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by Tim DiChiara, Senior Site Editor
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Tired of the endless DBMS upgrade cycle? Well, too bad!
2004 is going to be year of the upgrade, like it or not. Most of the big industry players will release major new versions this year:
Does this excite you or depress you? Are you satisfied with DBMS that you're currently using or do you crave the latest and greatest features that the new products offer? Do you wish the vendors would focus their energies on the basics -- reliability, performance, security -- instead of continually responding to every new industry buzzword?
These questions boil down to this: Do you feel that DBMS products are improving or regressing?
Let me know in 600 words or less. I'll publish the best rant in an upcoming column.
Cheers, Tim
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Featured Topic: |
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MySQL on the rise
by Tim DiChiara, Senior Site Editor
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With its new version 5, MySQL is aiming for the enterprise. Will it succeed? Learn more with our collection of news, expert advice, and tech tips inside...
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Expert Technical Advice: |
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Featured Expert Mich Talebzadeh, Principal Consultant, Peridale Ltd
Category: Syabse
Mich Talebzadeh is a database expert with DBA and architecture experience using Sybase and Oracle. He specializes in creating database architectures for large global trading systems involving heterogeneous databases. Mich is based in London and serves as Chairman of the Sybase Future Forum. He is a frequent speaker at Sybase Techforum and other international database conferences. Dr. Talebzadeh holds a Ph.D in Particle Physics from Imperial College, University of London and C.E.R.N., Geneva,
Switzerland. He can answer any of your Sybase questions.
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Read Mich's answers to previous questions
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This Week: In the forums
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Consulting fees
Member "Apprentice" has an offer to do some database consulting work but is wondering what rate and fee structure to use. Give him your two cents in our "DBA Water Cooler" forum. |
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DBO role in SQL Server 2000
Member "Jimmy" is trying to give his developers certain permissions on certain databases but is running into complications. Go to our "DBA Water Cooler" forum to offer your help.
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| Tip of the Week: |
Leveraging your Oracle 9i skills to learn DB2 UDB v8
If you're a database specialist interested in growing your DB2
Universal Database skills, there's a good chance that you've already
developed database skills with another relational database product
somewhere along the way. This detailed article shows you how to use
your current knowledge of Oracle 9i to quickly gain skills in DB2 UDB
for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Version 8. |
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