IBM UTILIZES DEVX TO DEVELOP SEPARATE MICRO SITE.DevX.com Inc., Palo Alto Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif., an online resource for the global application development community, has just launched the Database Development Zone (http://www.devx.com/dbzone), a comprehensive source of information, tools and solutions for developers and administrators of leading database platforms. Featuring platform-specific and general information about the largest enterprise products in the marketplace, the Database Development Zone provides business developers with the information they need to evaluate, integrate and maintain the database products critical to corporate operations. IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : IBM) is a premier sponsor of the zone and has tapped DevX to develop a separate micro site, the IBM DB2 Universal Database Developer Resource Center, to provide in-depth information on its database product, DB2. This is the latest of several collaborations DevX has launched to speed adoption of new technology products and serve the critical resource needs of developers. Previous DevX sites were instrumental in the launch and beta testing (programming) beta testing - Testing a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software by making it available to selected users. This term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the of products such as Microsoft Exchange Messaging and groupware software for Windows from Microsoft. Exchange Server is an Internet-compliant e-mail system that runs under Windows NT/2000 and Windows Server 2003. It can be accessed by Web browsers, the Exchange client, versions of Outlook and the earlier Windows Inbox. and Microsoft Whistler. "Database development and administration is the fastest growing area in corporate IT development and studies show that 81 percent of DevX visitors are currently involved in database development," said Peter Horan Peter Horan (born 1926, Killavil, County Sligo) is an Irish flute and fiddle player who is known for having developed a unique style influenced by the local irish fiddling tradition. For nearly 30 years performed as a duet with the famous fiddler Fred Finn. , CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of DevX.com, Inc. "The creation of the Database Zone illustrates our continued commitment to providing the crucial information and cutting- edge tools corporate IT developers need to lead technology innovation. We know our audience better than anyone and strive to meet their rapidly changing needs." Among its features, the DevX Database Development Zone gives users access to the following: * Articles about database-related issues, such as report mining, the pros and cons pros and cons Noun, pl the advantages and disadvantages of a situation [Latin pro for + con(tra) against] of open source databases and the implications of handheld applications * Code samples, such as Advanced SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. Techniques, from the Source Code Library * Technical discussion groups covering database topics While in the Database Zone, users can benefit from DevX's Get Help service, which provides links to an archive of database-related questions and answers. They can also communicate with other developers through a peer-to-peer help network on HotDispatch, where they can ask questions about database programming. About DevX.com DevX provides corporate IT developers with critical information and tools to keep projects moving. Offering the most comprehensive information available on software development for business applications, the site is the top online resource for the estimated 10 million strong application development community worldwide. DevX is the category leader in its space, with more than 2.5 million unique visits per month. DevX.com Inc. (http://www.devx.com), based in Palo Alto, CA, was formed as a spin-off of Fawcette Technical Publications, Inc. (http://www.fawcette.com), a publisher of software development magazines. DevX raised initial investment equity in January 2000 from Hummer Winblad Venture Partners (http://www.humwin.com), a San Francisco venture capital firm. For more information, visit http://www.devx.com or call 212-402-5455. |
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