Xbridge Host Data Connect now supports the full portfolio of major Internet standards and protocols, enhancing the Web-services capabilities of the mainframe data access product, Xbridge says. The new enhancements make it even easier to access, download and integrate mainframe data from any Web-enab
Other News
VoiceXML Developer Tools Roundup
By Hitesh Seth – I had the opportunity of reviewing a number of different tools for developing and testing VoiceXML applications. In this article, I would like to focus on the salient features of some of the tools and provide some recommendations which should assist you in the selection of your next
What Interoperability Isn’t
by Will Provost – In this article we’ll consider a few simple, common problems encountered in Web-service development. We’ll challenge each of these apparent interoperability problems and sift them out into a few different classifications, many of which are really solved problems from other domains.
IBM DB2 Universal Database Porting Guide: Oracle to DB2 Version 7.2
By Bill Wilkins – A common requirement for database applications is to have them run on multiple database servers. The objective of this document is to help you port Oracle applications to DB2 Universal Database (DB2 UDB). This document is written primarily for application developers who want to con
Achieving Breakthrough Performance for IBM DB2 Universal Database
SmartDBA from BMC Software keeps your DB2 UDB databases running at peak availability, so you can get on your way to faster, more efficient data management. Learn more in this complimentary E-Book, featuring Scott Hayes.
DB2 UDB for OS/390 Performance – The Basics
By Joel Goldstein – This presentation reviews the whats, wheres and whys of DB2 performance.
Oracle forum opens in S.F.
By Chris O’Brien – As 20,000 Oracle software users gather this week at the annual OracleWorld conference in San Francisco, the Redwood Shores software giant is trying to refocus the technology world’s attention on its core database and application products.
Checking Port Numbers
I created a server alias that uses the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) network library. The client-side server alias is configured to dynamically determine which port to use. How can I find out which port the client is using so that I can lock down our firewall?
Microsoft Issues Five New Security Warnings
By John Foley – The most serious of the flaws could let an attacker execute code from an open Office application.Microsoft on Wednesday issued security bulletins for five new software vulnerabilities, including a flaw in Visual Basic for Applications that the company rated as critical. The c
Microsoft Updates BI Tool
by Scott Bekker – Microsoft released an updated version of a tool to help system integrators and other Microsoft partners build business intelligence applications atop SQL Server. The 1.2 release of the SQL Server Business Intelligence Accelerator extends support down to the Standard Edition