THIS WEEK: Database industry predictions for 2002

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>>About this email:  >>Receive this email as text�  December 24, 2001  In this Issue >> From the editor: Database industry predictions for 2002 >> Featured Topic: Top 5 Featured Topics >> Expert Technical Advice * Expert Advice on Object-oriented databases * Discussion: Oracle and ColdFusion * Tip of the Week: Complex grouping of strings in T-SQL >> Site Highlights * Win an Xbox Video Game System from searchDatabase * Oracle Tips Email Service * Live Expert Q&A: Upgrading to Oracle 9i  From the Editor: by Tim DiChiara, Site Editor Tim's fearless database industry predictions for 2002 As the database goes, so goes IT. Most of 2002's potentially hot technologies have at their core the humble DBMS. However, the operative word here is "potentially" -- world and economic uncertainties will slow the adoption of the latest and greatest next year. Data management teams will focus again on the essentials: availability, security, reliability, and performance. Nevertheless, here are a few trends that may break through the pack: 1. Buzzword du jour: Web services. Driven by system heterogeneity -- the bane of corporate IT -- and years in the making, Web services will finally begin to be translated from hype into business reality. XML-enabled DBMS's will become increasingly sophisticated (e.g., Microsoft Yukon, Oracle XDB) and the battle between .NET and J2EE will reach epic proportions. 2. Petabytes, anyone? Databases will continue to exponentially increase in size. Terabyte databases and data warehouses will no longer seem novel. With so much data, business intelligence technologies such as data mining and Web analytics will be increasingly essential. 3. Market tribulations. Oracle will recover from its downward spiral at the expense of IBM, Microsoft will increasingly dominate small- to medium-sized enterprises, and Sybase and open source databases will continue to decline unless they find a niche in a vertical industry. If the economy worsens, count on the database wars becoming even harsher, with quips from Larry, Steve, and Janet flying like shrapnel. 4. Mobile business computing, again. A perennial "trend," mobile and wireless systems will slowly continue to build. The remote DBA will become more feasible and mobile versions of databases more prevalent. Synchronization, replication, security, and design problems will proliferate as a result. In 2002, the searchDatabase team will do its best to cover these trends and continue to provide you with the highest-quality expert advice about database administration and development. Let us know how we're doing and have a great holiday season! Cheers, Tim DiChiara, Editor  Featured Topic: Top 5 Featured Topics by Tim DiChiara, Site Editor We covered everything from replication to normalization, from SQL to XML on the site in 2001. Which topics were your favorites? We analyzed our stats and tabulated this list of the five most popular... Read more about this topic  Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert: Douglas Barry, Founder, Barry & Associates, Inc. Category: Object-oriented databases Successful consultant, executive director of the Object Data Management Group and the author of numerous OODBMS books, Doug is more than able to answer your toughest questions about object-oriented databases. Ask you specific question and get expert advice This Week: In the forums >> Oracle and ColdFusion Member "goudaman" asks if anyone knows the best way to connect CFM and Oracle? The goal is to use an Oracle DB with a CFM content management system. Can anybody offer any advice in our "Database-Web Connectivity" forum? >> SQL Server start error Member "Irina" is using SQL Server on NT4 but gets the error "NETLIB SuperSocket info: Failed to get Exclusive port use(MSAFD Tcpip TCP/IP) : Error 10013" when SQL Server starts. Go to our "DBA Water Cooler" forum if you can help solve this problem. Tip of the Week: This SQL Server tip will show you how to group strings based on one or more IDs. This type of string manipulation is usually done in the front-end rather doing it in the back-end. Here, you will see how to accomplish the same functionality with T-SQL. >> Complex grouping of strings in T-SQL  Site Highlights Time is Running Out Win an Xbox Video Game System from searchDatabase If 3 of your peers take your advice and become members of SearchDatabase you are automatically entered to win. This offer ends soon - act today! Oracle Tips Email Service Queries, migration, performance, tuning, and more Update your member profile today to receive the "Oracle Tip" for free. Upgrading to Oracle 9i Live Expert Q&A: Tuesday, January 8th at 1:00 PM EST (18:00 GMT) Tom Kyte's best-selling book, Expert One on One: Oracle, has been called "perhaps the best book about Oracle products ever put out." 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