(zjroland) After I designed the Web site http://www.outsourcexp.com, I found that many users post URL and e-mail information, but these URLs and e-mails just display as text. If you want to visit these URLs or e-mail addressess, you have to copy them and then paste them to your browser or e-mail cli
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The Biggest Users
(Lester Knutsen) It’s 11 o’clock. Do you know what your database users are doing? If not, you’re overlooking information that can help you identify performance bottlenecks and simplify other administration tasks.
Red Hat’s JBoss Acquisition Could Create A New Open-Source Powerhouse
(Charles Babcock) Red Hat’s $350 million purchase of JBoss, the open-source application server company has the potential to create a new open source code powerhouse, since it moves Red Hat from being just an operating system distributor to a provider of a larger software stack, particularly in middl
Storing XML in Relational Database Management Systems
(Selim Mimaroglu) When we need to store XML in a Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) we have to think of nonnative ways to store it, since the structure of XML does not fit the flat relations of the RDBMSs. Although some RDBMS vendors support XML storage and XQuery such as Oracle 10g (rele
Administering and Implementing WebSphere Business Integration Server V4.3
(Alicia Harvey, Travis Jeanneret, Thiam Cheng Lee, Rangarajan S Manavalan and Marty Trice) This IBM Redbook describes three major phases in a WebSphere Business Integration (BI) project. We discuss the planning and system design for a WebSphere BI infrastructure designed to support several busin
AJAX, Smart Clients and EII
(Don Laursen) What is the first thing you do when you start work? If you’re like most people, you open email. Today email is the primary message hub for corporate communication. The next generation of productivity applications will provide a similar vehicle for your documentation flow.
Reading Text Files using Oracle PL/SQL and UTL_FILE
(Jagadish Chatarji) In this series of articles, we shall concentrate on working with file input/output using Oracle PL/SQL packages. Even though I start with simple examples in the first article of this series, I shall introduce you (in my upcoming articles) to the power of the most advanced techniq
Oracle and Java Performance Management: An Executive View
Time is the only meaningful measure of IT performance – how long do you keep your customers waiting? That is where Confio Software comes in. We built our technology and our company on application performance management software that focuses on time. Monitoring Wait-Time from an end-user perspective
Upgrading to SQL Server 2005 Notification Services
(Joe Webb) From the new graphical management tool that’s integrated into SQL Server Management Studio, to the management API that provides a way to create and manipulate an instance using a .NET programming language, the enhancements brought forth by SQL Server 2005 Notification Services are a welco
Automating Reports with diverse data sources using Business Objects Enterprise Server – Part 1
(Eric Landes) The idea of automating reports takes many shapes. Some people may want to schedule a report before a weekly meeting and have the report emailed to all meeting participants. When the report is scheduled and emailed automatically, there is a great time savings for the end user, as well