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Organizations trying to apply new object-oriented technologies for business advantage face a particularly daunting challenge: how to implement object-oriented programming approaches in environments where large investments have already been made […]

Resource Object Data Manager (RODM) provides a data storage backbone fundamental to mainframe-based networks and systems management. IBM's Resource Object Data Manager (RODM), introduced with NetView/390 2.3, is an object-oriented, […]

Object-Oriented Database Management Systems Find A Business Case Mention object-oriented database technology to most business decision makers and you are likely to receive a blank stare in response. Despite the […]

Don't let those darn marketers fool you. Although it is true that even a pure relational database management system can be called object-oriented because it was created with an OO […]

Integration of databases, applications and legacy systems in real-time and batch is one of the biggest challenges facing IT managers today. Issues related to mergers and acquisitions, packaged applications and […]

IT IS BECOMING increasingly harder for the smaller and medium-sized application vendors to hit their stride. This is especially true for those producing manufacturing, distribution, finance and personnel software. Today's […]

Object support is one of Oracle8's most significant new features, expected to extend the capabilities of the database by offering support for geospatial and other nontraditional data iterations. Questions abound, [...]

Oracle's recently released database system , Oracle8, has new features which should make it a very competitive product. Speed, memory and the amount of users at one time has been increased. Unused connections are added to a pool. The amount of memory needed has been reduced and a message queuing feature added. Database management is now automated and the database system can now be partitioned which is a feature that the last DBMS did not have., Oracle8 from Oracle Corp. has finally arrived. Last month I attended a full day briefing by senior Oracle management for the analyst community, where we got a closer look at [...]

As database vendors edge into the object world, they are retrofitting their relational database management systems to handle everything from multimedia to spatial, textual and World Wide Web data. Several […]

So, you've finally given up on dog-eared files and faded, worn-out photocopies, and you're ready to use a database. Welcome to the 90s! Lucky for you, there are plenty of […]

It wasn't all that long ago that we spent a lot of time trying to convince folks they should convert their flat file system to a Database Management System. They […]

As vice president of technology for Oracle Corp.'s Government, Education and Health Division, Tim Hoechst is responsible for all the technology issues of Oracle's federal customers. Hoechst, an avid promoter […]

Object-oriented development tools are delivering practical benefits to San Francisco's trial courts. Ron Ho, computer director of the San Francisco Municipal Court, said object data models have speeded up work […]

Informix Software Inc. is merging its code with that of Illustra Information Technologies Inc., which it recently acquired, to create an object-relational universal database server. The result, slated for completion […]

Object codes written to run across various platforms is proving to be more of a challenge than originally thought When client/server application development first became big news, the idea of […]

Object Design Inc. announced ObjectStore 4.0, a full-featured object database designed for customers building distributed, client-server applications. ObjectStore 4.0 provides users with standard database requirements such as security and availability, […]

In integrating object-oriented technology (OOT), training turns out to be a more complicated issue than agencies at first had hoped. A 1994 study by Taligent Inc. estimated it takes twice […]

Automated Technology Associates (ATA) expanded its ERDB entity-relation database management system to support applications that need high-volume data storage combined with high speed and highly predictable response. ERDB Disk, the […]

Signal Technology announced the release of Version 1.31 of N!Power for Sun, DEC and HP workstations which features enhancements in graphics, performance and real-time device support. N!Power is object-oriented software […]

In keeping with current trends, two divisions of the Federal Reserve Board are downsizing their systems and branching out into the hot field of object-oriented database management. At the same […]