(Baya Pavliashvili) In this series of tips about Microsoft Analysis Services (MSAS) 2005, I’ll be discussing some of the new features available and how they affect migration from the existing applications developed with MSAS 2000. The new Analysis Services tool is considerably different from previou
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MySQL Proxy
(Jan Kneschke) As an exercise I wrote a proof of concept of a proxy for MySQL. It isn’t using any code from the MySQL Server, only some headers files. I only used the internals document and implemented the server-side protocol of it.
Microsoft .NET Feature — Comparing Migration Methodologies
(Mark Juras) The purpose of this article is to introduce the concept of a software migration project and compare two migration methodologies.
DB2 UDB for z/OS V8 and V9 Features and Functionality for PeopleSoft Enterprise Applications – PART 2
(Brian Holroyd) In Part 1 of this article, we looked at the benefits of DB2 V8 for PeopleSoft customers in the areas of Scalability and Performance. Part 2 will look at Availability, SQL Enhancements, Utilities and Network Computing.
IBM Annual Report: Good News for DB2 DBAs
(Craig Mullins) I sometimes enjoy reading through the annual reports of companies like IBM (that is, companies whose products I use “on the job”), so I thought maybe readers of my blog might enjoy that, too. With that in mind, IBM’s annual report for 2006 is now up and available online.
Oracle Risk and Compliance Application Suite may move the bar for competition
(Lawrence Dietz) Oracle has announced the expansion of its governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) applications with the introduction of a new applications suite that manages compliance initiatives in heterogeneous environments; provides increased security through automated, pre-defined ERP controls;
3 Useful SQL*Plus Tips
(Eddie Awad) I stumbled on the following SQL*Plus tips at a new Oracle blog called Tahiti Views.
Processing File Data with Template Classes in PHP 5
(Alejandro Gervasio) If you’re looking for a friendly guide on how to implement the template design pattern with PHP 5, then this group of articles might be what you need. Welcome to the final installment of the series that began with “Working with template classes in PHP 5.” As the title indicates,
Oracle updates free Web development tool
(Mark Brunelli) Oracle released a new version of Application Express, a free, browser-based tool for Oracle Database developers who want to build, deploy and manage Web-based applications. (R)
Improve DB2 query performance in a business intelligence environment
(Vincent Corvinelli and Samir Kapoor) Running large queries efficiently is a top performance challenge in a business intelligence environment. Learn techniques for improving IBM DB2 data server query performance in this environment. Walk through various methods, step-by-step, then experiment on your