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Open source adoption ramps up

Eighty five percent of companies are already using open source software, with most of the remaining 15 per cent expecting to do so within the next year, according to analysts at Gartner. Read more »

Accenture: Embrace Web 2.0 cautiously

IT consultancy Accenture has advised businesses to accept Web 2.0 working practices but to beware of possible impacts on the IT department. Read more »

IBM fires up new Stinger

IBM today quietly released an update for the beta program of their upcoming DB2 release, code-named "Stinger". Read more »

PostgreSQL gets enterprise backing

Pervasive Software has decided to offer commercial support and services for the open source database, due to the strength of PostgreSQL's technology and its choice of licence. Read more »

BEA woos nontechies with new software

Facing slowing sales to its traditional customers, BEA Systems is trying a new route: pitching its software to nontechnical businesspeople frustrated by the slow pace of IT change. Read more »

How to use quality gates to guide IT projects

Many projects don't have enough quality controls in place to ensure a quality product. Here's how to use "quality gates" to monitor project progress. Read more »

Java tools effort seeks common ground

Sun, BEA and other software companies are set to announce an interoperable tools effort called the Java Tools Community--but don't look for Java powerhouse IBM in the mix. Read more »

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Extend the reach of SQL Server with SQLXML classes in .NET

SQL Server 2000 provides XML features called SQLXML classes that are readily available without drastic changes to database design or related stored procedures. Here are a couple of examples of how to use these powerful features. Read more »

SQL Server applications

Get the most out of your application development efforts by familiarising yourself with SQL Server. Follow these guidelines to build better applications. Read more »

Simplify .NET SQL queries with the DAAB

Microsoft's Data Access Application Block (DAAB) makes connecting .NET applications to SQL databases easier--if you know how to use it. Read more »

Configuring the corporate development environment

Builder.com looks at the three key elements of every .NET development environmentâ€"development workstations, development servers, and development procedures. Read more »

Supersize me-- Access to SQL

Access developers who have ambitions to upsize to SQL Server face several problems. The problem that's the most difficult to surmount is dynamic SQL. Read more »

An alternative to inline SQL for ADO developers

Inline SQL statements make writing data access code easy but don't offer top performance. Stored procedures can slow development. Here's an alternative. Read more »

SQL Server: Design for security from the start

Security in the development of a SQL Server database must be a priority right from the start, beginning with the design process. Familiarise yourself with these guidelines before you start your next project and you will prepare a more secure database application. Read more »

Diagnose SQL Server performance problems

Usually, the hardest part of database tuning is finding the code bottlenecks. SQL Profiler's traces can help you locate your sluggish code. Read more »

Understanding UDDI

Wondering how to use UDDI to interact with Web services? We'll give you the basics, with examples in VB.NET. Read more »

SQL basics: Deleting from child tables

This SQL basics article responds to Builder members' questions about deleting rows from one table and using another table as a data reference. Read more »

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The Portal of the Future

Lana Kovacevic [blogs:webanatomy] -- At this year's Gartner Application Development, Integration and Web Services Summit, I attended Gene Phifer talk: "Portal of the Future: What's Beyond Web 2.0?". Read more »

Database pros get tools in the know

David McAmis [blogs:theneteffect] -- Microsoft has just released the eagerly anticipated Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals (TEDB) which allows developers to build database applications in a team environment. Read more »

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