By Richard Karpinski – Author and former McKinsey partner John Hagel says XML is the key to unleashing the value of IT systems.
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IETF publishes URN specs as RFCs
Larry Masinter noted that the IETF has now published RFC 3406, Uniform Resource Names (URN) Namespace Definition Mechanism, as well as RFCs 3401, 3402, 3403 and 3404 on the Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS).
Diagnose Server Performance Problems with SQL Server’s SQL Profiler
SQL Profiler is a great SQL Server tool that can help you reach your database optimization goals. This 10-Minute Solution presents a few preparatory steps to start using Profiler for monitoring performance problems. It discusses some techniques, tools, and commands that reveal information about serv
Manage Multiple SQL Server Installations and Databases with OSQL
by Randy Dyess – At one point in time I was tasked with running over 70 databases on more than a dozen servers without any of the costly third-party tools that exist to accomplish such tasks, and I often get asked how can you handle such large numbers of databases. This is a short article that will
Database Backup Script
This procedure will backup every database on the server including any new ones. It will also delete any old backups after a defined retention period. It differs from production versions in that it will automatically back up any new databases.
Installing and Configuring Oracle on the Linux Platform
by Roger Schrag – This document will walk you through the steps of installing Oracle 8i Enterprise Edition release 3 (Oracle version 8.1.7) or release 2 (8.1.6) in a Linux environment. Everything you read in this document is hands on, roll-up-your- sleeves-and-get-busy material for Oracle users who
Oracle to Offer Discounted Certification Exams at OracleWorld 2002
Oracle Corp. will offer Oracle8i DBA, Oracle9i DBA, and Oracle Internet Application Developer (Forms 6i) track exams on-site in the Oracle Testing Center at OracleWorld 2002 in San Francisco November 10 – 15 for the discounted price of US$50 per exam (a 60% savings).
HOWTO: Offload XSL Transformations to Clients’ Browsers
It is possible to offload XSL processing from the server to the client. Doing so distributes the load, which helps to relieve the server from having to process the formatting of an XML document.
Progress buys XML toolmaker eXcelon
By Scarlet Pruitt – E-BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY PROVIDER Progress Software is purchasing XML (Extensible Markup Language) toolmaker eXcelon in a move that will allow the company to expand its e-business application integration products.
Whither Web Services?
by Edd Dumbill – Whatever else they have or haven’t been, web services have been a boon for the popular technology media. On the way up the hype curve, breathless reports of the coming automation of our very existence filled pages and pages. Software executives jostled to join the right cabals, and