Nov/Dec 2004

LEGACY APPLICATIONS GET NEW LIFE, WITH SERVICE-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE

The acceptance of the "latest and greatest" IT solution is frequently driven by sources other than those that are responsible for the legacy application which has been effectively running the business for decades.A new acronym - SOA, Service Oriented Architecture - opens up the legacy application to be accessible to any of the latest IT solutions while leaving the business logic in place. BY LEE H. BURSTEIN

SB+ 101: SB+ BASICS, PART 6

Expressions are an important concept and feature of SB+ and are one of its most powerful aspects. Explore the various ways expressions are used. BY DANNY PASSIG

AN INTRODUCTION TO DYNAMICALLY HASHED FILES

Who doesn't want optimum performance from their computer systems? As overflow becomes extreme with hashed files, performance suffers dramatically. This article begins delving into dynamic files, an implementation of a very clever, sophisticated and elegant design theory. BY JEFF FITZGERALD AND PEGGY LONG

WEBONOMICS 101: LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL OUT - FREQUENCIES CAUGHT UNLICENSED

Great strides have been made in expanding practical wireless options. Most of the newest wireless technologies use unlicensed radio frequencies.What will we see next in this exciting field? BY MELVIN M. SORIANO

THE INS AND OUTS OF SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE WHEN YOU HAVE NO ACCESS TO SOURCE CODE

What are the options for software maintenance when your company purchased software but didn't purchase the rights to the source code? BY ROBERT R. COLTUN

SPECTRUM SPOTLIGHT: SALES TAX SOFTWARE IN THE MULTIVALUE WORLD

Following the rules and regulations of sales taxes that can differ from state to state can be a tricky business. Here, the spotlight is on AdValorem, the provider of EasyTax, the first product that allows MultiValue sites to use any of the standard sales tax calculating and reporting software packages available outside the MultiValue community.

HISTORY OF MULTIVALUE: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? REMEMBERING EACH `PERSON OF THE YEAR' FROM SPECTRUM MAGAZINE

In its 20th anniversary commemorative "Where Are They Now?" series, Spectrum magazine revisits the select group of men and women who were honored as "Person of the Year" from 1989 to 1997 and finds out what they're up to today. BY LEANNE GREEN

REVELATION TECH TIPS: GETTING THE CODE TO THE PEOPLE - DEPLOYMENT TOOLS IN OPENINSIGHT

The software is finally finished and now you need to get it out to your customers. OpenInsight has quite an array of deployment tools, one of which is the Runtime Deployment Kit (RDK).This article will cover the RDK, as well as its collaborative development capabilities, and some ideas on homemade software tracking tools. BY MIKE RUANE

QUICKBOOKS - LIMITATIONS

Although QuickBooks is receiving a lot of interest from the MultiValue community, there are a few limitations that you need to be aware of when considering this accounting software. BY NATHAN RECTOR