(Sandy Yakob) This column provides step-by-step instructions on how to set up Analysis Services as a clustered service on a cluster that is running a 64-bit version of Windows. Although Analysis Services is not a cluster-aware application, you can install and configure Analysis Services as a generic
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Best Practices for Using WebSphere Business Modeler and Monitor
(Stephen White) The purpose of this Redpaper is to provide guidance for the preparation of business process models, developed with the WebSphere Business Modeler, which will ultimately be monitored by the WebSphere Business Monitor. The model preparation, including business measure development, and
Create Reports from Any Data Source Using SQL Server Reporting Services Custom Data Extensions
(Teo Lachev) Since its first release, Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) has supported a plethora of data sources. Out of the box, its data modules, called data extensions, allow you to build reports from SQL Server and Oracle database, as well as any other database that comes with an OL
Can Oracle Thwart Data Thieves?
(Clint Boulton) Oracle introduced two new pieces of software to secure data and applications and help customers better meet compliance requirements.
Introduction to Maintaining the State of Applications with PHP Sessions
(Alejandro Gervasio) In PHP, session management is used to help web applications maintain their state across several HTTP requests when needed. In this first part of a series, you will learn the basics of the PHP built-in session mechanism, as well as some of its many useful functions.
FIX: Internet Explorer crashes when you try to open a new Internet Explorer window after you close a previous Internet Explorer window that displayed one or more XSL transformations
When you try to open a new Microsoft Internet Explorer window after you close a previous Internet Explorer window, Internet Explorer crashes. This problem occurs when the previous Internet Explorer window displayed one or more XSL transformations.
XML Matters: Pipestreaming microformats
(Dethe Elza and David Mertz) The pipes and streams metaphor is very successful in UNIX, and can apply with varying degrees of success to many other systems. It’s available, in one form or another, in most programming languages and operating systems. In XML usage, the most common form of pipes and st
JavaScript, the Ajax Web service client language
(William Brogden) These days JavaScript’s main claim to fame is the J in Ajax (asynchronous JavaScript and XML), but as a scripting language it has been popular for years. The scripting language started life as "LiveScript" in Netscape Web browsers, living in the environment of the browser and manip
Central Key Management
(Brian Bayless) I worry about things. For instance, I collect, from a client, data that is sensitive, and I want to encrypt it. It bothers me to pass this data around my network in the clear, possibly even storing it in session data. Securing data in a distributed application is very difficult, invo