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EPHRAIM SCHWARTZ "Wireless World" InfoWorld.com
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Thursday, July 5, 2001
REDUCING THE COST OF DBAS
Posted at June 29, 2001 01:01 PM PST Pacific
I'LL LEAVE IT to my readers to quantify the amount of
time and money their companies would save if their
DBAs (database administrators) could remotely, and
wirelessly, make changes to their databases. Imagine
the efficiencies in not having to call a DBA back to
the office to add table space to a database, look at
what indexes exist and modify table structures, give a
new password to a user who has forgotten it, or remove
from the database a user who is running a command that
is holding up the system.
You can accomplish these and many other corrective
measures using the application PocketDBA, available
from the company of the same name.
I spoke with Ari Kaplan, CEO and co-founder of
PocketDBA, in Chicago. His background includes 10
years at Oracle, where he oversaw the implementation
of some of the largest Oracle database deployments in
the world, such as Hallmark's Web site and Merck's
entire order-entry and inventory system. Kaplan
believes his company's wireless DBA package is more
robust than Oracle's own desktop Enterprise Manager.
PocketDBA, which can currently be implemented on a Palm
OS device and will soon be available for Pocket PCs,
will appear for Microsoft's SQL Server and IBM's DB2
next year.
Go to http://www.pocketdba.com for a demo.
Fed up with ActiveSync
Remember two weeks ago when I said that I did not want
work-arounds to my problem in which ActiveSync did not
recognize the USB ports on three separate computers
(see Wireless World, June 18)? Here's a typical
example of the e-mails I've received that prove my point.
"I had a similar but intermittent problem with my iPaq
using ActiveSync on a Toshiba laptop," one reader
wrote. "I installed the Compaq ROM BIOS update last
month and haven't seen the problem since.
"The update is Version 1.77, and you can download it from
http://www.compaq.com/support/files/handhelds/us/download/9820.html.
Also ActiveSync 3.1 (Build 9587) has some fixes for USB
support. Build 9587 is available at
http://www.microsoft.com/mobile/pocketpc/downloads/activesync.asp.";
So what about the folks who can't complain in a public
forum? Does anyone bother to tell them what build to
use or where to download the correct BIOS version? Now
I really want my money back. How about you?
More on accidents and wireless alerts
Despite the claim from automakers that batteries are
rarely disabled in a collision, which they admit would
disable the emergency wireless alert, I received
numerous e-mails to the contrary.
Read their views online. A few excerpts will suffice.
"The sign pole went through the grill and neatly sliced
off a lower corner of my 5-day-old battery."
"Driving a '95 Porsche 911 Coupe, ... [the other] car
hit me at a 90-degree angle. The impact cracked the
battery case and cut off all electrical power to the
car instantly."
"A pickup made a left turn right in front of us. ...The
battery [in our Saturn] was crushed."
"In a low-speed collision, one of the battery cables
fell into the path of the radiator fan. ... It was
sheared in half."
"Driving a Volvo station wagon, ... [the] impact
crushed the front of the car. I remember being
surprised how flat the battery was."
Nuff said.
Write to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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