S P E C I A L   E D I T I O N
Windows NT
Database View

Always vigilant for an entry point into the enterprise, Microsoft is poised to invade the hot decision-support market with its OLAP API (codename Tensor) initiative and newly acquired OLAP server technology (codename Plato). In this NT Database View, we'll drill down to what these developments mean for IS.

Attack of the Killer APIs
George Spofford
How Tensor and the MD-API take different paths to the same goal.

Dialog on Plato
Neil Raden
An analysis of the impact on users and vendors when Plato appears on the scene.

 

Diving Into Databases
Usama Fayyad SQL is helpless in the face of massive, accumulating data stores. Instead, the knowledge discovery in databases (KDD) process can separate data gold from dross.
Putting Data Mining in Its Place
Dorian Pyle Contrary to popular belief, data mining and statistical analysis are not mutually exclusive. Here's how they complement--not contradict--each other.
Object Database and CORBA: Perfect Partners
Daniel Evans and Guy Ferran Servers have to communicate and cooperate ever better. Combining object databases and CORBA may be an effective approach.
EDITOR'S BUFFER
David Stodder A saturated industry continues to grow.

DATA ARCHITECT
T. Moriarty and S. Hellwege Evaluating data migration tools.

WORKING WAREHOUSE
Alan Simon Setting the table for a data warehouse.

ACCORDING TO DATE
C. J. Date Pathological about normalization.

E-DATABASE
Pratik Patel Connecting ASPs to the database.

DECISION SUPPORT
Lelia Morrill Data mining tool checklist.

DATA-DRIVEN WORLD
Ian Shoales E-commerce: Don't buy it.

AT THE SUMMIT
More NT than you can shake a stick at.

ACCESS PATH
More reactions to Date.

NEWS BROWSER
Oracle takes the plunge.

ADVERTISER INDEX
How to contact this issue's advertisers.

PRODUCT NEWS
D2K'S Tapestry 2.0 and more new stuff.



ONLINE EXTRA

Managing a Universe of Data at CERN
Jamie Shiers
describes how CERN is preparing to manage a petabyte of high-energy physics data with object technology.


 
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