You might have seen the recent news reports about the collision between U.S. and Russian communication satellites. The U.S. satellite was one of the Iridium satellites. What wasn’t reported and you probably don’t know is that an object database management system (ODBMS) is an important part of the Iridium system. Even though ODBMSs are a [...]
February 13, 2009
I am now also posting on the Cutter Blog. My initial posting is (The Acronym) SOA is (Perhaps) Dead (at Some Companies); Long Live Services. It is a response to Anne Thomas Manes’ SOA is Dead; Long Live Services on her blog at the Burton Group.
January 9, 2009
The typical definition of an atomic task or process is one that cannot be decomposed further. This is vague and subject to interpretation. The Decomposition Matrix on this site uses a specific definition: A task (for business process diagrams) or a process (for data flow diagrams) is atomic if every input relates to every output [...]
December 3, 2008
My last posting referenced the criteria for a well-formed business process diagram mentioned in Business Process Driven SOA using BPMN and BPEL by Matjaz B. Juric and Kapil Pant. I am going to expand on their criteria to create a more comprehensive definition of a well-formed business process diagram. To start, here are three criteria [...]
November 18, 2008
I recently received two new books on business process modeling. Both books looked interesting because they had great titles. As it turns out, one book is great and the other not so good. The not so good book is Business Process Driven SOA using BPMN and BPEL by Matjaz B. Juric and Kapil Pant. There [...]
October 9, 2008
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ZK with Non-relational Database mongoDB TheServerSide.com This series of small talk will show how developers can develop non-relational database driven ZK applications. We will use a simple TODO list application that uses mongoDB which is a popular non-relational database. In Part 1 mongoDB Java driver APIs ... 26 Jan 2012 at 1:42pm
EnterpriseDB Creates Database as a Service for Cloud Hosting Platforms eWeek One critical feature that EnterpriseDB's PostgreSQL Plus Cloud Service includes is support for fully ACID (Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability) compliant relational database service. That brings compatibility and ease of conversion to the ... and more » 1 Feb 2012 at 8:47am
InfoQ Launches eBook for Developing Enterprise Applications With Spring Data Neo4j Marketwire (press release) A very few years ago, a relational database was a given for storing nearly all the data in nearly all applications. While relational databases remain important, new application requirements and massive data proliferation have prompted a richer choice ... and more » 1 Feb 2012 at 2:25pm
Mobile Developer Bizcommunity.com Three+ years practical experience with relational database design and development (preferably MySQL). 2. Experience with one or more application servers (Tomcat, JBoss etc). 8. Experience with open source frameworks, such as Struts, Spring, Hibernate, ... and more » 2 Feb 2012 at 5:35am
Database Design for Mere Mortals®: A Hands-On Guide to Relational Database Design (2nd Edition) by Michael J. Hernandez Description: “This book takes the somewhat daunting process of database design and breaks it into completely manageable and understandable components. Mike’s approach whilst simple is completely professional, and I can recommend this book to any novice database designer.” –Sandra Barker, Lecturer, University of South Australia, Australia “Databases are a critical infrastructure technology ...
Logic and Databases: The Roots of Relational Theory by C. J. Date Description: Logic and databases are inextricably intertwined. The relational model in particular is essentially just elementary predicate logic, tailored to fit the needs of database management. Now, if you're a database professional, I'm sure this isn't news to you; but you still might not realize just how much everything we do in the database world is - or should be! - affected by predicate ...
Probabilistic Ranking Techniques in Relational Databases (Synthesis Lectures on Data Management) by Ihab F. Ilyas, Mohamed A. Soliman Description: Ranking queries are widely used in data exploration, data analysis and decision making scenarios. While most of the currently proposed ranking techniques focus on deterministic data, several emerging applications involve data that are imprecise or uncertain. Ranking uncertain data raises new challenges in query semantics and processing, making conventional methods inapplicable. Fur...
