(Phillip Perkins) Synthesised speech or audio files create the interface between the application and the user, and the user can respond by either speaking to the phone browser or punching the touch-tone buttons on the phone.
Other News
Advanced backup and recovery
(Sara Cushman) A backup and recovery plan should go beyond hot and cold backups and database exports. At next week’s IOUG Live! 2005 show, consultant Tim Quinlan will explain how to incorporate availability and performance concerns with a basic disaster recovery plan and take advantage of updated fe
Add Virtualization to Your Development Toolbox
(Michael Pilone) It’s time again to open up your developer’s toolbox and make room for the new must-have tool, virtual machines. As a software consultant, I find myself traveling from customer to customer and constantly working in new development environments. As interesting as that is, a new enviro
Create a .NET Agent
(Luther Miller) You’ve probably thought about creating a Windows service if you’ve ever needed to create a continuously running job. Maybe you’ve also considered ways to monitor critical systems and alert someone if anything is not as it should be. Imagine receiving a message on your cell phone
SQL Server Encryption — Symmetric Keys
(Willis Johnson) SQL Server 2005 supports symmetric encryption of data with these new built-in functions: – EncryptByKey – DecryptByKey – EncryptByPassPhrase – DecryptByPassPhrase – Key_ID – Key_GUID
Gather Crucial JDBC Connection Information with Database Metadata
(Kulvir Singh Bhogal) When developers connect to a database with JDBC, they receive a plethora of information about the database and any ResultSet objects that they might create using the database connection. This data, provided as database metadata, has been around since JDBC 1.0 and it can take di
Why bother with backup?
(Douglas Reilly) Backing up SQL Server data is like many of the things we do because we figure we need to. It is good for you, like eating a good diet and getting exercise. Unfortunately, folks are often about as successful with SQL Server backups as they are with diet and exercise.
Introducing NetKernel
(Peter Rodgers) 1060 NetKernel is a software infrastructure, but it will generate misconceptions if I label it before describing its origins and essential architectural principles.
Oracle Security: A Definition in Plain English, Part 4
(Lewis R. Cunningham) This is part 4 of a 3 part series. Heh I guess this qualifies as a little lagniappe on security and audit. I could have called this Oracle Audit but I already spoke about audit in Part 3. I just decided to continue on in the series.
See why ASP.NET and MySQL is a powerful combination
(Tony Patton) MySQL continues to gain market share due to its ease of use and price. The open source community has extended its reach by developing a connector to be used with the .NET Framework. Learn more about using these MySQL in your .NET applications.