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The Sphinx Speaks
BRIAN MORAN
If you believe Microsoft, Sphinx (SQL Server 7.0) will be in the same mission-critical class as Oracle8, DB2, and Informix. What will 7.0 do that 6.5 can't?
Database Doorways
MIKE LA RUE
Database application developers have multiple choices when it comes to data access methods. Here's which one to use, and when.

 
 

Thinking Big at MCI: A Conversation with Chip Grim
By David Stodder As data warehousing director for MCI, Chip Grim is the caretaker of the near-legendary Warehouse MCI architecture. Here he discusses the promise--and pitfalls--of decision support.
Care and Feeding for the Data Warehouse
By Joseph Cataldo The method used for extracting and reconciling data can have a big impact on you data warehouse. What are the considerations involved?.
A JDBC Sampler
By Art Taylor The JDBC API is a solid, object-oriented approach to making Java applets database-aware.
Better Bitmap Management
By Bill Patterson Bitmap indexes can be quickly searched for one-bits using binary search techniques and the computer's inherent parallelism. Here's how.
EDITOR'S BUFFER
David StodderM.C. Escher and the computer industry.

DATA ARCHITECT
John Milligan A business rules success story.

ACCORDING TO DATE
C. J. Date Denormalizing for performance.

VLDB VISION
Richard Winter NCR's Todd Walter on all things VLDB.

ENTERPRISE VIEW
Terry Moriarty It's book review time.

DECISION SUPPORT
Herb Edelstein Data mining horizons.

SQL UPDATE
Jim Melton The impact of Java.

DATA-DRIVEN WORLD
Ian Shoales Building a better keyboard.

AT THE SUMMIT
What's brewing at the Database Summits?

ACCESS PATH
Is object modeling the answer?

NEWS BROWSER
Microsoft's OLAP push.

ADVERTISER INDEX
How to contact this month's advertisers.

PRODUCT NEWS
PeopleSoft 7 and more new releases.



ONLINE EXTRA
Tulu Tanrikorur
describes how the hybrid approach to building a DSS can cut costs, reduce risks, and enhance performance.


 
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