Jul/Aug 2003
It's The Economy, Stupid! ... Or Is It?
How has the recent economy affected the MultiValue market? Based on the number of people singing the blues these days, it would be easy to jump to the conclusion that nearly all companies in our market are feeling the pain, but after going right to the source, that turns out not to be true. Spectrum magazine asks Multi- Value VARS, software houses and consultants to tell us how business is, and what they see happening in the future.
HISTORY OF MULTIVALUE, CHAPTER 12: PICK'S SUITABILITY TO BUSINESS APPLICATIONS
The cost advantage of PICK in the 1980s was remarkable.This advantage propelled PICK to an early lead in some significant business vertical markets. BY GUS GIOBBI
RAINING DATA ADVANCES PICK TECHNOLOGY
Raining Data's new Pick Data Provider for .NET allows UniData, UniVerse and D3 database platform users to take advantage of the .NET Framework by utilizing Microsoft Visual Studio .NET.
IMHO: THE STRATEGIC MIGRATION MATURITY MODEL, PART 3
This is the third and last article in the series about the migration maturity model.As discussed in earlier Spectrum issues, Levels One and Two are getting properly started and following an orderly path. SMMM Level Three is the obvious maturation of Level Two: the migration process is standardized,
PDA: CHOOSING THE CORRECT INPUT CONTROL; USER INTERFACE GUIDELINES, PART 1
There are really two parts to UI (user interface) design for PDAs: choosing the right input control and designing the screen to fit the user. Use this guideline for your Pocket PC, Palm, or any other handheld device. BY NATHAN RECTOR
CONSUMER CHRONICLES: T. CHRISTY LAUNCHES THE FIRST INTEGRATED OLAP/BI SOLUTION FOR INTUIT ECLIPSE ON UNIVERSE
A "one-man-band" I.T. department sounds like a symphony after adding MITS to its Eclipse Distribution Management Solution.
WEBONOMICS 101: A BIG LITTLE BLACK BOOK: INTRODUCTION TO LDAP
LDAP, which means Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, attempts to make it easy to allow quick, effective, efficient searches of one or several directory services.With LDAP, you can update and query directory services over TCP/IP connections. BY MELVIN SORIANO
IBM MANAGEMENT STANDS UP AND SPEAKS OUT ON THE U2 PRODUCT FAMILY
Spectrum magazine asked Susie Siegesmund, IBM Business Unit Executive for U2 Products, if we could throw some candid, hard-hitting questions her way. The overall issues up for discussion:What are IBM's intentions with the U2 family and its resellers today, and in the future?
TECHNICAL TIPS: THE REVELATION SPIN ON THE WEB
Today's developers are required to know how to migrate and deploy applications to the Internet.This article explains the specific Internet tools and processes for OpenInsight, including an introduction to the technologies involved in bringing data and applications to the Web. BY SEAN FITZSIMONS
