Beth Gold-Bernstein Many options are available for
client/server's emerging middle tier. The model presented
here makes sense of it all to help you ensure scalability
and reliability.
Seth Grimes As this overview of the latest technology
trends shows, today's data access market is driven by the
need for universal access and enterprise scalability.
Stephen Brobst and Bob Vecchione With the release
of DB2 Universal Database (UDB), the Starburst optimizer
has been fortified for parallelism. What are the implications
for UDB queries?
William Haebich Data quality improvement is a complex
process. This framework based on elements of total quality
management can make it a more attainable goal.
ONLINE EXTRA
Tom Johnston replies to C.J.Date at length: to Null or not to Null?
David Stodder
To each his own Dozen.
DATA ARCHITECT
Fred Turner
Data analysis and its importance.
VLDB VISION
Richard Winter
The Data Warehouse Challenge.
WORKING WAREHOUSE
Alan Simon
The real story on data marts.
ACCORDING TO DATE
C. J. Date
Still functionally dependant.
E-DATABASE
Pratik Patel
Getting to know active server pages.
DECISION SUPPORT
Lelia Morrill
Enterprise mining: how and why.
DATA-DRIVEN WORLD
Ian Shoales
Whither the book?
ACCESS PATH
The eternal null controversy.
NEWS BROWSER
Borland snaps up Visigenic.
ADVERTISER INDEX
PRODUCT NEWS
Cloudscape JBMS 1.0 rolls out, plus more.