By Ron Ben-Natan – Well-written code, intrusion-detection systems, and traditional firewalls guard different aspects of your application systems. But how do you protect your data? Consider an SQL content firewall as your next security layer.(R, $)
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IBM expands availability, improves ICT messaging client
By Kate Evans-Correia – IBM has expanded the availability of its IBM Community Tools (ICT), an experimental messaging project that could eventually make its way to market. ICT is a messaging client, hosted on an iSeries 820, that combines the technologies from WebSphere MQ Event Broker, IBM L
Transporting tablespaces in Oracle 8i
by Damir Bersinic – A client recently came to me to see if there was a better way to keep their regional offices updated with pricing on over a million part numbers that they have. The current method was not working, and the problem was compounded by the fact that bill of materials explosions requir
Accessing DB2 UDB Using the Globus Toolkit and OGSA-DAI
Interested in experimenting with grid technology with DB2 UDB? This article contains instructions for setting up and accessing IBM DB2 UDB through the open source grid technologies OGSA-DAI and Globus Toolkit.
A Researcher’s Dream
By Laura M. Haas – Knowing there’s an integration solution that works for the even most complex life sciences problems may help you rest easier, too.
PeopleSoft Amends Suit Against Oracle
By Renee Boucher Ferguson – Upping the ante in its fight against a hostile takeover bid, PeopleSoft Inc. announced late Tuesday it expanded its lawsuit against Oracle Corp. by filing an amendment to its compliant filed in June in a California Superior Court.
DocBook for Eclipse: Reusing DocBook’s Stylesheets
by Jirka Kosek – DocBook is a popular tool for creating software documentation among developers. One reason for its success is the existence of the DocBook XSL stylesheets, which can be used to convert DocBook XML source into many target formats including HTML, XHTML, XSL-FO (for print), JavaHelp, H
Practical XML for Java Programs
When dealing with XML, you need a convenient representation of the XML data in memory. This article offers Java programmers a solution to achieve this goal: an easy-to-use package for handling XML data in Java.
Gary Edwards on XForms, SVG, and OpenOffice XML File Format
In a Talkback article, Gary Edwards states: “The OASIS Open Office XML File Format will support both XForms and SVG W3C Standards.”
How to Avoid Blaster Infection
By Lance Ulanoff – What’s more important than figuring out how to get uninfected? Avoiding infection in the first place. Here are some simple steps you can take to safeguard your systems.