(Joseph Chancellor) When we as developers are learning new techniques, examples can be our own worst enemies. Tutorials are designed to be easy to understand, but at the same time they often reinforce lazy, inefficient, and even dangerous coding practices. Nowhere is this more common than in ADO.NET
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Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST 400 Series & SQL Server 2005
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Ingres’ New CFO Is Out for Enterprise Blood
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CRN Interview: IBM’s Ambuj Goyal
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GovTrack.us, Public Data, and the Semantic Web
(Joshua Tauberer) No matter where you fall in debates over free software or DRM, there’s one type of information that is unarguably meant to be free, and that’s information about our government. The more knowledge citizens have about government the better. So how can we use XML and the Semantic Web
Checklist: Maximize SQL Server backup performance
(Greg Robidoux) The following steps will help you improve the performance of your SQL Server backups. Not every option will be right for your environment, but using as many of these best practices as possible will significantly improve your backup performance. (R)
Using Oracle Database 10g Automatic Storage Management with FUJITSU Storage
This document describes the most efficient database environment that provides the combined benefits and advantages of the new Oracle Database 10g feature, Automatic Storage Management (ASM), and Fujitsu ETERNUS storage systems. (R)
Ten Principles for Knowledge Management Success
This paper explores ten areas of KM including: common pitfalls of implementing KM and how to avoid them, championing the initiative and setting expectations, managing cultural change for employees and integrating KM with existing support technologies. (R)
Accessing Distributed Data with the Federated Storage Engine
(Robin Schumacher) It’s no secret that corporations are swimming in more data than ever before. IDC has recently pegged data growth at 48% a year, which means that corporate data nearly doubles every two years at many companies. In addition, purchased applications and custom built systems contin