Altan Arslan, software projects manager at Turk Economy Bank in Instanbul, Turkey, won the grand prize in SQL Server Magazine’s second annual Innovator Awards contest for his company’s realtime stock-exchange application.

As an introduction to his new series, ‘SQL Server 2000 DTS,’ Marcin Polict provides an overview of the main concepts of this technology.

If you have a passion for technology and want to make a difference for your company and for SQL Server users around the world, sign up to participate in a SQL Server beta testing program. The SQL Server development team uses the feedback from beta testers to help refine and enhance product features.

By Dennis Fisher – Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday issued its first scheduled monthly security update as part of its new patch-management strategy. The October release contains patches for five new vulnerabilities in Windows, four of which are considered critical.

By Paul Thurrott – At its annual Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans last week, Microsoft executives described changes to the company’s security strategy, including a new “Secure the Perimeter” process that’s part of its wider Trustworthy Computing initiative. Does Microsoft finally get secu

SQL Server’s handling of datetime values can play havoc with your code if you’re not aware of the way times are rounded off. Bruce Moran of SQL Server Magazine gives you the details.

Although delaying Yukon has financial implications and leaves SQL Server behind in the release race, Michael Otey applauds Microsoft for taking its time. (R, $)

By Vyas Kondreddi – A new book dedicated to the XML functionality of SQL Server. This book has already received some great reviews at Amazon.

By Paula Rooney – Microsoft expects to launch Yukon Beta 2 and the Whidbey Beta 1 in May of 2004 with Phase III testing scheduled for August, company executives said on Friday.

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