REALITY TRIGGERS
Find out how to use file triggers in Northgate's Reality product and learn what some of the differences are between triggers in Reality vs. UniVerse.
CANDI HART

IBM ADO.NET PROVIDER: WHAT'S IN IT FOR U2?
The standard method of data access for the .NET platform is ADO.NET. Now, the IBM ADO.NET includes support for IBM's UniVerse and UniData.
BRIAN LEACH

REPORTING AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE TOOLS: SIERRA BRAVO
Next in this series, we talked with the folks at Sierra Bravo about two of their products - Bravo Reports and Bravo Dashboard.
CHARLES BAROUCH

IT PLANNING: WHY PROGRAMMERS SHOULD PLAN
Planning. It's not just for managers. Planning is an important part of a programmer's career, also.
CHARLES BAROUCH

MULTIVALUE PARTICIPATION IN BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
Learn about some key considerations for a successful Business Intelligence project and a few tools that can help your implementation.
ROBERT HOUBEN, FUSIONWARE

USING UNIVERSE INDEXES: PART 2
This second part in this series about using indexes on the IBM UniVerse platform discusses how indexes are implemented, how to get information about the distribution of keys, and avoiding a common trap.
CLIFTON OLIVER

SWAPPING YOUR OI SYSTEM'S DATABASE TO U2
OpenInsight can now use IBM's UniVerse and UniData as the back end database. But how do you set that up, and when would you want to?
MIKE RUANE, REVELATION SOFTWARE

ENCRYPTING FILES WITH GPG: THE BASICS YOU SHOULD KNOW
GPG is a well-known and widely accepted public-key encryption program with a number of options. This article brings you up to speed in using GPG to encrypt and decrypt files.
JEFF BUTERA, PH.D.

FREE AND UPGRADEABLE ADDRESS VERIFICATION USING PERL
Whether you are shipping product, mailing catalogs, or sending invoices having a correct address is essential. This article shows you how to use free software and services to verify your U.S. addresses.
GLEN BATCHELOR

BECOME YOUR CUSTOMER’S HERO
As an IT professional, who are your customers? Why is the way they think and feel about you important? Explore these and similar questions in this article.
SHANNON STOLTZ

REPORTING AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE TOOLS: MITS
Next in this series, we talked with the folks at MITS about two of their products - MITS Discover and MITS Report and the solutions offered by both.
CHARLES BAROUCH

IT PLANNING: MIS BUSINESS PROCESS
This article in the Business for Programmers series discusses viewing MIS as a business process and the planning required for success.
CHARLES BAROUCH

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING USING REVELATION OPENINSIGHT AND IBM U2
Most people are aware that OpenInsight has its own database for stand-alone MultiValue application. This article explores the use of OpenInsight along with IBM's U2 databases in a client-server implementation.
ROBERT CARTEN

BRIDGING TECHNOLOGIES BETWEEN MULTIVALUE ERP AND OFFICE APPLICATIONS
Combining documents produced by your MultiValue ERP applications with Office productivity applications like spreadsheets, word processing, and e-mail clients presents some interesting challenges. This article presents an example of one solution.
MIGUEL ESCOBAR

REPORTING AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE TOOLS REPORTING AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
This is the first article in a new series about Reporting and Business Intelligence tools for the MultiValue market. We start by talking to the folks at Entrinsik about their reporting solution, Informer.
CHARLES BAROUCH

THE OPENINSIGHT PRINTER INTERFACE: FORMATTING TABLES
Presenting data in tables is a staple of business data processing. Discover how OpenInsight provides the tools to do this.
SEAN FITZSIMONS,

UNIVERSE TRIGGERS
Ever wish you could automatically cause something to happen whenever the data in a particular file changes? Triggers might be your answer.
BRIAN LEACH

HOW LASER FORMS TECHNOLOGY MORPHED INTO DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT
Explore some of the history of laser printed forms, document management, and how one provider responded.
MIGUEL J. ESCOBAR

TRICKS FOR GAINING JAVA EXPERIENCE
So, you're convinced you want to learn Java? Where do you start without getting in over your head?
JIM PAUL

BUSINESS TECH: CAPITAL PROJECTS
Sometimes projects just get too large and need to be broken into smaller projects. Of course, then you need a project to manage the projects.
CHARLES BAROUCH

BUDGETS FOR PROGRAMMERS
Oh, no. The "B" word. Viewed by many as a means of punishment, a budget can be one of your most useful tools. Find out the positive side of this dreaded device.
CHARLES BAROUCH

JAVA GUI CHOICES FOR THE MULTIVALUE WORLD
Ajax, Swing, SWT? Explore the pros and cons of some of the GUI development options available to the Java programmer.
JIM PAUL

HOW TO SELL STUFF: CLOSING THE SALE
The final article in this series talks about closing the sale. As with the articles on prospecting, discovery, and negotiation, you might find these recommendations different than what you are expecting.
STEVE ALEXANDER

DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT FOR ACCOUNTING-CENTRIC APPLICATIONS: ASK WHY AND THINK ABOUT HOW
Explore some of the issues of Enterprise Content Management in this first article in a series about document management.
MIGUEL ESCOBAR, SYNERGETIC DATA SYSTEMS, INC.

REST EASILY - YOU USE A MULTIVALUE PRODUCT
As MultiValue applications continue to press into the future, we borrow more techniques from our non-MultiValue cousins, such as Representational State Transfer. Join us in this overview of the REST of the concept.
ROBERT CARTEN, REVELATION SOFTWARE

INTERVIEW WITH THE REV GUY, REVELATION SYSTEMS
We finally connect with the well-known, but sometimes elusive, Rev Guy. Come hear his answers to our questions about his background, thoughts on the future of MultiValue, and even about his real name.
CLIFTON OLIVER