May/Jun 2007

BUSINESS FOR PROGRAMMERS - PLANNING

What do running a gourmet restaurant or manufacturing silk suits have in common (other than increasing dry cleaning bills)? Planning. Plan to plan, or plan to fail.

EVENT DRIVEN PROGRAMMING FOR MULTIVALUE DATA SERVERS USING OPENINSIGHT

The GUI world is a different creature than Green Screen. This article explains how Open Insight implements event-driven programming.

4GL BRIEFING - OMNIS & MVDESIGNER

The folks at Raining Data talk to us about their Omnis and mvDesigner products.

INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT NAGLE, INTERSYSTEMS CORPORATION

At the InterSystems DEVCON 2007 developers conference, we had the opportunity to talk with Robert Nagle. Find out what he had to say about why Caché now includes MultiValue capabilities, InterSystems commitment to support, new features, and what this means for the future of MultiValue.

HOW TO SELL STUFF: DISCOVERY

The prospect is ready to sign. There are no objections. No requests for changes in price or schedule. Nothing that caused them to sue their last three vendors. What’s wrong with this picture?

CACHE' AND MULTIVALUE: BIRDS OF A FEATHER - PART 1

MultiValue’s newest arrival has impressed at least one well-known MultiValue crusader. Find out this consultant’s opinion.

SIMPLE VERSION CONTROL

While there are commercial version control applications that do an excellent job, Open Source also offers some capabilities Brian gives us an introduction to CVS, one of the most popular.

THE SURE THING

Some projects are doomed from the start. This article identifies a number of indicators that help spot a sinking ship before it leaves the dock.