79
Rennhackkamp, Martin
Titanium Database Engine 5.0
An up-close look at the next generation of MDBS' network model database engine. (Column: Server Side)
April, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 4) Page 98
Price, Josh; Vijay, Bharat
Tool Time
Taking stock of the available development tools and what may work for you. (Feature)
October, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 11) Page 15, Internet Systems
Linthicum, David S.
Tooling Around
Beanie babies and programing for client/server vs. the Web. (Column: SQL for Smarties)
May, 1998 (Vol 11, Num 5) Page 20
Celko, Joe
Tools for Traveling Data
A Specialized Breed of Tools Eases the Task of Extracting, Migrating, and Cleansing Data Before Loading it into Your Warehouse Database (Feature)
June, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 7) Page 69
Williams, Joseph
Tools of the Trade (Sybase Inc.'s Frank Strelau)
The Sybase tool strategy takes shape for building back-office, front-office, and "extended-office" applications. (Interview)
May, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 5) Page 44
Kalman, David; Rigney, Theresa
Top Eight ODBC Myths
Debunking misrepresentations about ODBC. (Feature)
October, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 11) Page 90
North, Ken
Toppling the Tower of Babble (Rational Software's Grady Booch, Ivar Jacobson, and Jim Rumbaugh)
Rational Software's leading object methodologists are all speaking the same Unified Modeling Language. (Interview)
October, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 11) Page 68
Frank, Maurice
Train or Fail: The Hidden Side of Client/Server
As organizations move to client/server, proper training is the only way to survive and thrive. (Feature)
October, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 11) Page 99
Atre, Shaku
Transaction Processing Today
Everything you need to know about the powerful trends changing the face of DSS and OLTP. (Feature)
January, 1998 (Vol 11, Num 1) Page 35
Rudin, Ken
Travel Like A Native
Unify Vision 2.0 lets you build applications in one environment and port them to other environments without modification. (Column: C/S Developer)
October, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 11) Page 24
Linthicum, David S.
Traveling on the Trade Show Circuit
Three things are guaranteed in this industry: death, mergers, and trade shows. (Column: SQL Explorer)
August, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 9) Page 19
Celko, Joe
Traveling Through Databases
Ralph Guides Us Through Voyages and Networks (Column: Data Warehouse Architect)
May, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 5) Page 16
Kimball, Ralph
Trigger Happy
A look at the many implementations of database triggers (Column: Server Side)
May, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 5) Page 89
Rennhackkamp, Martin
TrueAccess 1.0
Blyth Software's end user query tool for Macintosh and Windows. (Review)
May, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 5) Page 26
Frank, Maurice
TrueGrid Pro 2.1
(Review)
April, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 4) Page 28
Taylor, Allen G.
TS-Reorg 1.0
(Review)
October, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 11) Page 34
Burleson, Don
Tuning Your Oracle7 Database
Getting the best performance from your Oracle7 environment is part art and part science. (Feature)
April, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 4) Page 80
Baird II, Willard
Turbocharge Your Query Tools
How to answer really difficult business questions. (Column: Data Warehouse Architect)
September, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 10) Page 14
Kimball, Ralph
Twelve Steps to Successful Client/Server
Guidelines to help developers stay on the right path while planning and developing client/server projects. (Feature)
May, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 5) Page 70
Atre, Shaku
Understanding and Managing Textbases
Managing text as a database resource requires specialized tools and techniques. (Feature)
October, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 11) Page 55
Celko, Joe
Understanding Business Objects
(Feature)
February, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 2) Page 70
McKie, Stewart
Understanding Multidatabase APIs and ODBC
The truth about Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) and other APIs, such as QELIB, depends on who you ask, (Feature)
March, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 3) Page 44
North, Ken
Understanding ODBC 3.0 Standards and OLE DB
Microsoft's newest version aligns ODBC with the ANSI/ISO SQL-92 call-level interface and adds numerous enhancements. (Feature)
April, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 4) Page S15
North, Ken
Understanding OLE
Microsoft's language-independent, binary standard for object sharing on desktops and across networks. (Feature)
June, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 7) Page 50
North, Ken
Underwhelmed by New Technology
Joe isn't too impressed with what's out there. (Column: SQL for Smarties)
September, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 10) Page 18
Celko, Joe
Uniface 4GL Development
Uniface Corp. delivers application development solutions independent of platform, OS, and DBMS. (Column: C/S Developer)
January, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 1) Page 22
McClanahan, David R.
Uniting Object-Oriented and Distributed Systems
A PowerBuilder-centric discussion of distributed programmable objects. (Feature)
July, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 8) Page 84
Gulesian, Marcia
Universal DBMSs and the Web
Deciding Whether the Latest Web Features from Informix and Oracle Fit Your Business Needs (Feature)
April, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 4) Page 20, Internet Systems
Schumacher, Robin
Universal Servers, Part 2: The Players
A behind-the-hype look at today's emerging extended-relational DBMSs. (Feature)
July, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 8) Page 75
Davis, Judith R.
Unlocking the Mainframe
Technical Issues and Architectures Involved in Making Legacy Databases Accessible From a Web Browser (Feature)
June, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 7) Page 54
Rennhackkamp, Martin
Unraveling Client/Server Architectures
The evolving wisdom about the distribution of presentation, business, and database logic in client/server systems. (Feature)
May, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 5) Page 34
Edelstein, Herb
Upscale Xbase
Recent Xbase-language product releases provide extended features and application portability. (Column: Desktop DBMS)
March, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 3) Page 92
Spitzer, Tom
Using Ingres/Star
A description of the distributed database features of Ingres/Star (Sidebar)
April, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 4) Page 83
Rennhackkamp, Martin
Using Object Modeling CASE Tools
Designing an object-oriented application is easier with a case tool that supports object-oriented modeling. (Feature)
July, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 8) Page 93
Hebbel, Fred
Using ODBC to Access Nontabular Data
How several vendors provide ODBC access to objects, documents, hierarchical, and network data sources. (Feature)
April, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 4) Page S19
Reed, Paul
Using Vision Builder
Modeling and application-generation turns analysts into developers. (Column: Desktop DBMS)
December, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 13) Page 91
Spitzer, Tom
VB Strategies '95
Coming to grips with the component-based development paradigm. (Column: Desktop DBMS)
June, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 7) Page 97
Spitzer, Tom
VB to SQL Server Connections
Evaluating APIs (ODBC and DB-Library) for accessing SQL Server from Microsoft Visual Basic. (Feature)
October, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 11) Page 94
Kostmayer, Larry
VB: A C/S Trojan Horse?
Microsoft is cashing in on its surprise development giant, but the future is unclear for third parties and developers. (Feature)
April, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 4) Page 17
Hurwitz, Judith
Velocis Database Server
(Review)
December, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 13) Page 30
Reed, Paul
Versant 5.0
Now is the time to retrain relational recruits to win the object war. (Column: Server Side)
March, 1998 (Vol 11, Num 3) Page 61
Rennhackkamp, Martin
Visible Analyst Workbench 6.0
(Review)
May, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 5) Page 34
Williams, Joseph
Vision Jade 3.0
VisionJade is a Web-based application development environment that builds multi-tier business rules-based applications in Java. These applications can run on client platforms using Oracle, Sybase, or Microsoft SQL Server. (Review)
June, 1998 (Vol 11, Num 6) Page 44
Mariano, John R.
Visual Basic 4.0: Ready for the Enterprise?
Microsoft stakes its claim in the enterprise-wide application development landscape. (Feature)
January, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 1) Page 44
Linthicum, David S.
Visual Basic 5.0
Client/Server Meets ActiveX in the Latest Version of Microsoft's Trusted Application Development Tool (Review)
April, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 4) Page 50
Linthicum, David S.
Visual Cafe for Java 2.0
Visual Cafe for Java 2.0 is a major upgrade to a veteran Java development tool. Its database features are based on Symantec's dbANYWHERE middleware server. (Review)
February, 1998 (Vol 11, Num 2) Page 29
Patel, Pratik R.
Visual dBASE Does the Web
Borland's new WebTools add-on product lets Visual dBASE developers build web-enabled applications. (Column: Desktop DBMS)
September, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 10) Page 89
Spitzer, Tom
Visual Desktop Databases
Computer Associates' Visual Objects, Borland's Visual dBASE, and Microsoft's Visual FoxPro -- A far cry from your father's Xbase tools (Feature)
May, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 5) Page 55
Olympia, Ph.D., P. L.
Visual Developer's Kit
(Review)
February, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 2) Page 36
Rovinsky, Alex
Visual FoxPro's OOP
Inside Microsoft Corp.'s new object-oriented development environment. (Column: Desktop DBMS)
October, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 11) Page 76
Hakim, Jack
Visual InterDev and Friends
An Up-Close Look at Microsoft's Long-Awaited Web Application Development Tool (Feature)
April, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 4) Page 11, Internet Systems
Telford, John M.
Visual Quantify
Visual Quantify is a performance profiling tool that automatically pinpoints application performance bottlenecks, taking the difficulty and guesswork out of performance tuning. (Review)
December, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 13) Page 30
Reichard, Kevin
Visualizing Data
Sophisticated graphic visualization and development tools tailored for business applications. (Feature)
August, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 9) Page 38
Brooks, Peter
VisualWorks 2.0
(Review)
January, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 1) Page 46
Linthicum, David S.
Wagering on Java
You can experiment with Java, but should you bet the business? (Column: Enterprise Client/Server)
September, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 10) Page 10
Hurwitz, Judith
Waxing Semantic (Dr. David M. Kroenke, Chief Technologist, Wall Data, Inc., Salsa Business Unit)
Based on database theory, object-oriented principles, and cognitive science, Wall Data's Semantic Object Modeling promises to turn non-technical users into database design experts. (Interview)
September, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 10) Page 60
Kalman, David
Weaving Your Client/Server Security Blanket
(Feature)
February, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 2) Page 60
Atre, Shaku
Web Database Innovations
New web database tools show the way but do not get you there. (Column: Object.Client)
August, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 9) Page 91
Spitzer, Tom
Web Searching and Conjugacy
Joe explains his mysterious SQL puzzle answers. (Column: SQL for Smarties)
February, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 2) Page 16
Celko, Joe
Web Servers for Database Applications
Tighten up your Web applications by using a Web server with direct links to databases. (Feature)
October, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 11) Page 31, Internet Systems
Reichard, Kevin
WebSpeed 2.0
Progress Software's WebSpeed is a development tool and transaction server that lets you develop, deploy and maintain powerful enterprise-class transaction-processing applications. (Review)
November, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 12) Page 33
Carnell, Michael
What Does the Central Team Do?
It Plays a Very Serious Production Role in the Enterprise Data Warehouse (Column: Data Warehouse Architect)
June, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 7) Page 16
Kimball, Ralph
What is a TP Monitor?
A description of transaction processing monitors. (Sidebar)
April, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 4) Page 81
Rennhackkamp, Martin
What is an ORDBMS and Why Should You Care?
Overview of relational, object oriented, and object relational DBMSs. (Sidebar)
December, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 13) Page 90
Brooks, Peter
What's the beef behind the OLAP blab?
(Column: Start Here)
January, 1998 (Vol 11, Num 1) Page 80
Parkes, Clara H.
What's Wrong with Components?
Component-based development is today's nirvana, but experience will expose its pitfalls. (Column: From the Editor)
May, 1998 (Vol 11, Num 5) Page 8
Frank, Maurice
Whatever Happened to Xbase?
Globetrotting Joe reports back about ANSI X3H2, the unofficial SQL standards web page, Database World, and more. (Column: SQL Explorer)
September, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 10) Page 20
Celko, Joe
Whatýs In A Name?
(Column: From the Editor)
August, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 9) Page S 3
Frank, Maurice
Whatýs New in Data Warehousing
A snapshot view of where the data warehouse market is now and where itýs going. (Feature)
August, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 9) Page S 4
Rudin, Ken
When Bill Gates Becomes Big Stella: Insightful Anagrams
(Column: Start Here)
July, 1998 (Vol 11, Num 7) Page 72
Parkes, Clara H.
When Good Data Goes Bad
Lying grade school teachers, proof that the census is wrong, and the fourth part of a three-part series (Column: SQL for Smarties)
June, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 7) Page 18
Celko, Joe
When Rules Meet Development
Business rules should be the primary goal of application development. (Column: Enterprise Client/Server)
January, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 1) Page 12
Hurwitz, Judith
Who's Next
Who will be the next victim/victor in the current merger mania? (Column: From the Editor)
June, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 7) Page 10
Kalman, David
Why Ask Why?
Pondering the industry's more imponderable conundrums. (Column: From the Editor)
September, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 10) Page 10
Kalman, David
Why Objects?
Exploring two views of objects: programmatic and logical. (Column: From the Editor)
February, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 2) Page 10
Kalman, David
Windows for Pick
How the Liberty ODBC driver brings Pick data to Microsoft Windows desktops. (Sidebar)
March, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 3) Page 60
Chowning, Dave
Windows NT: Readers Respond
Results of the DBMS survey on Windows NT as a database platform. (Column: From the Editor)
November, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 12) Page 8
Frank, Maurice
Windows NT: Your Call
Would you run your enterprise database applications on Windows NT? (Column: From the Editor)
August, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 9) Page 8
Frank, Maurice
Workflow and Document Management
Managing documentation efficiently in an inefficient world. (Column: Mission-Critical View)
September, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 10) Page 12
Bloor, Robin
Worlds in Collision
Merging business and IT architecture perspectives to evaluate query and analysis tools successfully. (Feature)
August, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 9) Page 48
Raden, Neil
XDB-Server 4.0
(Review)
December, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 13) Page 36
Winchell, Jeff
XDB: DB2 Compatibility and Beyond (Dr. S. Bing Yao, founder of XDB Systems)
XDB Systems stakes out desktop territory, where DB2 compatibility is not required. (Interview)
November, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 12) Page 64
Kalman, David
XML Takes the Field
HTML is dead. XML is king. Long live HTML! (Column: Net Developer)
May, 1998 (Vol 11, Num 5) Page 75
King, Nelson
Year 2000 - Threat or Menace?
Joe breaks the Year 2000 problem down into four separate but related problems. (Column: SQL for Smarties)
July, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 8) Page 20
Celko, Joe
Year 2000: A Warm-Up Exercise
Year 2000 strategies will be helpful when other numbers start to run out. (Column: From the Editor)
January, 1998 (Vol 11, Num 1) Page 8
Frank, Maurice
Year 2000: Crisis or Opportunity
Is the year 2000 a time to panic or an opportunity to update or replace your patched-together applications? (Column: Enterprise Client/Server)
June, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 7) Page 10
Hurwitz, Judith
Yet Another SQL Sequel
What the future holds for Celko, Plato, and Aristotle. (Column: SQL for Smarties)
September, 1998 (Vol 11, Num 9) Page 18
Celko, Joe
You Can Get There From Here
Leverageware: A pragmatic approach to the future. (Column: Enterprise Manager)
October, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 11) Page 10
Hurwitz, Judith