Guest Editorial

Seeding The Cloud: The Future of Data Management

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EDT

Doing more with less is a familiar refrain for IT professionals, and today’s challenging business environment has only increased the pressure on managers to achieve efficiencies, maximize performance and improve responsiveness of the data center. More and more frequently, IT is turning to virtualization to accomplish its mission-critical goals. The hot new trend in cloud computing is a natural extension of this drive toward virtualization. In the case of the public cloud, IT can add processing power and infrastructure as needed, and in the case of the private cloud, IT can improve the utilization of existing infrastructure. In other words, cloud computing platforms offer IT the opportunity to increase efficiencies and become more agile, transforming the data center into an environment that delivers greater benefits to end-users.

PowerBuilder Developer's Journal: Legacy Isn't a Dirty Word

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:30:00 EDT

People always like the shiny and new, regardless of whether it’s gadgets, clothes, cars, or technology. It’s exciting to get something new; we feel good about ourselves, like we’re a part of an elite group, ahead of the curve, “in the know.” Yet “buyer’s remorse” is also a well-known phenomenon because many purchases end up being not quite what we expected.

PBDJ Guest Editorial — Thanks All Around

Sat, 25 Mar 2006 09:00:00 EST

It's that time again - I was invited to be the guest editor for another issue of PBDJ. It's the second time now, and I want to say thank you to the many people who helped me a lot within the past year.

The Lost Art of Performance

Fri, 05 Aug 2005 10:00:00 EDT

I have been spending a lot of time at a particular client of mine lately addressing stability and performance issues on a particular Web-based PowerBuilder application. After identifying many issues with the application system, I'm pleased to report an exponential gain in both the stability and, in particular, identified performance.

PowerBuilder Is Dead

Wed, 29 Jun 2005 10:00:00 EDT

PowerBuilder is dead. I first heard that statement when I joined Sybase back in 1996, nearly a decade ago.

Old Fashioned Development

Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:00:00 EST

The other day I was thinking about the early days of PowerBuilder when dBase, Clipper, Clarion, SQLWindows, etc., development tools ran supreme. In November of 1989 I came across a small Massachusetts company working on a revolutionary product.