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Author: SSWUG Research
Java interaction with databases boosted
By Paul Krill – SOLARMETRIC released an upgraded version of its Kodo JDO tool, which enables a database to talk to Java applications without tedious coding and upkeep, the company said.
Protegrity Delivers Database Encryption, Key Management
By Lisa Vaas – Protegrity Inc. is rolling out security packages for leading databases that combine software with cryptographic hardware to provide enhanced key management capabilities.
Mock Pugilists Raise Fists Over Pet Shop
by Lori Piquet – The polarization of Java and .NET continues apace even as the technological gap between them slams shut. Is there any real, pragmatic benefit to a benchmark between two highly competent platforms, particularly now that we have interoperability with Web services?
OASIS Converges on Translation, Localization
By Clint Boulton – OASIS said its members have decided to hash out standards to automate the translation and localization process as a Web service.
Oracle Report Card: Web services, BI, XML high priorities
By Ellen O’Brien and Tim DiChiara – Web services, rising in popularity quicker than you can say SOAP, topped the list of future technology priorities for SearchDatabase.com Oracle Report Card respondents.The exclusive survey of 500 Oracle professionals asked them to rate emerging technologie
Oracle plan exposes Java rift
By Martin LaMonica – In a move that has exposed a growing schism in the Java community, an Oracle proposal to bridge Java development tools moved ahead with approval from competing Java companies.
A Set-Based Way To Find Specific Rows
I have a table that includes a single-column primary key called IdValue. Given a particular value for IdValue, I want to find the table rows that are immediately before and after my target value (assuming the result set is sorted by IdValue). How can I avoid using cursors and get the result I want w
JBuilder Doesn’t Revolutionize
By Peter Coffee – It’s easy to offer a single vision of how things ought to be; it’s harder to build a coalition of compatibility.Borland Software Corp.’s JBuilder 8 shows the strain of that competitive burden, which faces the Java development community as it confronts the monolith of Micros
What is RSS?
by Mark Pilgrim – RSS is a format for syndicating news and the content of news-like sites, including major news sites like Wired, news-oriented community sites like Slashdot, and personal weblogs. But it’s not just for news. Pretty much anything that can be broken down into discrete items can be syn