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Cloud computing continues to develop with additions to Azure announced at PDC 2009.
The programme for the third annual Software Architect conference, which takes place in London at the end of September, has been announced.
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2008 VSJ Reader Awards.
The latest release of DataDirect Connect for ADO.NET includes new provider features for a range of databases, and an API-based implementation of bulk-load functionality for .NET.
Complete our annual VSJ Reader Survey, and vote in our annual Reader Awards, and we’ll enter you in a prize draw to win a Universal Pass at DevWeek 2009 worth £1495. Click here to enter.The 12th annual DevWeek conference will again be held at the Barbican Centre in the heart of London. The main conference takes place from Tuesday 24th to Thursday 26th March.
By the time Microsoft released SQL Server 2008 at the beginning of August, there had been more than 450,000 customer and partner downloads of the community technology previews.
A recent Gartner Research Note deals with the problem of the development and use of reliable, service-oriented, composite applications.
Sybase iAnywhere has announced the beta of SQL Anywhere 11, which includes over 200 new features and enhancements.
CodeGear’s 3rdRail IDE contains productivity features aimed at making it easier and faster for both new and experienced Rails developers to build database-driven Web applications.
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2007 VSJ Reader Awards, based on votes submitted on the VSJ website.
Embarcadero’s DBArtisan 8.5 and Rapid SQL 7.5 database tools feature a re-designed user interface, a new query engine, and deeper support for Oracle, SQL Server, DB2 and Sybase.
Caché 2007, the new version of InterSystems’ ‘post-relational’ database, introduces Zen – an extensible, high-level framework that is claimed to be optimised for development speed, scalability and deployment of data-intensive web applications.
Version 2.0 of Dundas’ Chart for Reporting Services supports new chart types and has an enhanced wizard allowing design time databinding, formulae, new 2D/3D visual effects, scale breaks and more.
Two new Oracle releases are intended to help developers build .NET applications and web services with the company’s 10g database.
All the winners and runners-up.
A Community Technology Preview of Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals became available in June during TechEd 2006 in Boston.
Sing Li shows how to add compression to your Java code when accessing files, networks or databases.
Kay Ewbank looks at a real-time BI solution that is designed to be embedded into transactional applications.
Developing connected applications with InterSystems Ensemble.
Mike James explains that LINQ isn’t just for SQL programmers but is usable by every .NET developer.
Use SQLAlchemy to ease the creation, testing, and maintenance of database code – with objects.
Do you want to create web applications incorporating compelling charts and graphs? Cewolf provides a quick route.
While the majority of attention in the media focuses on traditional relational databases, the MultiValue market continues to thrive.
This year sees the arrival of SQL Server 2008. What are the key features?
Are you ready for LINQ? Jon Skeet thinks that the time is right to find out how it works and how to use it.
Last month, we looked at the combination of Jalapeño and Caché from InterSystems to see how well the two worked together for the Java developer. This month, it’s the turn of the web browser development feature in Caché, Zen.
.NET and ADO .NET in particular has lots of interesting facilities for working with database, but can they really be useful when no database is involved? Ian Elliot comes to the surprising conclusion that they can.
SQL Server’s Service Broker sounds mysterious, but it’s easy to use and effective, as Klaus Aschenbrenner demonstrates.
The unified approach to objects, data structures and programming.
Are variables or temporary tables better in SQL? Kay Ewbank offers us the answer.
Using Reporting Services with SQL Server 2005 Express and Visual Studio 2005.
How InterSystems’ Jalapeño Technology benefits data storage through object technology
Moving beyond the relational model.
How do you replicate an Access 2003 database? Kay Ewbank explains how to solve this tricky problem.
How Intersystems’ technology enables business intelligence solutions.
If you thought Sudoku was a challenge, then consider the more interesting challenge of writing a program to solve it. Samuel Aina shows how in T-SQL.
Developing SQL Server 2005 OLAP applications with ADO MD.NET.
Don’t ignore the way that records are locked by your database – choosing the right lock can result in much improved performance from your applications.
New features and enhancements in SQL Server 2005 automate several previously laborious ranking and windowing functions.
The Common Language Runtime within SQL Server 2005 frees programmers to create powerful procedures to manipulate stored data.
New features and tools in SQL Server 2005 – an overview.
Derby is a 100% Java open source relational database, and you can’t afford to ignore it.
Should you plan to use VBA for Access development, or one of the .NET languages?
The new SQL Server 2005 Express Edition is aimed at developers – is it up to the job?
We put TestTrack Pro 7 through its paces, and find an error tracking system to reckon with.
Darren Fuller discusses the need for database change management and problems with current approaches, and examines an automated methodology, the requirements to implement such an approach and describes the benefits that can be realised.
DB Ghost should be of interest to anyone involved in managing changes to SQL Server databases.
How does the new version of Crystal Reports stack up, now that it is under new ownership?
Three steps for better performing and more scalable database access.
SQLX, sometimes refered to as SQL/XML, is an emerging standard that specifies a syntax for returning result sets from relational databases as XML.
Harry Flora has got some advice for you about how to deal with the unknown forces that can wreck your database’s performance.
The Role of the ADO.NET DataAdapter – Part 2: when user meets data.
SQL Server's user-defined functions open up a new realm of possibilities, but there are pitfalls for the unwary.
As Microsoft strides on with its .NET vision, developers who don't feel like tagging along are finding their range of options fairly limited. PowerBuilder 9 offers one escape route.
There's more than one type of table in MySQL, so Kay Ewbank explains the range of possibilities, and gives us a practical introduction to transactions.
The latest version of InstallShield includes over 400 new and improved features from customer requests, like a revamped IDE and new IIS tools for Web application installs. Register your details in order to download a full evaluation version.
Caché is a high-performance multidimensional database that combines robust objects and robust SQL, thus eliminating object-relational mapping.
Learning Tree courses are built upon extensive hands-on exercises. Delegates learn and practise new skills in the classroom, under the guidance of an expert instructor, and learn how to solve real-world challenges like those faced in their own workplace. Courses include:
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November 2009: Hands-On ASP.NET AJAX
September 2008: Hands-On SQL
February 2008: Hands-On SQL Server
February 2007: Hands-On ASP.NET
July/August 2006: Hands-On Java
April 2006: Hands-On SQL Server
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