by Kendall Grant Clark – In this XML-Deviant column I examine two unrelated issues: the transition to IRIs and a slew of new W3C drafts.
Other News
SQL Server Magazine Announces Innovator Awards
Have you scaled out a system with SQL Server 2000’s federated database support or implemented OLAP or data mining to give decision makers the power to analyze data? Have you used SQL Server’s XML functionality to develop Web services and platform-independent applications. SQL Server DBAs and develop
ViaSQL for S/390
ViaSQL lets you easily integrate S/390 data into XML applications. ViaSQL provides SQL to access mainframe data sources like VSAM, IMS, DB2, Datacom, and others, and allows the result sets to be returned in XML format.
Comparing Query Performance: MDC vs. Non-MDC Tables
By Robert Welgan – IBM says the new multidimensional clustering feature in DB2 UDB for Linux, Unix, and Windows will speed complex queries. And they put the new feature to the test. Here’s what tests revealed about when MDC really helps (and why).
The DB2 System Commands
By Marin Komadina – DB2 is enhanced with full set of system commands that is extended with each new version (87 of them as of version 7.2 DB2 UDB EEE). Marin Komadina gives an overview of these system commands, with a detailed explanation of db2ptree, db2empfa, db2gov, and db2osconf.
EMC gets into subscription game
On Monday, EMC released two new products that mark the software vendor’s entry into the subscription software business.The two subscription services, SAN Architect, and Auto Advice, are designed to help users of its ControlCenter storage management software more easily design and analyze the
Oracle chooses Intel compilers
By Stephen Shankland – Database giant Oracle has chosen Intel to supply crucial programming tools called compilers for creating software that runs on servers using Intel processors. The move is one of several steps Intel is taking to improve the software’s utility.
Logical Apps Touts New Offering As Cure For Oracle Apps Problems
By Charles Babcock – The company’s AppsRules product lets Oracle financial and ERP apps users build a business-rules layer above their applications that’s integrated across them.
Spirent targets end-to-end Web services testing
By Eric B. Parizo – It’s a debate akin to the chicken and the egg: Should a company risk building a Web service that may create a traffic load greater than its network can safely handle? Or should it risk purchasing testing tools for a Web service that may never exist?In an effort to help en
Extreme XML: Death, Taxes, and Relational Databases, Part 1
Showcases the XML functionality of SQL Server 2000 by turning SQL Server into an object repository using XML as the bridge between relational and object-oriented data.