May 13, 2012
The topic of my article is about visual basic. It explains that it has been the number one choice when programming Windows applications. Visual Basic is not alone in the market, its main competitors being Java. The article although old explains that VB was declining to Java. Its main flaw at the time was the [...]
May 6, 2012
The topic of my article this week’s talks about the background and benefits of Ajax. The word Ajax comes from (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML), which was founded in 2005. A lot of interest was sparked when it first came out, due to the ability to code rich interaction with the client side, which mimicked a [...]
Apr 29, 2012
The topic of my article this week talks about how desktops have a desktop manager that runs an operating system and can, “…install, delete and execute application programs”. The issue arises that mobile devices such as IPhones and android devices also have a desktop manager with an operating system, but they differ from the desktop [...]
Apr 22, 2012
The article that I have chosen to write about talks about how Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) have become an essential part in today’s Web. By using CSS it allows publishers to present information by allowing device independency and more efficient content authoring and sharing. By having improvement in the contents side led to issues arising [...]
Apr 15, 2012
The topic of my article is to explain the advantages of HTML 5 vs. Flash and Silverlight. HTML 5 is the newest web coding language which has revolutionized web development. With this advancement, people have speculated that there will be no need for additional plug-ins such as “…Adobe Flash, Microsoft Silverlight, and Sun JavaFX”. HTML [...]
Apr 8, 2012
The article that I choose talks about the importance of aesthetics and usability in determining the success of the website. Over the past years we have progressively leaned towards developing an aesthetically pleasing website as opposed to the usability aspect. Both aspects need to be addressed to form a good website, but with a lot [...]
Apr 1, 2012
The topic of my article is about implementing cloud computing into personal health care. The author explains that personal health records are (PHR) has increased in the recent years, this allows the patient to create, manage and control their personal health records through the internet. Using the internet has made it possible to easily access [...]
Mar 11, 2012
My article talks about the rise in use of data warehouse systems by companies in order to store their data. The increase of data integration led to a problem, if the quality of the data being inputted was inconsistent or incorrect. The incorrect resulted data would be unacceptable when trying to base a decision from [...]
Mar 4, 2012
The author of my article talks about the growing rates of SQL injection over the past years. There have been many new security advances such as Injection Detection System (IDS). The author also explains that there is no real definition for SQL injection; instead it’s a combination of forms and characteristics that form SQL injection. [...]
Feb 27, 2012
The main purpose of the article is to explain how SQL Server can be implemented into the farming business. In the dairy business, milk is the banner child for their main product. Over the years the demand for dairy products have skyrocketed, which led researchers to find new innovative ways to improve farming techniques. In [...]
Feb 18, 2012
The main focus of my article is to explain the advantages from moving from SQL Server to MYSQL. The author starts by stating that he worked as a SQL Server DBA, and at the time there was no other program that matched Microsoft’s user friendly interface. As timed progressed he found MYSQL to be a [...]
Feb 12, 2012
The author of my article talks about the features that SQL Server 2008 has to offer. He explains that SQL relies heavily on Microsoft Office and Share Point Server, to interpret self service business intelligence(BI). One of the improved features includes displaying the number of users and number of queries for a hosted workbook. This [...]
Feb 5, 2012
The main topic for my article, provides an overview of the basic SQL commands. It also introduces learning concept and resources for auditors that want to implement SQL. Structured Query Language (SQL) is a method used to retrieve information from databases. The database is composed of tables which have data stored in each cell. This [...]
Jan 28, 2012
The author of my article explains why ERD and ER models where created. He explains that ERD was a set a tools to assist the developer; in visualizing the interconnected internal workings design of a company. He later explains that object oriented(OO) techniques started to rise with the database world, which was the best option [...]
Jan 22, 2012
The main focus of the article explains how a web based data modeling tool for teaching and learning data modeling, is being introduced to students to help them understand the concept between normalization and ER diagram. They explained that textbooks have portrayed conceptual data models by using ER modeling and normalization ,and relational models by [...]
Jan 15, 2012
The main topic of my article included how Teradata a, “world leader in enterprise intelligence and analytics” is committed to the health care industry,with hopes of having one of the worlds most comprehensive health care industry logical data model (LDM). By having an LDM to establish a data structure, made it a common practice for [...]
Jan 7, 2012
The article I read covers how databases do much more than store data;it provides researchers with an array of new methods for solving crimes, counter malware, and linking libraries all around the world. This is done by creating a Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), which was designed by the FBI in 1990. The primary purpose [...]
