Data Based Advisor articles from February 1997

Data Based Advisor archives from February 1997

The Web rush of '97.(Editor on the Go) (News Briefs)(Editorial)(Column)
February 1, 1997... One of my favorite amusement park "rides" is Carousel of Progress. Walt Disney created Progressland for the 1964-65 New York World's Fair. In 1965 it was renamed and moved to Disneyland in California, and in the 70s to Walt Disney World in...

Set up a text retrieval system and publish it on the Web. (Inmagic's DB/TextWorks 2.0 DBMS) (includes related article on DB/Text WebServer) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
February 1, 1997... Product specifications, marketing literature, reports of meetings, letters from customers, offers from suppliers, resumes from job applicants -- all these documents contain information a business needs. If you want to access and search this...

Coming events. (Calendar of Events)
February 1, 1997... Access a Visual Basic Advisory Developer Conference and Internet & Java Advisor Workshop, Big island, Hawaii, 16-20 February-comprehensive technical education on developing solutions with Microsoft Access and Visual Basic, including...

Quadbase SQL Server - the right size. (Quadbase Systems' Quadbase SQL Server 4.0a workgroup RDBMS) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
February 1, 1997... If you're looking for a high performance, "right size" database server for your workgroup, read this review. Quadbase SQL Server 4.0a is a multi-threaded, relational DBMS that operates in the Microsoft Windows and Novell NetWare...

Publish your products on the Web. (Pacific Coast Software's WebCatalog 1.5 software adds database features to Web servers) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
February 1, 1997... With the explosive growth of the Internet, the need for tools to simplify electronic commerce is steadily increasing. Among companies responding to that need is California-based, Pacific Coast Software with WebCatalog, a CGI application that...

Make the most of your ISP address. (Artisoft's i.Share 2.0 application to let users share same Internet provider address at the same time)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
February 1, 1997... Share v2.0 lets up to 32 users on a Microsoft network share the same Internet provider address simultaneously. This eliminates the need for multiple Internet accounts, IP addresses, phone connections, and TCP/IP stacks. This software...

Easy installation. (20/20 Software's PC-Install 5.0 software distribution application)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
February 1, 1997... PC-Install 5.0 offers a way to distribute software and data across the enterprise and provide users with custom installation options. New features include the ability to detect video ports, sound cards, and show animation during...

Softwatch. (News Briefs)(Illustration)
February 1, 1997... Company Product Expected Borland International Borland Database Engine 3.0 Q4 1996 Borland International Delphi 1997 Borland International "Ebony" (C++...

Find it with fuzzy logic. (Level Five Research's Level/5 Quest Desktop, Server 2.1 database query environment) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
February 1, 1997... When I first came across Level\5 Quest, I was intrigued by the possibility that end-users could perform sophisticated searches against a relational database -- on their local PCs or over the web -- without knowing a query language (and...

Documenting data warehouse conversions. (Virtual Integration Technologies' designMANAGER network-based multi-user design product)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
February 1, 1997... designMANAGER is a network-based, multi-user design product that lets conversion teams map source to target conversions and generate program specifications required for data movement. Users can manage the scope and mapping of a conversion,...

Web site creation and management. (DeltaPoint's QuickSite Developer's Edition)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
February 1, 1997... QuickSite Developer's Edition is a web site design tool that offers support for style sheets, a 3-D designer, a VRML (virtual reality mark-up language) creation tool, an underlying Database Component Architecture that lets users make global,...

Application development for corporate intranets. (Platinum Technology's Netcessities tool set)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
February 1, 1997... Netcessities is a tool set that lets developers model, build, test, and deploy enterprise-wide intranet applications through the use of an object-oriented development environment that generates C, C++, OCX/ActiveX, VBX, and Netscape...

Performance analysis. (Datametrics Systems' Viewpoint performance management tool)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 1997... Viewpoint is a performance management tool that lets users automatically detect, analyze, and report on a range of system performance problems on mainframe, mid-range, and distributed computing systems. Because data is collected from the...

Structural equation modeling tool. (SPSS' Amos 3.6 sales/marketing software)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
February 1, 1997... Amos 3.6 is designed to build path models to predict brand loyalty, customer satisfaction, advertising influence, and purchasing behavior, based on demographics and attitudes. Users are provided with a GUI that lets beginners create...

Update your apps. (Powercerv's AppSync 2.0 file updating software) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
February 1, 1997... In today's multi-user, GUI-based computing environment, updating an application isn't the simple task of days of yore. You can no longer simply compile the application and send out a new .EXE file to your users. These days, you must worry...

Caffeine-fueled objects. (Visigenic Software's Java programming utility)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
February 1, 1997... Caffeine lets developers of IIOP-based distributed applications program directly in java. Caffeine is based on VisiBroker for Java technology so transparent interoperability is available between Object Request Broker (ORB) and objects...

Translation tool. (Eagle Research's VB2D 2.0 tool for translating Visual Basic to 32-bit Delphi)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
February 1, 1997... VB2D 2.0 provides a way for developers to translate Visual Basic (3.0 or 4.0) to 32-bit Delphi. For VB projects that use Access or other databases through the JET Database engine, VB2D replaces standard VB data-aware controls with Jetset...

32-bit team development. (Centura Software's Centura Team Developer application development tool) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
February 1, 1997... Centura Team Developer 1.0.0 is a new product from Centura Software Corporation, a company recently formed by Gupta. Team Developer represents the next generation replacement for Gupta's SQLWindows product. The product is similar to Visual...

Create perfect applications by design. (Oracle's Oracle Designer/2000 1.3) (includes related article on Oracle Developer/2000 for the Web) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
February 1, 1997... Can incredibly complex business requirements and processes be simplified -- or, at least, made more manageable -- as you create or reengineer client-server systems? Oracle thinks so, with Oracle Designer/2000, a suite of tools that can...

Ask Advisor. (Question and Answer)(Column)
February 1, 1997... SERVER-BASED REPORTING Q: I'm currently building data warehouse reports using PowerBuilder, but need to move to a server-based reporting tool. Our report formats are quite complex, requiring summary data from many different tables...

Optimizing your data warehouse for the Web. (performance issues) (Technology Information)
February 1, 1997... Your company is heading down the information superhighway, and you're responsible for providing access to the corporate data warehouse over the Internet or Intranet. Where do you begin? Three key issues that come to mind when combining...

OLAPping at the shores of analysis. (selecting the right online analytical processing company, tools) (includes directory of OLAP tools for the Web)(Buyers Guide)
February 1, 1997... Okay, so your client comes to you and says he needs to be able to analyze the effect on sales and customer satisfaction of a 10 percent increase in the cost of Dinglewogs used to create his highly profitable Super Widget. He wants to be able...

Case study: churning out data on the Web. (Land O' Lakes uses Information Advantage's DecisionSuite and WebOLAP data warehousing tools) (Product Information)
February 1, 1997... According to a 1993 Database Associates International survey of the retailing, banking, and telecommunications industries, more than 80 percent of the participating companies were either implementing or planning to implement a data warehouse...

Recipe for success: mixing your warehouse with the Web. (Integrated Device Technology) (includes related article on using a multi-dimensional model) (Company Operations)
February 1, 1997... Data warehouses are designed to turn production data into meaningful information, structured for decision making. Many companies now have data warehouses in production, and some are looking at the Web as a new deployment option. ...

Cashing in with data warehouses and the Web. (Source Informatics/PMSI moves to the Web) (includes related article on linking data warehouses to the Web) (Company Business and Marketing)
February 1, 1997... Data warehouses have traditionally been a necessary evil for corporations -- a source of overhead with no tangible profit. However, a new paradigm in information providing could change this forever. Just when you thought you'd examined...

Envisioning a more successful database management system. (Social Security Administration uses Future Tech Systems' Envision CASE tool) (Product Information)
February 1, 1997... Just a few short years ago, the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) used quarters and dimes, and pencils and paper to draw the diagrams it needed to support its large database projects. Today, using the advanced drawing capabilities of...

Universal servers and the advent of object-relational technology. (British Columbia's Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks uses Oracle's Enterprise universal server) (Product Information)
February 1, 1997... Relational technology has ruled the database world for the past ten years. When faced with modern-day problems of easy access to complex data types, however, RDBMSs fall short. Providing support for BLObs (binary large objects) no longer...

How safe is the Internet? (includes related article on the TCP SYN attack) (Internet/Web/Online Service Information)
February 1, 1997... In the annals of the information age, September 1996 may well go down as the month the true nature of the Internet was revealed to the world in all its glory, shame, and wonder. High profile web sites were hacked. Internet service providers...

Database confidential. (News Briefs)(Column)
February 1, 1997... If you're like me, you're fueled by caffeine, but how many times have you been more into debugging your latest app than paying attention to that cup of coffee waiting to be spilled all over your keyboard? Fear no more! JE Software...