Schaffhauser, Dian
Schnapp, Marc
Schumacher, Robin
Shapiro, Irv
Shekleton, John
Sherman, Rick
Shimberg, David
Slattery, Betsy
Smith, Brian
Spitzer, Tom
Stachura, Victor
Stodder, David B.
Storer, Peter
Tanler, Richard
Taylor, Allen G.
Telford, John M.
Thompson, Charles
Ticehurst, Darrell J.
Tillmann, George
Van Der Walt, Natalie
Various, .
Vijay, Bharat
Watt, Peggy
White, Colin
White, David
Wilent, Steve
Williams, Joseph
Winchell, Jeff
Winckler, Cor
Wollenweber, Christa
Yellick, Craig
Zolkavich, Grant
Zurek, Robert
Internet Connection
(News)
January, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 1) Page 40, Internet Systems
RaSQL/B for FoxPro
(Review)
September, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 10) Page 34
Rational Rose 98
Rational Rose 98 is a visual modeling tool for enterprise-level modeling and component construction. It
includes support for COM/DCOM, JavaBeans, CORBA, and ActiveX. (Review)
September, 1998 (Vol 11, Num 9) Page 24
Sphinx Awakens
Microsoft's new SQL Servre 7.0 boasts a faster engine, greater scalability, and extensive OLAP processing capabilities. Is it finally ready for the enterprise? (Feature)
June, 1998 (Vol 11, Num 6) Page 57
Broadbase 1.1
Broadbase is a turnkey data mart solution that supports a broad range of analytical functions, including OLAP and Web access. (Review)
March, 1998 (Vol 11, Num 3) Page 32
SQL-Optimizer 1.0.4
SQL-Optimizer is a performance management SQL monitor for Oracle servers. (Review)
January, 1998 (Vol 11, Num 1) Page 30
Inside Oracle8
Oracle's latest release brings extended-relational technology and improved parallel processing to the enterprise. (Feature)
December, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 13) Page 62
ERwin/ERX 3.0
ERwin/ERX 3.0 is a database design tool that lets users design and generate databases for client/server, web, intranet and data warehouse applications. (Review)
October, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 11) Page 31
PowerDesigner 6.0
PowerDesigner 6.0 is an integrated toolset for building databases, data warehouses, and data-aware components. (Review)
October, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 11) Page 34
Other CASE Tools
Brief updates about other database design tools. (Sidebar)
October, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 11) Page 40
Oracle Performance Strategies
Why It's Important to Keep Up to Date With Product Improvements and Understand New Features (Feature)
May, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 5) Page 89
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
PowerBuilder 5.0
Powersoft Continues to Improve Powerbuilder with Release 5.0 (Review)
April, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 4) Page 46
Tackling Toolsets
Navigating the Current Landscape of Client/Server, Internet/Intranet Application Development Tools (Feature)
April, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 4) Page 65
DBA Tools Today
An update on the latest tools and techniques to help simplify DBA tasks. (Feature)
January, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 1) Page 71
Keeping Track of Babies
How the Obstetrics department of Norton Hospital built a new system to help gather and analyze its newborn infant information. (Feature)
December, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 13) Page 41
Brio Query Enterprise 4.0
(Review)
September, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 10) Page 34
Client/Server Project Workbook
One successful consultant's step-by-step guide to building client/server systems. (Feature)
April, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 4) Page 56
Designing for Flexibility with Multiple Document Interfaces
A lead developer explains how the Minneapolis Star Tribune uses MDI's to embed information in a customer-service application. (Feature)
August, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 9) Page 64
Metadata: The Missing Link
Business information directories catalog decision-support information throughout the enterprise. (Feature)
August, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 9) Page 73
Following a Client/Server Database Methodology
The steps you should take for a successful client/server implementation. (Feature)
May, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 5) Page 48
Soft Notes
(News)
November, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 12) Page 36
Soft Notes
(News)
July, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 8) Page 40
Soft Notes
(News)
June, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 7) Page 40
Soft Notes
(News)
May, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 5) Page 44
Soft Notes and In Print
(News)
April, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 4) Page 24
Internet Tools Product Chart
(Product Chart)
January, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 1) Page 33, Internet Systems
Soft Notes
(News)
January, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 1) Page 40
Soft Notes
(News)
December, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 13) Page 38
Soft Notes
(News)
November, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 12) Page 74
Internet Tools Product Chart
50 Internet and Intranet Development Tools (Product Chart)
October, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 11) Page 43, Internet Systems
Data Warehouse Product Chart
(Product Chart)
August, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 9) Page S30
SilverStream 1.0
SilverStream 1.0 is a Web application platform that enables developers to build and deploy Java- or HTML-based business applications for the Inter/intra/extranet. (Review)
March, 1998 (Vol 11, Num 3) Page 29
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
Getting That Secure Feeling
Intel's common data security architecture and Microsoft's Crypto API. (Column: Component Assembler)
June, 1998 (Vol 11, Num 6) Page 74
All Data to All Consumers
Universal data access is becoming a reality now that Microsoft has championed the cause - but at what cost to the rest of the industry? (Feature)
May, 1998 (Vol 11, Num 5) Page 39
MTS Matures
Administrating middle-tier applications with Microsoft's transaction server. (Column: Component Assembler)
April, 1998 (Vol 11, Num 4) Page 66
Tiers Without Tears
Packaging logic into components makes multitier architectures less painful. (Column: Component Assembler)
February, 1998 (Vol 11, Num 2) Page 74
Keeping Active
A view of Microsoft's active platform and Visual Interdev. (Column: Object.Client)
December, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 13) Page 75
Caught In the Crossfire
Keeping up with the changes in web-based application development and deployment (Column: Object.Client)
October, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 11) Page 85
Component Architectures
Everyone's jumping on the component-based development bandwagon, and here's why. (Feature)
September, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 10) Page 56
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
Money Futures
Ways to Pay Over the Internet Will Include Digital Money, Smart Cards, and Ecash. (Column: object.Client)
June, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 7) Page 83
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
Exploring Access 97
Microsoft's newest Access is more object-based and internet-aware. (Column: Object.Client)
March, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 3) Page 81
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
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
1997: Year of the GIS, Part 2
Turning the tables to examine the client side of the GIS industry. (Feature)
January, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 1) Page 63
Using Vision Builder
Modeling and application-generation turns analysts into developers. (Column: Desktop DBMS)
December, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 13) Page 91
A Database Perspective on GIS, Part 1
Market Drivers And Maturing Technologies Trigger An Explosion In Geographic Data Acquisition And Analysis. (Feature)
November, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 12) Page 95
Oracle's Impressive Designer 2000
Oracle's analysis and design toolkit takes a big step in usability. (Column: Desktop DBMS)
October, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 11) Page 92
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
Components, We Got Components
There's something for everyone in today's component and tools marketplace. (Column: Desktop DBMS)
August, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 9) Page 107
Solving Component Dilemmas
Visual Basic leads the component development parade, and Crescent's suites march along. (Column: Desktop DBMS)
July, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 8) Page 77
Catching Up with Clarion
Topspeed's Clarion for Windows generates client/server applications from templates and data dictionaries (Column: Desktop DBMS)
June, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 7) Page 92
Paradox on the Desktop
Rethinking the present and future role of Paradox 7 (Column: Desktop DBMS)
May, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 5) Page 92
A 4th Dimension for Windows
ACI US Inc. brings its veteran Macintosh RDBMS and application development environment to Windows. (Column: Desktop DBMS)
April, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 4) Page 104
R:BASE Returns
Venerable PC Database Emerges With Cross Platform and Web support (Column: Desktop DBMS)
March, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 3) Page 81
Going Client/Server with VFP
Flexible ODBC connectivity requires a substantial management effort. (Column: Desktop DBMS)
February, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 2) Page 77
Needles in Document Haystacks
Text retrieval and management technologies come of age (Column: Desktop DBMS)
January, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 1) Page 84
Pure PC Solutions
How PC-based database apps keep three major corporations humming. (Column: Desktop DBMS)
December, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 13) Page 100
It's Access for Windows 95
Is it the worst MIS nightmare, an excellent DBMS, or both? (Column: Desktop DBMS)
November, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 12) Page 82
The Nuances of NetWare
Optimizing your network for database applications. (Column: Desktop DBMS)
September, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 10) Page 80
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
Alternative Engines for VB
Why replace VB's Jet engine with ROCK-E-T or Quadbase-SQL? (Column: Desktop DBMS)
July, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 8) Page 85
VB Strategies '95
Coming to grips with the component-based development paradigm. (Column: Desktop DBMS)
June, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 7) Page 97
FoxPro Goes Visual
Visual FoxPro marks a significant departure from FoxPro 2.6, and from other Xbase dialects as well. (Column: Desktop DBMS)
May, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 5) Page 97
Real World Paradox for Windows
Talking to Paradox developers reveals the product's flexibility and power. (Column: Desktop DBMS)
April, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 4) Page 94
Upscale Xbase
Recent Xbase-language product releases provide extended features and application portability. (Column: Desktop DBMS)
March, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 3) Page 92
askSam 2.0
(Review)
January, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 1) Page 74
Inside dBASE for Windows
Borland's long-awaited visual development environment hits the target, but misses the bull's-eye. (Column: Desktop DBMS)
January, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 1) Page 99
Keeping Track of Medical Data
A new Access-based invention-tracking application lets Duke University's Medical Center throw away its "Quill Pen." (Column: Desktop DBMS)
December, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 13) Page 108
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
Back to the Core
The Xbase standards committee focuses on the core language, and leaves extensions for later. (Column: Desktop DBMS)
October, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 11) Page 117
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
How Do You GUI?
Designing an elegant and practical user interface means sometimes bending the rules. (Column: Desktop DBMS)
August, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 9) Page 83
Courting the Xbase Market
Microsoft, Oracle, and Sybase set their sights on PC database users. (Column: Desktop DBMS)
July, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 8) Page 93
A Brief History of Tom
A new column for PC developers who need to bridge the old and new worlds of desktop databases. (Column: Desktop DBMS)
June, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 7) Page 93
ISG Navigator 1.5
ISG Navigator is distributed middleware that allows you to access heterogeneous databases independent of location or data format. ISG supports OLE DB and ADO as well as ODBC. (Review)
May, 1998 (Vol 11, Num 5) Page 31
Passing the Torch
The end of DBMS is just another beginning. (Column: From the Editor)
September, 1998 (Vol 11, Num 9) Page 6
Data Distribution and Warehousing
There's been a lot of talk about data warehousing, but not much has been done about it. Until Now. (Feature)
October, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 11) Page 54
Cross-Platform Integration: A Case Study
(Sidebar)
October, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 11) Page 62
Putting the Data Warehouse on the Intranet
Web browsers can lower the cost of delivering information to business decision makers (Feature)
May, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 5) Page 34, Internet Systems
Crystal Info 4.5
Crystal Info 4.5 is a decision-support system that enables information sharing as well as data access, analysis, and presentation. (Review)
July, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 8) Page 63
Salsa for the Desktop
Salsa for the Desktop is a business application development tool that lets you build applications using drag and drop templates. (Review)
July, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 8) Page 65
Access Developer's Toolkit 2.0
(Review)
October, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 11) Page 34
Access 2.0
(Review)
August, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 9) Page 26
InfoModeler 1.0
(Review)
July, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 8) Page 30
TrueGrid Pro 2.1
(Review)
April, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 4) Page 28
CA-Realizer Version 2.0
(Review)
February, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 2) Page 32
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
Allaire Cold Fusion 2.0 Professional
Cold Fusion is a Web application development tool for people who want to use the Web to create dynamic-page applications and interactive Web sites on corporate Intranets and the Internet. (Review)
February, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 2) Page 27
NetScheme InterMart Toolkit
NetScheme InterMart Toolkit uses object-oriented technology to interpret, classify, and display the important business relationships within your datamart or data warehouse. [Editor's note: NetScheme is planning to change the name of this product. How eve (Review)
November, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 12) Page 35
Database Replication
Comparing Three Leading DBMS Vendors' Approaches to Replication (Feature)
May, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 5) Page 76
Organizing a Successful Commercial Internet Site
(Feature)
May, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 5) Page 39, Internet Systems
Object-Oriented Data Modeling
A primer of object-oriented concepts for the logical data modeler. (Feature)
September, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 10) Page 58
Data Modeling Rules of Thumb
Part 4 of our modeling series outlines what data modelers should and shouldn't do. (Feature)
August, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 9) Page 70
Building a Logical Data Model
Making your way to a well-designed data model. (Feature)
July, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 8) Page 68
Building a Logical Data Model
This second part in a series of articles outlines the basic building blocks of a data model. (Feature)
June, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 7) Page 76
Logical Data Modeling: The Keeper of the Vision
This first part in a series of articles discusses the background and fundamentals of data modeling. (Feature)
May, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 5) Page 60
Should You Model Derived Data?
The arguments for and against putting derived data in your data model. (Feature)
November, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 12) Page 88
IBM DB2 2.1.1
DB2 Provides a Reliable and Consistent Relational DBMS. (Review)
November, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 12) Page S27
Letters
(Letters)
January, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 1) Page 4
Letters
(Letters)
December, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 13) Page 4
Letters
(Letters)
November, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 12) Page 6
DB2/2 Catches up
With its new "common server" approach, DB2/2 offers updated features for OS/2 and AIX , as well as NT and Unix. (Column: Server Side)
November, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 12) Page 98
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
Other Workgroup Server Players
(Sidebar)
September, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 10) Page 56
Declare Your Server Independence
Developing for multiple servers requires multiple personalities. (Column: Server Side)
September, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 10) Page 84
Microsoft SQL Server 6.0
SQL Server 6.0 offers enterprise management tools, new DBMS features, and potential performance gains. (Column: Server Side)
June, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 7) Page 100
Inspecting Watcom SQL 4.0
The latest version of Watcom SQL has what it takes to be the desktop, mobile, and workgroup DBMS product within Sybase. (Column: Server Side)
May, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 5) Page 100
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
Implementing Business Rules in a Distributed Environment
(Column: Server Side)
March, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 3) Page 72
Flexible Computing at Sprint
Using GUI desktop computers and mainframe database servers, Sprint eliminates multiple 3270 sessions for its customer-service reps, and boosts productivity. (Feature)
January, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 1) Page 79
Choosing the Right Client/Server Operating Environment
How to decide which operating system is best suited to your applications and performance needs. (Feature)
August, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 9) Page 50
Distributed Systems Security
Authorization, authentication and encryption technology can help lower the risks of a distributed system. (Feature)
November, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 12) Page 44
Social Security After 2000
The Social Security adminstration revamps its massive databases to asssure the delivery of benefits into the next century. (Feature)
January, 1998 (Vol 11, Num 1) Page 62
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
Level\5 Quest
Level\5 Quest Server lets you publish searchable databases on the World Wide Web. Quest uses fuzzy logic, which lets you point at target values and search any ODBC-accessible database for all records that are close to your targets. (Review)
March, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 3) Page 33
Sagent Data Mart Solution
The Sagent Data Mart Solution is a family of integrated products for building, managing, and accessing data marts. (Review)
February, 1997 (Vol 10, Num 2) Page 30
Prospero 1.1
(Review)
September, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 10) Page 31
Visible Analyst Workbench 6.0
(Review)
May, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 5) Page 34
DBArtisan 2.02
(Review)
October, 1995 (Vol 8, Num 11) Page 28
XDB-Server 4.0
(Review)
December, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 13) Page 36
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
Mass Storage Systems for Databases
Whether it's RAID, Hierarchical Storage Management (HSM), or Solid State, disk technology keeps improving with age. (Feature)
March, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 3) Page 79
Microsoft SQL Server 6.5
No Longer Just a Sybase Port, Microsoft's RDBMS Enjoys a Tight Relationship With Windows NT. (Review)
November, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 12) Page S26
Reporting Against Large Databases
Server-based reporting engines apply multi-tier architectures to very large databases. (Feature)
August, 1996 (Vol 9, Num 9) Page S25
R&R for Windows
(Review)
January, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 1) Page 30
Parallel Processing For OLTP
Although traditionally used for decision support workloads, parallel processing is finding its place in the world of OLTP. (Feature)
April, 1998 (Vol 11, Num 4) Page 46
Developer's Notebook
Importing data into relational databases. (Column: Developer's Notebook)
March, 1994 (Vol 7, Num 3) Page 95