Database and Network Journal articles from June 2002

Database and Network Journal archives from June 2002

What are web services? (Monograph).
June 1, 2002... A web service is a piece of business logic, located somewhere on the Internet, that is accessible through standard-based interact protocols such as HTTP or SMTP. Using a web service can be as simple as logging into a site or as complex as...

Rogue wave plans Web services infrastructure. (Web Services Products).(Rogue Wave Software's Rogue Wave SourcePro C++)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2002... Rogue Wave Software, plans a software infrastructure offering to facilitate Web services interoperability to applications built on platforms often overlooked or indirectly handled by Java and Microsoft-based Web services. The foundation of...

Previews for XML and Web services. (Web Services Products).(Rogue Wave Software's Project Ratchet and Project Persian)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2002... Ratchet and Persian, two new technology projects that support the Rogue Wave Web services infrastructure strategy, have been added to its online Technology Access Center (TAC). They offer XML and Web services interoperability to customers...

Web services for BusinessWare. (Web Services Products).(Vitria's Web Services Module for BusinessWare 2.0)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2002... Vitria, has released version 2.0 of its Web Services Module for the BusinessWare platform,making BusinessWare,it is claimed, the only business process management solution that enables companies to expose business processes as Web services, and...

.NET Gadget Development Kit. (Web Services Products).(Plumtree Software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2002... Plumtree Software has a beta version of its Microsoft .NET Gadget Development Kit (GDK). The NET GDK allows developers to write .NET Web services for the Plumtree Corporate Portal in any .NET-compliant language, including Visual Basic, C# and...

NetNames enhancements. (Internet Focus).(Portfolio Manager, Brand Audit and Name Alert)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2002... NetNames has launched a series of enhancements to its suite of Domain Management Services. The enhancements to Portfolio Manager, Brand Audit and Name Alert incorporate enhanced usability, broader coverage and greater management control....

Internet integration white paper. (Internet Focus).(Sterling Commerce's "Using the Internet: Expanding Your Reach, Reducing Your Costs")(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Sterling Commerce has published a whitepaper aimed at helping businesses appreciate when e-business integration via the Internet is the most cost-effective and appropriate option. The paper, called Using the Internet: Expanding Your Reach,...

WatzNew 1.9. (Internet Focus).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2002... A new version of WatzNew version 1.9.is available. WatzNew allows users to track information on the Web by retrieving essentials from web pages, providing relevant data without banners, ads, graphics and similar redundant information. It...

Sagent Solution 4.5i. (Internet Focus).
June 1, 2002... According to a recent report from Butler Group, Sagent Solution 4.5i is a high-end BI solution, with analytic capabilities based upon `best-of-breed' technologies. The focus on thin access, delivery via a Web-browser, and the emphasis on XML,...

Modem Booster 3.0. (Internet Focus).(inKline Global)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2002... Modem Booster 3.0, is claimed to be the only Web Accelerator that increases a modems speed and performance to achieve up to 300% modem speed increase. Modem Booster optimizes internal settings automatically and speeds up bandwidth with any...

M-Business Server 5.0. (Internet Focus).(AvantGo's mobile server)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2002... This new Application edition of AvantGo's mobile server is claimed to be the first and only mobile software that: enables access to XML web services from mobile devices: Application Edition streamlines mobile device access to enterprise...

NetIQ Chariot V 4.3. (Internet Focus).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2002... NetIQ, has released NetIQ Chariot version 4.3 with support for Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6). Chariot evaluates the performance of network applications; tests network devices and predicts networked application performance prior to...

New IBM Websphere. (E-Commerce).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2002... IBM have announced new WebSphere infrastructure software which includes WebSphere Application Server Version 5, WebSphere MQ, Business Integration, Portal and "enterprise modernization" software. Built on industry standards such as Web...

Senior execs in finance drive CRM projects. (E-Commerce).(AIT survey)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2002... Over 60% of projects to improve customer service in the finance sector are now driven from the top-down. CRM software specialist AIT asked 150 representatives from the financial services sector about the level of boardroom involvement in...

IMailServer 7.1. (E-Commerce).(Ipswitch)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2002... Ipswitch Inc., has upgraded security enhancements to its SMTP capabilities for IMail Server 7.1, the latest version of its Interact messaging server for Windows NT/2000/XP. Combined with the addition of 128-bit encryption capabilities to Web...

Winning in a tough economy. (E-Commerce).(Kennedy Information's White Paper entitled, Relationship Intelligence: A Management Consulting Firms Path to Winning in a Tough Economy)
June 1, 2002... Kennedy Information,has released a new White Paper entitled, Relationship Intelligence: A Management Consulting Firms Path to Winning in a Tough Economy. The White Paper examines the unique client relationship management (CRM) needs of the $130...

Internet 10 times more cost-effective for e-business. (E-Commerce).(Sterling Commerce's White paper entitled Using the Internet: Expanding Your Reach, Reducing Your Costs)
June 1, 2002... A White Paper from Sterling Commerce entitled Using the Internet: Expanding Your Reach, Reducing Your Costs, provides detailed examples of how using the Internet for data exchange with remote sites can be up to 10 times more cost effective than...

Oracle and Dendrite pharmaceutical CRM system integration. (E-Commerce).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Oracle Corp. and Dendrite have completed their core product integration developing an analytically driven customer relationship management (CRM) system for the global pharmaceutical industry that lets pharmaceutical manufacturers effectively...

New versions of Talisma Contact Centre Suite and CRM Suite. (E-Commerce).(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2002... Talisma have released the latest versions of its Contact Centre and CRM Suites. Featuring a unified agent desktop, the Talisma Contact Centre Suite allows customer service representatives to serve customers through all communication channels,...

CRM lacks leadership. (E-Commerce).(Amethyst Group survey)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Operations and IT departments have'hi-jacked' the implementation of CRM initiatives within many companies. As a result, the customer today is often like an orphan, says a new survey from demand chain engineering provider, Amethyst Group. ...

Customer ROI validated. (E-Commerce).(Marimba Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Marimba, Inc., has announced a White Paper written by industry analyst firm Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) of Boulder, Colorado. This discusses the critical areas that affect potential return on investment (ROI), such as ease of use and...

Ironworks 6.0. (E-Commerce).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2002... Ironside Technologies Inc., specialists in ecommerce solutions for manufactures and distributors, have announced Ironworks 6.0 which is an end-to-end ebusiness solution that includes applications for selling to, buying from, and providing...

Intelligent adapters. (E-Commerce).(GE Global exchange Services)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... GE Global exchange Services has a new series of intelligent software adapters designed to enable enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) applications to connect to variety of internal and external systems...

Enterprise system 7.5. (E-Commerce).(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2002... This latest version of GE Global exchange Services' (GXS) data integration broker software incorporates Business Process Integration (BPI) capabilities, enabling companies to map supply chain processes to specific business objectives, measure...

Virtual paper for invoices. (E-Commerce).(Top Image Systems)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Top Image Systems, includes the addition of virtual paper for invoices to its eFLOWUnified Content Platform. The new feature allows an enterprise to receive electronic invoices from major trading partners via email, automatically read and...

ContEX CRM. (E-Commerce).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2002... ContEX is a new contact and sales management (CRM) system, designed to allow Outlook users the option to record and track customer contact throughout organisations. The solution turns Microsoft Outlook into a fully featured, low cost CRM or...

Book browser.
June 1, 2002... Digital Typography Knuth, Donald E Centre for the Study of Language and Information ISBN 1-57586-010-4 Price 24.95 [pounds sterling] Digital Typography can never repay the debt it owns to Donald Knuth He reproduces here the series of...

Data Warehousing Institute World Conference 8-11th July 2002. (Database News).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... The Data Warehousing Institute World Conference (TDWI)--London 2002 will take place on 8-11 July 2002 at Olympia Conference Centre. Delegates attending the event will be able to discover the tools and techniques necessary to implement data...

datatalkplus. (Database News).(Imation)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Imation, have launched `datatalkplus', a new online information resource for data storage. Designed achieve optimum performance from storage solutions both in the data centre and high-end networks through an enterprise, "datatalkplus" can be...

Virtual Science Lab. (Database News).(Intersystems)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... An unusual new Internet-based application using Cache post-relational database technology from Intersystems is enabling students to learn science without a laboratory. Late Nite Labs Ltd has deployed its first virtual science laboratory at...

Performance Centre 1.7. (Database News).(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2002... Embarcadero Performance Centre 1.7, which provides monitoring support for Microsoft SQL Server databases is said to be the only database monitoring and performance management tool to offer an "Enterprise View" that displays a complete picture...

Online snapshot for Oracle databases. (Database News).(Legato NetWorker PowerSnap Solution for NetApp )(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2002... Legato NetWorker PowerSnap Solution for NetApp provides online "snapshot"' backup and recovery of Oracle databases stored on Network Appliance storage solutions. This is the first in a series of Legato NetWorker PowerSnap Solutions that...

Evaluation criteria for network management. (Network News).
June 1, 2002... The network management market has never been more competitive or more confusing. Looking at the literature of established players and new entrants you would be forgiven for thinking that, they all offer the same product. But as the fault...

"Learning Wireless Java". (Relevant Network Literature).
June 1, 2002... Although it may seem as if Java programmers are trying to take over the world, the truth is that Java's versatility leads it naturally into new frontiers of technology where, rather than encroaching on the turf of existing technologies, Java...

Wireless Community Networks. (Relevant Network Literature).
June 1, 2002... "Building Wireless Community Networks' by Rob Flickenger (O'Reilly & Associates, 17.50 [pounds sterling]) answers the first big question those contemplating creating a wireless community network ask: how? `For the cost of hardware and a bit of...

Programming Web Services With SOAP. (Relevant Network Literature).
June 1, 2002... Web services represent the evolution of principles that have guided the Internet for years. Technically speaking, a web service is a network accessible interface to application functionality built using standard Internet technologies. In other...

Palm OS Network Programming. (Relevant Network Literature).
June 1, 2002... "Palm OS Network Programming" is the first complete guide to developing network applications for the Palm Computing Platform. The book covers all major Palm network concepts such as transport protocols and client-server applications from the...

Palm OS Programming 2e. (Relevant Network Literature).
June 1, 2002... Written for intermediate to experienced C programmers, "Palm OS Programming: The Developer's Guide, Second Edition" covers everything developers need to know to write a Palm OS application, from user interface design, to coding a handheld...

T1 a Survival Guide. (Relevant Network Literature).
June 1, 2002... T1 is a technology that was originally developed by AT&T to increase the capacity of the national telephone network in the 1960s. In the 1980s and 1990s, however, it began to be used to transmit data. Now, nearly all new T1 installations are...

Bluetooth and Wireless LAN--phoney war. (Wireless Progress).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... By the end of this year, more than 24 million Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones will be in use worldwide. The forecast, by Nick Hunn, of TDK Systems Europe, is based on industry research, which shows that 11 million Bluetooth chipsets have...

Mobile Web services stratedgy. (Wireless Progress).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... iAnywhere Solutions has announced plans to enhance its m-Business platform to enable delivery of Web services to mobile and wireless users. Using the iAnywhere Solutions `always available' architecture, organisations can enhance mobile...

Broadband worth $80bn by 2007. (Wireless Progress).(ARC Group report)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2002... The residential market for broadband access will be worth $80bn by 2007. This will represent a seven fold increase in revenue over the next five years according to a new report from ARC Group. By 2007 there will be almost 300m broadband...

Mobile operators missing profit. (Wireless Progress).(Eccord Systems' report on European mobile operators)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Eccord Systems estimates that European mobile operators could be missing between 10 and 50% of potential profit through non-existent or inadequate service level management. The company is approaching 2.5 and 3 G operators with a proposition...

Instant Support Suite. (Wireless Progress).(intel)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2002... Intel Instant Support Suite, is a problem resolution tool for the internal helpdesk, featuring a zero-deployment model. Designed to support PCs across geographically remote sites, the tool it is claimed saves on the high costs associated with...

Sifting out under-performing networks. (Wireless Progress).(Vanco's service)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Vanco, the global virtual network operator, is launching a service to monitor inefficient corporate networks. The corporate solution combines Lucent's latest performance monitoring tool VitalSuite, with Vanco's expertise in managing global Wide...

Launch of wireless event. (Wireless Progress).(Enterprise Wireless Technology, Oct 2-3, 2002)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Reed Exhibitions has launched Enterprise Wireless Technology (EWT), a wireless event for business to take place on October 2nd and 3rd 2002 at Olympia 2, London. Enterprise Wireless Technology will present architecture, products and services...

Insufficient knowledge barrier to mobile data projects. (Wireless Progress).(Mobile Data Association research)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Research conducted by the Mobile Data Association shows that the biggest barrier to implementing mobile data projects is insufficient knowledge. Although, over 50% say that the technology improves efficiency, and 35% feel that it improves...

CP Presentation Server 2.0. (Wireless Progress).(Critical Path Communications)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2002... CP Presentation Server 2.0, an integral part of the Critical Path Communications Platform,is designed to make it easier for carriers and service providers, including mobile operators and fixed line telcos,to offer integrated access to a broad...

Talisma Contact Centre Suite. (Wireless Progress).(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2002... Talisma Contact Centre Suite is designed to transform call centres into pro-active multimedia contact centres by offering the following features: Unified Agent Desktop:Enables call centre staff to communicate with customers through all...

easynet Broadband solutions. (Wireless Progress).(easynet Total Care Pack and Broadband ISDN back-up)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... easynet Total Care Pack and Broadband ISDN back-upare is designed to offer customers protection to their easynet Business Broadband access whilst minimising downtime. With the easynet Total Care Pack,Broadband customers are offered defined...

Mobile Starter Kit. (Wireless Progress).(ianywhere Solutions)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2002... ianywhere Solutions Mobile Starter Kit for mobile and wireless developers is designed to provide developers with cost savings on leading mobile computing technologies, including SQL Anywhere Studio, Casio IT-700 RFSTD or EG-800 devices and...

Hardening Cisco Routers. (Relevant Literature).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... "Hardening Cisco Routers" focuses exclusively on how to secure routers against attack, providing a succinct, practical guide to understanding and applying router security. At the end of each chapter, Akin includes a checklist that summarizes...

Using SANS or NAS? (Relevant Literature).(Using SANs and NAS)
June 1, 2002... Understanding the distinction between storage area networks and network attached storage is a challenge at best, unnecessarily exacerbated by the use of terms that are palindromes: SANs and NAS. Added to the difficulty of remembering which...

Security: is company data an asset or a threat?(European Union's Data Protection Act and the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act)
June 1, 2002... Information is a commodity,and for many companies the most valuable asset they possess, especially when it comes to customer relationships. The more a company knows about its customers, the easier it is to reach out and touch them. Now,...

Integration lacks strategic view. (IT News).(Butler Group's report entitled Integration Strategies--Effective Solutions to the Integration Problem)
June 1, 2002... Butler Group According to Buffer Group's latest Report `Integration Strategies--Effective Solutions to the Integration Problem', integration has become the number one priority for organisations as they strive to create a flexible IT...

Stingray Studio supports .Net. (IT News).(Rogue Wave Software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2002... Rogue Waves' Stingray Studio is to natively support the Microsoft.NET framework. It also announced plans for the development of a new product to help ease the migration of graphical user interface (GUI) components based on Microsoft Foundation...

Fifty six % plan Web services. (IT News).(ICM Research survey on UK IT professionals)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... The biggest headache for UK IT professionals is juggling new technology innovations, and the need to align them with business strategy. To overcome this problem, more than half of those surveyed (56%) plan to implement Web services over the...

Cost calculator for HSE Web site. (IT News).(Health and Safety Executive)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... CMG developed an online service for the Health & Safety Executive to show businesses the real costs of accidents and ill health at work. Health and safety failures currently cost employers an estimated 6.5 billion [pounds sterling] per year....

New Copyright Directive. (IT News).
June 1, 2002... The Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) has expressed concern regarding the new proposed legislation arising out of the Copyright Directive, to be released shortly by the UK government. It is concerned that the new law will not address the...

Ecommerce confidence high amongst UK SMEs. (IT News).(Actinics survey)
June 1, 2002... The results of Actinics second annual report on the sums of the UK ecommerce market amongst small and medium enterprises (SMEs). show that ecommerce is still gaining acceptance as an effective sales medium amongst SMES; that there has been a...

FAST helps resellers with licensing issues. (IT News).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... The Federation Against Software Theft is asking resellers to call the FAST hotline if they find one of their customers is struggling with software compliance. Paul Brennan General Counsel for FAST says: "When a reseller knows of a company which...

Lotus Developer Domain. (IT News).(IBM)
June 1, 2002... IBM have launched the Lotus Developer Domain, a Web resource for technical information about Lotus software and technology. An evolution of the Notes.Net and Lotus Developer Network Web sites, the Lotus Developer Domain will provide the Lotus...

Websphere Studio tools for Linux. (Tools).(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2002... IBM have announced new WebSphere Studio application development products for Linux and Web site development, together with new toolkits for building wireless, portal and voice applications. They are all based on the Eclipse platform, which is...

Developer Integration for Windows. (Tools).(IBM)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2002... Developer Integration Edition for Windows 4.1 allows Java developers to visually compose Web services and build adaptors to access enterprise applications; and WebSphere Studio Device Developer, extending e-business applications to cell phones,...

Statemate MAGNUM Automatic Test Generator. (Tools).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2002... I-Logix Inc., provider of enterprise solutions for embedded applications development, has launched the Statemate MAGNUM Automatic Test Generator (ATG). Together with the recently announced Statemate MAGNUM Model Checking functionality, it is...

I-Logix ships rhapsody 4. (Tools).(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2002... Rhapsody 4.0, is a new version of the UML based visual application development platform features a new intuitive user interface to improve usability, shorten the learning cycle and accelerate user interaction with the modelling environment so...

Powerquest Deploycenter 5.01 supports XP. (Tools).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2002... DeployCenter 5.01 enables IT professionals to automate the deployment of operating systems such as Windows XP, minimise the system resources to perform deployment procedures, and administration. Using DeployCenter 5.01 to migrate to Windows XP,...