At Oracle, Simplicity Rules All

To jump-start revenue growth, Mark Jarvis has insisted that simplicity be the foundation not only of Oracle's marketing but also of its product development. Programmers, salespeople, and marketing staff now work closely to satisfy real customer problems, not just deliver glitz. On Nov. 18, Mark Jarvis spoke with BusinessWeek Online Technology reporter Jane Black about his plans to improve Oracle's fortunes. Here are edited excerpts from that conversation.

BusinessWeek (2002). Articles>Usability>Databases>Software

Microsoft SQL Server 2008: Installation Made Easy

The article discusses the precaution thta one can take in installing the Microsoft SQL 2008 Sever (Developer Edition). Links to downloading a sample database with how-to note is also provided. Some of the initial problem solving in cleaning up the .NET miscellanea is discussed in this blog at : http://hodentek.blogspot.com/2008/01/you-were-cleaning-up-net-framework.html

Krishnaswamy, Jayaram. Packt (2008). Articles>Software>Databases>SQL

Microsoft Word 2007's Mail Merge with a SQL Anywhere 10 Database

SQL Anywhere 10 database and Microsoft Word 2007 are the latest software from the respective companies. This step-by-step tutorial not only shows how you can merge a mail document from customer information in a Sql Anywhere 10 database, it also shows how you may work with the database. If you are a office worker using 'Office' products this is a must article for you.

Krishnaswamy, Jayaram. OfficeUsers.org (2007). (Afrikaans) Articles>Software>Databases>SQL

The SALIS: Software Repository System    

Software development and related IT services have boosted the Indian economy in the recent past. There are potential opportunities to provide innovative products and services. There are a large number of small and medium sized software development enterprises that are today in the market in response to demand. While most of them are engaged in software development services, there are a few organizations involved in software product development. Parallelly, Open Source Software (OSS) developers provide the complete source code of their software (libraries, APIs, device drivers and functional packages) free of charge. There is a great incentive for software product developers to use these available resources. However, all Open Source software is subject to specific terms of use or a license which is specified as part of the software. There is no catalogued repository of open source software that provides the licensing details as well as terms of reuse of the software. Software And Licensing Information System (SALIS) fills that void and attempts to provide details required by software product developers to make a decision on what software components can be used and built upon.

Garge, Gopi Krishna, Malati Hegde, Geetha Anil Kumar and Savitha Anil Kumar. International Journal for Technical Communication (2007). Articles>Software>Databases

Working With External Text Files in Microsoft Access 2007

Step-by-step procedure explained with a large number of screen shots. Both linking and importing are described.

Krishnaswamy, Jayaram. OfficeUsers.org (2007). Articles>Software>Databases>Microsoft Access

Excel 2007 Quick Reference Card  

A basic introduction to the new functions in Microsoft Excel 2007, which changed the user interface significantly from its earlier (2003) version.

CustomGuide (2009). Articles>Software>Databases>Microsoft Excel

Top Five Best Database Management Tools 

For a database administrator, DBM (database management) tools make tasks related to maintaining relational databases efficient and fast. Prior to the popularity of these tools, most DBA’s had to use the command line to create, edit, and delete databases. In this article, we present to you the top five most popular/most voted for database management tools.

Gube, Jacob. Six Revisions (2009). Articles>Information Design>Software>Databases