E-Business Everlasting
Even the most well-written e-business application will start acting up under rising customer demand unless you plan for scalability long before deployment time. With the field-tested techniques described here, yours will scale elegantly to handle huge audiences. Ike van Cruyningen
Census 2000: Behind the Scenes
This exclusive, inside look at the U.S. Census Bureaus Census 2000 Data Access and Dissemination System from one of the development team leaders offers insight into what makes a huge, time-sensitive, heavily scrutinized development project tick. Seth Grimes available only in print edition (subscribe)
Uptown Traffic
Windows NTs support for very large databases and complex workloads is now unquestioned, but manageability, not scalability, appears to be inhibiting its widespread adoption in the data center. Will Microsoft and Compaqs joint work here in Windows 2000 turn the tide? Stephen Brobst & Naren Lulla available only in print edition (subscribe)
1999 Intelligent Enterprise Readers Choice Awards
The Intelligent Enterprise community has spoken: These products were the years best in categories such as analytical apps, data and application integration, and data warehouse management. Who surprised, who disappointed? The answers are in!