In this podcast, Rob Steward explains why he and Coauthor, John Goodson, wrote The Data Access Handbook. The podcast runs for 4:58. To listen to the podcast, please click on the following link:...

In the past we have seen examples of how to "shred" XML documents into database tables;...

One of the questions that I get asked a lot is “What are the mistakes that others have made when moving to Software as a Service (SaaS)?”  I think that software vendors are always looking to learn from others mistakes...

After the recent (and dramatic) proclamation that SOA is dead, is it a question of time until we see the rising of the proverbial Phoenix? Seems to be starting... at least going by the...

A few weeks ago I provided a few examples about problems like converting HIPAA 4010 messages into HIPAA 5010, and about the complexity of migrating from the...

Looking at things from the perspective of how software is evaluated and brought into the enterprise, it's no wonder cloud computing is dramatically changing the landscape. Combine that with the trend of software vendors looking to compliance to shore up revenues, and customers pushing back to...

I have my business data residing in a relational database, a set of EDI messages, or yet some other format and want to export it into Excel. Preferable in only a few lines of code. Without the requirement to have...

We're organizing another DataDirect Data Integration Suite workshop throughout Europe and Bangalore, India.

This interactive and technical workshop introduces an approach to data services based on XML and XQuery and is based on a typical...

In a recent webinar about issues that the healthcare industry will soon need to face about upgrading compliancy from HIPAA version 4 (4010) to version 5 (5010), we also mentioned how similar issues affect the...