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Database connectivity gives desktop and Web applications much of their value. .NET developers have products and framework objects that can tie a front-end application to SQL Server, MySQL, Sybase, ...

The need to persist data created at runtime is as old as computing. And the need to store object-oriented data cropped up when object-oriented programming became pervasive. Currently, most modern, ...

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Last time, we mentioned how most application acceleration techniques function at Layers 3 through 5 of the OSI model. We also discussed some of the advantages of an emerging approach to application ...

An emerging approach to application acceleration is to focus on the actual application; i.e., SharePoint Applications or Oracle Financials. In order to understand the value of applying optimization ...

In Part 2, I conclude this series by looking more closely at the two competing JDO standards: the Sun Microsystems JDO and the Castor JDO. Both specifications provide unified, simple, and transparent ...