by Tony Hallett – Oracle has done a deal with Vodafone to give users access to its 10g database software and related products over wireless networks.
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Oracle database targets smaller businesses
By Martin LaMonica – Oracle 10g, slated for release by the end of the calendar year, will offer self-management features and quicker installation that will cut down on manual labor, said Robert Shimp, Oracle’s vice president of technology marketing. He said the database giant is making an “aggressiv
Quick Tour of IBM DB2
by Andrew Binstock – A quick overview of the different flavors of DB2, what they’re good for, and where you’ll find resources to help you learn and leverage.
More Than Meets the Eye: Simplifying Catalog Publishing
Brenda Castiel – To tame surprisingly complex catalog publishing challenges, A2i adds unique technology to a solid DB2 UDB base.
IBM raises SMB ante with DB2 content manager offering
By Kate Evans-Correia – IBM has its sights on being king of content with a slew of new offerings, including an “express” version of its DB2 Content Manager system and DB2 Content Manager for Linux.
Turn User Input into XML with Custom Forms Using Office InfoPath 2003
Office InfoPath 2003 lets you design your own data collection forms that turn user-entered data into XML.
Forms player for Mozilla?
One of the developers of the Forms Player XForms plug-in for Internet Explorer, Mark Birbeck, explores several scenarios to support XForms in Mozilla.
Commercializing the Semantic Web
by Kendall Grant Clark – This week I am attending, along with nearly 500 other people, the 2nd annual International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC), on Sanibel Island, near Fort Myers, Florida. In addition to ISWC, there have been meetings of DAML principal investigators, of the various communities c
SQL Server 2000 Books Online (Updated – SP3)
Download the updated documentation for Microsoft SQL Server 2000. SQL Server 2000 Books Online (Updated – SP3) includes the complete documentation that shipped with SQL Server 2000 plus revisions.
Using a SQL Server System as a PDC
My company is setting up a disaster recovery site, and plan to install SQL Server on a new computer. The Microsoft Windows NT® administrators want to use the computer running SQL Server as a primary domain controller (PDC). I have heard that this setup is not a good idea because of the resource-inte