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Understand the ASP.NET DataGrid control

Need to get up to speed on the ASP.NET DataGrid control features? Try this introduction article on for size. Read more »

Open source shapes up as rival to Oracle

Oracle continues to dominate the database software market, but challenges lie ahead from open source, analysts say Read more »

IBM goes on mainframe offensive

IBM has plans in place to spend tens of millions of dollars to coax new customers to buy the company's mainframes. Read more »

Black Hat with a Vista twist

Black Hat is not just about breaking and entering this year as Windows Vista and IE7 come under the spotlight. Read more »

Gates trots out Longhorn

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates tried to win over developers in Los Angeles Monday in the U.S. as he offered the first look at Longhorn, the next version of Windows. Read more »

IT morale drops to all-time low

Morale among IT workers has dipped to an all-time low, even though demand for certain skills is rising, according to a new study from Meta Group. Read more »

Interview: Bob Muglia on Longhorn

Longhorn Server will likely be Microsoft's most complex operating system ever, and Bob Muglia has little latitude for more slips. Read more »

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Switching Oracle Portal to a new database is easier than Oracle Tech Support says

If you do not have to support an Oracle Portal, consider yourself lucky. We recently ran into a problem that forced us to quickly move to a new metadata database. Read more »

Relational databases: The untold story

Discover the origins of the modern relational data model, how rules were set for relational database theory, and how to put the theory into practice. Read more »

When to use a database-driven Web site

A database back end is a tool that helps fulfill a Web site's requirements. Whether a Web site needs a database back end is a different matter. Read more »

Transfer and store data from an XML document in a relational database

XML really makes it easy to move data from here to there and from there to here. However, eventually the data needs to be stored somewhere, most likely in a relational database. We'll show you how. Read more »

Optimise your PostgreSQL database with data types

This document outlines the most important data types supported by PostgreSQL, describing when and how each should be used. Read more »

Database consultants can't wait FOR XML

Have you heard about FOR XML? It can really give your applications a boost. This article gives you an overview of the power behind using FOR XML in your applications. Read more »

Upsizing an existing Microsoft Access database

The Upsizing Wizard in Microsoft's Access database software makes transforming to SQL Server mostly painless. But even the wizard needs fine-tuning for a smooth transition. Find out how to overcome some of the limitations. Read more »

Bridge your DB to XML with Java, XML-DBMS

XML-DBMS is middleware that allows database-to-XML conversion, even for non-XML databases. See how to implement XML-DBMS with Java. Read more »

MySQL or PostgreSQL?

What is a better open source alternative--MySQL or PostgreSQL? Australian commentator Con Zymaris answers this Builder Australia reader's question. Read more »

IBM DB2 9.0 Review

DB2 9.0 has a lot for the newcomer or seasoned hand alike. Read more »

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The 2008 Trends and Threats to Internet security

Lana Kovacevic [blogs:webanatomy] -- I recently came across the IBM Internet Security Systems X-Force 2008 Mid-Year Trend Statistics report, which outlines issues affecting internet security, including application vulnerabilities, phishing, malware and spam. Read more »

Oracle's Agile PLM gains popularity

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- I recently spoke to Oracle about their Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution, an integrated tool for managing information about a product throughout its lifecycle. Read more »

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  • Staff Crying, mooning and leaving

    In this week's roundup we see that continuous whining can get results, Linux users get 64-bit Flash and Moonlight previews, the latest in the Yahoo/Microsoft relationship and Senator Conroy ducks and weave in Senate Question Time. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Brendon Chase Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5

    Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »

    -- posted by Brendon Chase

  • Renai LeMay BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continue

    Attending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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