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BluePhoenix Completes Large-Scale Migration Project, Part of Multi-Million Dollar Contract for Major US Bank
BluePhoenix Solutions, the leader in Enterprise IT Modernization, announced that, utilizing its DBMSMigrator tool, it has successfully completed a large-scale IDMS to DB2 database and application migration project. The project, part of a two-year multi-million dollar contract, was done for a promine
Dueling XML efforts raise concerns
(Alice Lipowicz) Homeland Security Department Chief Information Officer Steve Cooper’s announcement last month that his agency is collaborating with the Justice Department on a national data-sharing model may have had a familiar ring.
Microsoft Takes Python Scripting Language to .NET
(Alexander Wolfe) Microsoft is developing a home-grown version of the popular Python scripting language. Dubbed “IronPython,” the twist Microsoft is bringing to its implementation is that it will run on the .NET Framework, which is the Microsoft programming environment used to create Windows applica
Exploring WebSphere Studio Enterprise Developer 5.1.2
(Joe DeCarlo, Reginaldo Barosa, James Eberwein, Michael Virga and Henk van der Wijk) IBM customers are facing enormous pressures to do more with less. They are faced with having to choose from a proliferation of poorly integrated development tools. They are having to continue to leverage and extend
Using FrontPage To Set Up a Database Connection
(Christopher J. Williams) Many people use FrontPage to manage their hosted websites running on Microsoft IIS servers. Often times ASP applications such as the ones I sell at CJWSoft need a properly set up data connection in order to run. This means a System or DSN-Less connection must be set up and
MDX Essentials: Enhancing CROSSJOIN() with Calculated Members
(William Pearson) In this article, we will examine the enhancement of queries using CROSSJOIN() where calculated members are, indeed, to be returned. We will begin with a simple, but intensive, CROSSJOIN() scenario, reviewing how CROSSJOIN() performance can become an issue where larger sized data se
Tackling Data Modelers’ Toughest Challenge
(Graeme Simsion) Recently, I began a Data Modeling “Master Class” by asking participants to nominate the toughest challenges facing them in their professional work. Virtually all the responses were about “soft” or “political” issues: persuading project teams to include a data modeling phase, negotia
Why bother with refactoring? Here are some good reasons
Refactoring is, very simply put, the revision of code in order to make it more efficient, maintainable and easier to work with. When code is successfully refactored, its performance in execution will be improved and it will be more accessible to a wider range of subsequent developers. This download
Larry’s war: Oracle vs. SAP
(Alorie Gilbert) The Oracle-SAP rivalry is nothing new, but Ellison’s acquisition strategy is infusing the struggle with new vigor, and may redefine an industry. (R)