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By Lisa Cawley – This tutorial introduces you to DB2 security. You will learn about DB2 authentication, authorization and privileges. It is the second in a series of six tutorials that you can use to help you prepare for the DB2 UDB V8.1 Family Fundamentals Certification (Exam 700).
IBM Grabs No. 1 Position As Worldwide Server Market Grows 17.5 Percent
By Rachel Konrad – Demand for server computers that feed big companies’ networks made a double-digit improvement in the second quarter, reversing a nine-quarter slide and allowing IBM Corp. to surpass Hewlett-Packard Co. as the top seller.
Oracle 10G: Not Just A Database
By Barbara Darrow & Steven Burke – Oracle is turning up the volume on the message that its software stack, above and beyond its database, is in the big leagues. At OracleWorld in San Francisco this month, the company will continue to beat the grid-computing drum and hone in on its upcoming Or
Create Mobile Database Apps
by Doug Thews – Use the .NET Compact Framework and SQL Server CE 2.0 to give Windows CE and Pocket PC apps access to corporate databases.
Book Review: Secure XML: The New Syntax for Signatures and Encryption
The book Secure XML is an authoritative guide to learn about XML and issues involved with XML security. This book is organized and written to help you understand, design and develop secure XML applications.
Create Rich Media Applications
by Jonathan Maron and Jason Kinner – J2EE and other open standards provide the building blocks for storing, indexing, accessing, and retrieving multimedia assets
A Report From Extreme Markup Languages 2003
by James Mason – The annual family reunion for connoisseurs of structured documents, “Extreme Markup Languages”, gathered again in Montréal, August 4-8. Tommie Usdin (Mulberry Technologies) chaired, assisted by Debbie Lapeyre (Mulberry), Steve Newcomb (Coolheads Consulting), Michael Sperberg-McQueen
IBM DB2 UDB and Adaptec DuraStor Performance Study
By Brent Premer – High performance and high availability are key requirements for any mission-critical database. This article give hints and tips for configuring an IBM DB2 UDB database cluster with Adaptec DuraStore external storage to achieve the best results.