Bringing Object/Relational Down to Earth

Won Kim Confusion reigns as the supervendors tout their respective universal servers. But what are the elements that describe a true object/relational database system? UniSQL's Won Kim, a founding father of ORDB technology, provides these useful criteria.

Michael L. Gonzales The modern enterprise demands that a database be much more than a passive repository that stores and retrieves data. Using neural networks, here is a practical method for stimulating the brainpower of your database.

Douglas K. Barry Conventional wisdom suggests that object databases are small, few, and far between. The surprising results of this survey suggest the contrary. Relational partisans beware: Object databases may be for real.

David Stodder and Justin Kestelyn Robert Epstein, cofounder of Sybase, is also one of the founders of today's database industry. As part of our 10th Anniversary Celebration, we asked Epstein: What's next after client/server?

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