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Annual prognostications are typically overly optimistic, so for 2010’s soothsaying I’ve opted for a more pragmatic approach.
Austerity drives innovations in doing more with less – The 2009 budgetary hangovers while I expect to less restrictive this year, will drive nearly all purchasing decisions this year. A need to demonstrate obvious and immediate on any return [...]
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In this podcast Rob Steward shares why Progress Software is a great place to work, and he provides insights into corporate culture. This podcast lasts for 3:24.
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Here is a video I’ve prepared showing how the DataDirect Data Integration Suite can be used to create customized ETL functions through the graphical mapping interface. By taking these fundamentals and adding functionality to fit your needs, you will be able to quickly and easily develop transformations that can then be deployed within your environment.
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In the previous post I introduced you to the idea of using the Data Integration Suite as a way to deploy ETL functions for moving data from database and file formats into a new database. A complete list of the data sources you can use for ETL processes can be found at Data Source Support. [...]
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Many enterprise software applications require a relational database. For test or evaluation purposes, or in entry-level configurations, many developers like to provide a database. Typical candidates for embedding are Derby (previously IBM’s Cloudscape, now part of the Apache project), MySQL, or the free versions of Oracle, SQL Server or DB2. Providing a database makes it [...]
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I recently sat down with the guys over at DZone to talk about what’s been going on in JDBC, and what lies in store for the future as well as the plans to get there. Talking about the future of technologies is always fun, but JDBC? I’m sure you all know that JDBC has [...]
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Many companies today are moving mountains of data – some are moving them into data warehouses to run reports, moving for duplication/archival, and more often than not, the design of these systems is accidental. Traditionally there has been no standards based way for moving these large amounts of data between systems, resulting in poorly architected [...]
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While working on some JDBC training materials I decided to stress the importance of Java and JDBC on the computing industry. Having just come from this year’s JavaOne, I decided to do a short history of Java presentation to get everyone on the same page and level set the room.
I started with my good [...]
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Anyone writing a modern day database application needs to think about high availability. The real problem is that it is complicated and expensive to code. For example, you could setup Oracle’s RAC environment ($$) but you’ll be faced with writing a whole lot of complicated, Oracle-specific code to support Oracle TAF. Additionally, if you have [...]
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