Jul/Aug 2001

SPECTRUM SPOTLIGHT: NORTHGATE INFORMATION SOLUTIONS - REALITY RETURNS TO THE U.S. MARKET

Word on the street is that the Reality DBMS is on the comeback trail after being absent from the U.S. scene. Northgate unveils its global strategy to roll out the flagship Reality V9.0 DBMS and how it has continued over the years to keep Reality on the technical cutting edge.

PALM PROGRAMMING TOOLS

Creating a Palm program is not as hard as you may think. Learn about the many different programming languages that can be used to create a Palm application. BY NATHAN RECTOR

GETTING STARTED WITH INCORPORATING C CODE INTO YOUR UNIBASIC DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT

As a programming language, UniData's UniBasic has a lot to recommend it; however, some tasks are hard to accomplish without third-party tools and addins. The C programming language is very good at filling in some of those gaps. Here are three steps that allow a C function to be called from within a UniBasic program. BY OWEN MARKS

WEBONOMICS 101: POST-MODERN PLASTIC

Many Web sites, especially from traditional, offline brick and mortar shops, do well enough without credit card payments. But expectations are changing, and you may need to address the online credit card payment issue to attract new customers to your e-business. BY MELVIN SORIANO

DIARY OF A WEB SITE - ENCRYPTION

Continuing the discussion of Web site security, this installment of the diary takes a look at how to keep data from the prying eyes of people we don't want to see our data. BY BRUCE JOHNSON

FIELD-BY-FIELD WEB APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

Since the early days of Web experiments, the challenge has been on to make browsers act more like terminals so they can support an "evolution not revolution" approach to Web-enabling existing applications. See how Pixieware Software accomplished its mission. BY JOHN CALDER

PERSPECTIVE: SERVICING THE WEB

The idea behind Microsoft's Web Services is not a new one. It's a recycling of the component reuse philosophy of the early 1990s. But this time around, will the idea take off and gain acceptance? BY BRUCE JOHNSON