(Scott Sanders and Teodor Danciu) MySQL provides access to great status information for nearly everything. However, this status information can be difficult to view over time, as MySQL only gives point-in-time status information representative of that instant the status request was made. In addition
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LinuxWorld: Defining Open source’s role in the ‘architecture of the future’
(Mark Brunelli) Data centers are increasingly making or planning to make the move to environments characterized by Web services and service-oriented architectures (SOAs), data grids and the use of virtualization technology. But just how will open source technologies fit into this “architecture of th
Hacking Maps with the Google Maps API
(Hari Gottipati) Google didn’t get around to releasing the documentation of its maps API until relatively recently, but many developers were experimenting with the service as soon as it went into public beta. I built the Irving, Texas (a suburb of Dallas) parks demo before the API was publicly docum
SQL development environment: Best practices for more efficient SQL
(Hilary Cotter) In larger development shops, you may find a dedicated SQL developer or even a SQL development team as well as a data architect (or data modeler), who is responsible for designing the logical and physical data models. The SQL development team often works independently or asynchron
More V8 Planning
(Willie Favaro) Planning a migration to DB2 for z/OS Version 8 is still the ongoing focus of this blog until someone points me in another direction or I run out of stuff to talk about. You do not want to rush into this migration. Your success may largely depend on your patience. Many potential stum
Utilize client-side code in ASP.NET pages
(Tony Patton) ASP.NET’s codebehind structure provides a great way to separate application code from Web page markup and controls. While it is suitable for most situations, client-side code is not extinct. There are many situations where client-side code may be more appropriate and sometimes the best
Oracle Simplifies SOA & Web Services Security
Oracle has recently announced the industry’s first integrated, standards-based business process platform that simplifies the security of service-oriented architectures (SOAs) and Web services.
C# and XML Source Code Documentation
(Mike Elliott) Through many years of enterprise level software development and consulting, I became critically aware of the importance of good source code documentation, and several years ago when I began working with the first release of Visual Studio .NET beta 1 and found C# provided built-in supp
Novell to resell MySQL services
(Elizabeth Montalbano) Novell is joining a growing list of resellers that sell subscription-based services for MySQL’s open source database.
Zend Core for IBM – A guided tour for PHP developers
(Grant Hutchison and Stewart Nickolas) Have you considered setting up a PHP 5 on your Linux server, but not had the time to learn how? This article will help guide you through the installation of a PHP 5 environment using the industry’s first integrated PHP environment that includes the IBM Cloudsca