INTERVIEW: Informix and the Internet By David M. Kalman
Phillip E. White, President, Chairman,
and CEO of Informix Software Inc., reveals the Informix recipe
for Internet success. Informix recently acquired Illustra Information
Technologies Inc. and plans to merge Illustra's object-relational
DataBlade technology into the Informix RDBMS engine. White contends
that this plan gives Informix a year-and-a-half to two-year lead
in the marketplace for DBMSs that support Internet and Intranet
applications.
Intranet Development Tools By Rob Bolt
Much of the hype surrounding the Web smacks of the
early days of client/server.
While Web technology is not completely ready for prime time, numerous
tools promise to make developing Intranet applications easier
and faster. Client/server veteran Rob Bolt examines several types
of development tools including the Java and Visual Basic languages
as well as ParcPlace-Digitalk's VisualWave, Centura Software
Corp.'s (formerly Gupta) Web Data Publisher, Bluestone's
Sapphire/Web, Neuron Data's Web Elements, Speedware's
Autobahn, Aspect Software Engineering's dbWeb, and Spider from
Spider Technologies.
Putting History on the Web By Clara H. Parkes
An increasing number of information providers are
replacing proprietary distribution channels with Web sites. One
example is the Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN), which
maintains several national databases relating to Canadian museum
holdings, archaeology, natural sciences, and the humanities. CHIN
had used Information Dimensions Inc.'s Basis document DBMS for
several years, and stayed with IDI for its Web development because
the vendor released a Web-enabled version of its DBMS. Not only
did CHIN manage to complete its project on time, but it now makes
information available to the public as well as subscribers.
EDI and the Internet By Peter Benson
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is the standard
mechanism governing the exchange of business transactions between
computers and applications. While traditional EDI is quietly revolutionizing
the corporate back office, new open EDI Standards are poised to
automate the second wave of electronic commerce over the Internet.
EDI expert Peter Benson explains the basics of EDI messaging and
how companies can implement EDI to conduct business over the Internet.
Putting the Data Warehouse on the Intranet By Richard Tanler
When many people talk about accessing
databases from the Web (or an Intranet), they often assume the
goal is to support transaction-driven operational systems. Many
companies adopting Intranets are also repackaging operational
data into data warehouses. Building analytical applications using
Intranet technology can reduce costs, simplify administration,
and improve collaboration among users who must analyze data to
make business decisions.
Organizing a Successful Commercial Internet Site By Darrell Ticehurst and Keith Hilen
Insurance is a very complicated subject to explain,
so using hypertext to provide related information is both natural
and effective. On behalf of the insurance industry and its customers,
Strategic Concepts Corp. built a vast Web site called InsWeb.
This site has over 2000 Web pages of facts and research material,
as well as scripts that can generate literally thousands of additional
Web pages "on the fly." When available development tools
proved to be too immature for a project of this size, Strategic
Concepts created its own programs to enable interactive applications. An additional sidebar "An InsWeb Sample Application" is available on this Web site.
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