Features & News


Nirvana Revisited: Data Access in a Heterogeneous Environment

As enterprises grow, the need for cross-platform application testing and Web-based data migration becomes more urgent. Identifying issues associated with information management and coordination is the first step to the inner peace associated with attaining data Nirvana.

Innovation Outsourcing: Driving Transition Through Partnerships

Innovation outsourcing links efficiency with costs, while establishing and promoting outsourcing as an integral part of a company’s business.



Y2K World Status Update

This special report from the GartnerGroup measures Year 2000 compliance efforts across the globe, with a special focus on the mainframe user.

Ask the Right Questions: How to Identify the Weak Links in the Supply Chain

In today’s production market, everyone is dependent on each other. With the year 2000 drawing nearer every day, suppliers, distributors and customers must ensure their Y2K-compliancy, or many may pay for the sins of one.

Data Mining Growth Reflects Strategic Mission

IDC predicts a 23 percent annual growth in the data warehousing tools market. This article presents strategies in data mining, developed by IBM and SAS Institute, as well as up-and-comers NeoVista Software and HNC Software.

A Case for Dynamically Allocated Memory

The theoretical and the real advantages and techniques of using dynamic allocation are discussed.

May Inside IBM

Netfinity Certified for 8-Node Configs on Oracle8i, IBM/EMC’s New Alliance, Driving EAI Standards, Single-Vendor Networking Solution, Global File Sharing.

Enterprise Application Integration: Building an Infrastructure to Support Rapid Business Change

With a strategic enterprise application integration infrastructure in place, organizations can finally get a comprehensive look at their corporate data – both operational and informational – across all applications, databases and systems, from legacy to ERP.

Going Mobile: Mobile Agents Drive Home the Next Generation of Middleware?

By giving “wheels” to conventional middleware, mobile agents have created a new class of intelligent, self-directed agents able to remotely execute processors at the data source and feed information to users. Even better, they manage to do it while reducing network overhead.

May Industry News

CA to Acquire PLATINUM technology, Compaq and Polaris Partnership Improves SNA Traffic Patterns, Web-Hosted Y2K Analysis, SAP–RS/6000 Performance Plan, TrackIT.

Productivity Ain’t Cheap: Exploring the Hidden Costs of Data Warehousing

How to avoid those expenses that seem to sneak up on you before, during and after completion of your data warehousing project are examined.