IBM announced a new world record for transaction processing. An IBM eServer(TM) pSeries(TM) system, IBM TotalStorage(TM) FAStT900 and DB2® Universal Database(TM) used half the number of processors at a lower transaction processing cost to beat HP’s new Itanium® 2 processor-based Superdome.
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Migrating Logins from One SQL Server to Another
There are a number of different ways to migrate SQL Server logins. Greg Larsen discusses one of those ways to streamline the migration of SQL Server logins, by using the stored procedure (SP) sp_help_revlogin.
Why Oracle wins in a comparison with SQL Server
(Eli Leiba) Here is a brief comparison between Oracle 9i and SQL Server 2000. Find out why the author thinks Oracle comes out ahead in this comparison. (R)
Oracle gives PeopleSoft window to seal J.D. Edwards deal
By Mary Anne Ostrom – Oracle on Tuesday agreed to postpone a court hearing in its $6.3 billion hostile bid for PeopleSoft, removing a major potential barrier to PeopleSoft’s planned friendly acquisition of J.D. Edwards, a smaller Denver-based software rival.
Customize SQLXML 3.0 SOAP Messages
by Roger Jennings – Use SQLXML Web services you publish with SQL Server 2000 stored procedures to distribute complex XML documents to WinForms or Web Forms users and schema-based XML document editors.
Editing XML with XSL and ASP
by Michael Qualls – This article builds upon the Saving HTML Form Data to XML article. Based on the feedback received, it seems many people wanted to know how to edit the XML data. So, without further ado, here it is: Editing XML with XSL and ASP.
Cover Story: Linux Takes on the Enterprise
By David A. Kelly – Once relegated to running development systems, Linux has become strong enough for use in global enterprises with rigorous availability, scalability, and performance requirements. Find out how this penguin got so big so fast, what role Oracle played in strenthening Linux, and how
XML Web Services: Just Another Data Tier?
by Brian J Thomson – Many developers build a Web site and later, add XML Web services as separate projects, resulting in two code bases. This article shows you how to reuse XML Web service to provide data to your own applications.
XML Publishing with Cocoon 2, Part 1
Apache Cocoon is an XML-publishing framework that allows you to build powerful applications from customized components. Yeah, that’s a mouthful. Collin VanDyck and David Cummings demonstrate Cocoon’s sitemap and XML generation capabilities.
Microsoft Releases Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4)
Just days before it cast Windows NT 4.0 Workstation into the no-support zone, Microsoft issued its fourth service pack for Windows 2000, the operating system that succeeded NT in early 2000. Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4) is a collection of over 650 fixes and doesn’t add any new functionality, un