EXE articles from June 1999

EXE archives from June 1999

A small footprint.(relational database, Java database and PDAs)(Technology Information)
June 1, 1999... Handheld devices, or Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), represent the next stage in the continuing decentralisation of enterprise computing. From the monolithic Oglass housesO through client/server environments to the rise in remote working...

Borland builds on the Java 2 platform.(Borland's JBuilder 3 application development software)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 1999... Following the release of C++Builder 4 in February, JBuilder 3 represents the second major release from Borland, this year. Main features in this version include support for the Java 2 platform and tools for distributed development and...

Oracle goes all XML.(Oracle8i enhancement)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 1999... XML seems to be gathering momentum; Oracle has announced a complete server infrastructure, based on XML, for the exchange and management of business information. It is working on message broker capabilities that will be combined with its...

ObjectStore 6.0.(from Bea Systems Inc)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 1999... ObjectStore 6.0 is a data management system targeted at e-business applications. This version includes features to support deployment as a data server, where it can be used in the middle tier of an application to re-present data in formats...

Data source to XML with ADP2XML.
June 1, 1999... There are four new components from Stonebroom Software: ASP2XML V1.11, an ActiveX which provides an interface between ODBC and OLE-DB - compliant data sources and XML-enabled clients; SaveForm V1.0, a series of methods to persist ASP...

Data source to XML with ASP2XML.(Product Announcement)
June 1, 1999... There are four new components from Stonebroom Software: ASP2XML V1.11, an ActiveX which provides an interface between ODBC and OLE-DB - compliant data sources and XML-enabled clients; SaveForm V1.0, a series of methods to persist ASP...

Defect tracking the rational way.(ClearDDTS 4.5 from Rational Software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 1999... ThereOs a new web interface for ClearDDTS, RationalOs Unix-based defect tracking system. Version 4.5 also sees database synchronisation capabilities for distributed teams, and more flexible access control options. The updated web interface...

HAHTsite 4.0.(from Haht Software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 1999... The HAHTsite Application Server has been upgraded. Major features of version 4.0 include support for 100% Java projects (or a mix of Java and HAHTtalk Basic, which is based on VB), minimal downtime for planned maintenance using phased shutdown...

Web Data Windows from Sybase.(Enterprise Application Studio 3.0 from Sybase Inc)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 1999... PowerJ 3.0 and the 4GL PowerBuilder 7.0 are in SybaseOs Enterprise Application Studio 3.0 (EAStudio), its set of integrated Web application development and deployment products. This release also includes the Enterprise Application Server 3.0...

UML modelling and prototyping with TBuilder.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 1999... UML modelling and automatic prototyping is provided by TBuilder V1.0, from Concis Technologies. Working to OMGOs UML V1.1, the tool models Class, Use Case, Statechart, Activity, and Sequence Diagrams. System Architecture and Macro Class...

Performance Studio - testing the load of e-business.(from Rational Software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 1999... How many people will access your website on a given day, and do you have the resources to match? Rational PerformanceStudio V7.1 is designed to help identify potential performance bottlenecks, integrating end-user response-time data with...

Digests.(Astra SiteManager 2.0 from Mercury Interactive)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 1999... Astra SiteManager v2.0 is available for free download. Mercury InteractiveOs website management tool features the creation of customised HTML-based reports including page analysis, the scheduling of unattended website scans for broken links, a...

Speeding with a 4D database.(version 6.5 of ACI's 4th Dimension DBMS)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 1999... Optimisations are the main feature of version 6.5 of ACIOs 4th Dimension (4D), which is a graphical relational database development system. As well as a faster indexing algorithm, the new network components serve to compact data for faster...

JACC O99 - keynote and endnote.(Industry Trend or Event)
June 1, 1999... Over 140 people attended the JACC O99 seminars at the Oxford Union on April 17, surpassing the expectations of the organisers. The keynote talk, given by Bjarne Stroustrup, was entitled OWhat is an object?O. The theme that emerged was the...

Cool, sexy, old; Jules looks at the current IT skills shortage and discovers that thereOs worse to come. Jules is still programming, and is counting the days until he is, once again, invited to the kind of parties that he wants to go to. If you are planning an event, you can call him on 01707 662698, or email him at mayhem@jules.cix.co.uk.(Industry Trend or Event)
June 1, 1999... The skills shortage in IT is becoming a bit of a problem. Not for us, you understand; we are the people who are in short supply, so when the skills shortage really bites, it will be you and I that will be commanding higher salaries. On the...

Delphi is on the up.(Letter to the Editor)
June 1, 1999... Dear Sir, Your salary survey this year was interesting and well-designed, and we were pleased to have the opportunity to participate in it. Thank you, too, for sending out your April issue containing the results to our members. There is...

Monopoly.(Letter to the Editor)
June 1, 1999... Dear Sir, Of course Microsoft is a monopoly (Mayhem, EXE, April 1999 and Letters, May, 1999). 91% of the desktop is a monopoly in anyoneOs language or grasp of arithmetic. However, monopolies are not illegal in the UK or USA, nor in...

Is it AD or BC?(Letter to the Editor)
June 1, 1999... Dear Sir, IOve visited your website E looks good, glad I came. Too bad I donOt have time to read it all. But why arenOt the articles dated? Surely an article that discusses a product needs a date, particularly if it compares that product...

Clarion 5 - the attack of the Wizatrons; Ian Murphy reviews Clarion 5, the OO RAD tool that imspires a fiercely loyal following.(TopSpeed's Clarion 5.0 application development software)(Software Review)(Evaluation)
June 1, 1999... RAD tools come and go with frightening frequency, or so it may seem. In fact, while there is a fairly constant stream of new products appearing on the market, very few of the existing tools completely disappear. What often happens is that they...

A media fanfare; Dave Jewell delves inside the SwiftSoft Packs of Multimedia Tools. He finds components that can add a lot more than bells and whistles to your application.(Company Business and Marketing)
June 1, 1999... OMultimedia controls of fabulous beauty and clevernessO. This verdict was recently pronounced by Will Watts, well-known denizen of the Borland conference on Cix, and one-time editor of this illustrious publication. If you inhabit the...

Linux world; Ignoring the myths, Peter Collinson explores what LInux has to offer. He discovers Disk Druids, the LILO, and Gnome, but no gnus or penguins.
June 1, 1999... I must confess that I had not managed to look seriously at Linux until recently. I suppose that IOve been put off a little by the hype. Another reason for the evasion is that IOve been more than happy with my BSD/OS system. Each release from...

Casts and conversions; Francis Glassborow examines casting in the object-based world of C++.(Technology Tutorial)
June 1, 1999... Though dangerous, casts are fairly straightforward in C. They explicitly convert a value of one type to a value of another type. Note that C-style casts are concerned with converting values (rvalues in the formal terminology of the language)...

Back to school for WebClasses; Visaul Basic 6.0 introduced new methods for writing server-side Internet components. Jon Perkins reports. Jon Perkins is a freelance Visual Basic developer and a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer. He is a contributing author of Advanced Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 by The Mandelbrot Set, published by Microsoft Press. Contact him at http://www.jonperkins.com.
June 1, 1999... This month IOm taking a look at the new WebClass technology. Before I start IOd like to make an apology to a certain subset of readers who might regard the contents of this monthOs column as being rather fundamental. However, I do know that the...

Diary of a closet Linux user.(Column)
June 1, 1999... Monday 10 May: Today is the day. I donOt care what everyone else says. IOm going to install Linux. Went down to a Well Known High Street Software Shop, asked for Red Hat 5.2. They pointed me to TopMan. Mental note: TopMan does not sell...

Greetings, earthling.(Seti@Home project being run from the University of Berkeley in California)(Technology Information)
June 1, 1999... The real problem with looking for extraterrestrial radio signals is that itOs indescribably boring. You could have more fun listening to the Chris Evans Breakfast Show all day than getting 8 hours of meaningless static punctuated by the odd...

Its bark is worse than its byte.(Aibo robotic dog from Sony)(Company Business and Marketing)
June 1, 1999... Well, it had to happen. Those devilish Japanese always take European innovation and turn out bigger and better versions (well, thatOs what my Dad said, so it must be true). So it is with Aibo, the latest gizmo from those awfully nice Sony...

They made one small mistake.....; Fancy yourself as a Sherlock? Keep these little grey cells in tiptop condition by matching wits with Verity Stob.
June 1, 1999... The Darrington Coal Truck virus It seemed like just another ordinary Thursday morning in Accounts, until Jayne Thornton, equipped with a large pile of quite plausible receipts and claim forms, connected to the server and opened up the...

Digests -- II.(software)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 1999... A beta version of VisualAge for Embedded Systems (Java Technology Edition) can be downloaded from the Web. ItOs the first of many products that IBM will deliver in 1999 to help prepare for Opervasive computingO, its strategy for extending the...

Digests -- I.(software)
June 1, 1999... Embarcadero Europe has launched Schema Manager 1.0, which allows you to archive, compare, synchronise, and migrate database schemas on Oracle, Sybase, Microsoft SQL Server, and DB2 Universal Databases. Costing [pound]1,109, a free evaluation is...

Digests.(products)(Industry Trend or Event)
June 1, 1999... JProbe Suite 2.0 is a set of tools to help you debug thread, memory, and performance problems in Java applications. KL GroupOs suite comprises Profiler, Memory Debugger, Threadalyzer, and Coverage. It can analyse applications written using JDK...

JESSO99; Sun recetnly organised a major European event solely on Java. David Mery recounts the high points.(Java Enterprise Solutions Symposium)(Industry Trend or Event)
June 1, 1999... If Sun is to be believed, over 6000 people attended the third annual Java Enterprise Solutions Symposium (JESS), which this year was held in Paris. This is up from the 4000 who attended last yearOs event in Berlin. A high proportion of the...