September 1996
Table of Contents

Features

The Superstore: Building More than a Data Warehouse
by Joyce Bischoff and Richard Yevich
As the relentless quest for data expands into new sources, our concepts of analytical processing must also move beyond restrictive definitions and focus on how to meet business needs.

TP Monitors: To Protect and to Serve
by Bob Orfali, Dan Harkey, and Jeri Edwards
Builders of large client/server systems are discovering what mainframers learned long ago: Without a traffic cop in the middle, high-transaction systems can resemble a demolition derby.

More than Meets the Eye
by Don Pearson
In a case study, a warehouse developer describes how his group overcame some hurdles that proved tougher than expected.

Data Mining Special Edition

Businesses today see their databases as the Mother Lode of information. Welcome to our first in a series of special supplements on this exciting technology for data analysis!

Welcome
Philip Chapnick observes how AI pioneers make a business-savvy comeback.

Data Mines for Data Warehouses
Does your data mine belong within, above, or beside the data warehouse? Kamran Parsaye provides answers and insights on critical architectural decisions.

Data Mining: The AI Metamorphosis
Not many of us get a second chance at a first impression. H.P. Newquist describes key product directions driven by AI technology.

Columns

Editor's Buffer by David Stodder
Forecast calls for more data.

Data Architect by Barbara von Halle
Business rules: When to be flexible.

According to Date by C.J. Date
How to use quota queries.

VLDB Vision by Richard Winter
The Winter Survey of the biggest databases.

SQL Update by Jim Melton
A historical perspective on nulls and duplicates.

Enterprise View by Terry Moriarty
Integrating disparate data: A modeler's dilemma.

Departments

Access Path
The impractical side of MPP.

Product News
Centerview Software in the spotlight.