Both NASA and NATO are using open standards-based software in high-profile projects (IBM Rational Rose Real-Time in NASA's James Webb Space Telescope project, and TENET Technology's use of GML for its recently announced GIS contract with NATO).
The W3C's pending XQuery 1.0 standard brings XML processing deeper into relational database management systems. But XQuery is still both immature and limited. Here's what you need to know.
Embeddable object-oriented DMBSes should have wide application not only in consumer devices, but assembly robots medical imaging devices, and coordination between sensors and their ground stations and servers.
Malcolm Colton talks about the need for device-level search, with examples of search-enabled device applications and how to integrate a data manager into a device application.
Too much data to make sense of the customer? Slow, one-dimensional analytics won't cut it when Web site visitors need to see cross-sell offers in milliseconds. Decision trees help clear the path to buye--and seller--satisfaction.
Amtrak runs on legacy mainframes. To get up to date and serve multiple distribution channels without ripping and replacing, the railroad has embarked on integration and services-oriented architecture initiatives. Thomas Krotchko, director, Web architecture, explains why it's now easier to integrate, change apps and forge partnerships.
This ad hoc query tool is a free component of SQL Server 2005 and part of Microsoft's evolution from providing infrastructure to offering a complete BI platform.
