Bigger Than a Database
by Fernando Martinez-Campos
As companies race to engage in electronic commerce, database architectures are expanding beyond traditional boundaries.

Intranet Data Access: The Fire Inside the Firewall
by Richard Sherman
Watching the success of Internet browsers, companies are turning to the intranet paradigm to improve and simplify data access.

Driving Down Costs: A Case Study in Data Mining
by Robert B. Evans
Decision tree induction can reduce your manufacturing process analysis costs-but don't forget to involve the people on the shop floor.

Information Visualization: The Fourth Dimension
by William Wright
The world of data reporting is awakening to the power of visually expressive graphics. What can we expect from future data projections?

Stars of a Decade: A 10th-Anniversary Special
A selection of DBPD's writers discuss the most influential products of the last decade.

Editor's Buffer
by David Stodder
Making decisions about decision support.

Data Architect
by Barbara von Halle
Understanding the rules dimension.

According to Date
by C.J. Date
Defending the special values approach.

VLDB Vision
by Richard Winter
Handle performance issues sooner, not later.

Corporate Developer
by Doug Thomson
Conserve keystrokes with stored procedure tools.

Decision Support
by Erik Thomsen
A search for intelligent definitions in the universe.

Data-Driven World
by Ian Shoales
Is there an analog for the analog?

From the Publisher
An open letter to DBPD readers.

Access Path
An ode to the mighty null.

Advertiser Index
How to contact this month's advertisers.

Product News
Sun serves the high end.