Mar/Apr 2004

RETROSPECTIVE: SPECTRUM MAGAZINE CELEBRATES 20 YEARS OF PUBLISHING

The March/April 2004 issue of International Spectrum magazine marks 20 years of continuous publication.A look back at memorable highlights throughout the magazine's history.

ODDS-ON FAVORITES FOR THE COMING YEAR: GUESSING HOW THE DICE WILL FALL

What are the hottest trends that you need to be on the lookout for. if you're not looking into them already? Here's the short list of technologies that may become more important to business, database companies and the MultiValue community in the coming months. BY MELVIN SORIANO

WEB SERVICES AND .NET, PART 3: MULTIVALUE TOOLS

In the third installment of a four-part series, the author investigates tools that are available to the MultiValue market for Web Services development and deployment. BY TONY GRAVAGNO

UNIVERSE AND UNIDATA HASHED FILES - PART 1

The Pick Operating System and its descendents are noted for their flexible handling of data.This flexible data structure places demands on the underlying data storage mechanisms which have been met by the hashed file systems in use on the various Pick variants.A new series of articles examines in-depth the specifics of hashed files as implemented in the UniVerse and UniData environments. BY JEFF FITZGERALD AND PEGGY LONG

GENERIC SMARTPHONES USER INTERFACE DESIGN

Considerations for designing applications for generic SmartPhones that look and act more like a cell phone than a PDA. Once you get an application running on one of these devices, you gain the ability to have your users carry their office in their cell phone. BY NATHAN RECTOR

REVELATION TECH TIPS: `YOU WANT THAT FOR HERE OR TO GO?' - NON-PROCEDURAL REPORTING IN OPENINSIGHT, PART 1 OF 2

Users love reports.They ask for new ones, they run them, and they complain that they aren't fast enough. OpenInsight has its share of reporting tools that run the gamut from simple, quick LIST type statements to elaborate reports featuring multiple fonts and colors. BY MICHAEL RUANE