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Magazine I Mar/Apr 2012 Turning Data Into Information With $7.00 U.S. InsIde: MultiValue Web Connector - Part 2 INTERNATIONAL Plus! Getting Agile ® SSpecpecTHE MULTIVALUE TEttCHNOLOGYrr umMumAGAZINE I MAR/APR 2012 Turning Data into Information with Google Visualization intl-spectrum.com Breakthrough1 Spectrum_Layout 1 2/8/12 3:16 PM Page 1 share data, provide insights, drive actions. Develop breakthrough applications that and Develop with InterSystems. Instead of separate systems for connectivity, database, and Vainsiat luyst aict sth. e International BreakthroughDevelopmSepectnrum Ctonf.erence, InterSystems.com/Breakthrough1WW April 2-5, 20 12, For a video and whitepaper about breakthrough applications, PGA Resort, Florida. © 2012 InterSystemvsi Csoirpto ration. All rights reserved. InterSystems is a trademark of InterSystems Corporation. 3-12 Break1Spec INTERNATIONAL ® SSpecpecTHE MULTIVALUE tt TErrCHNOLOGYumum MAGAZINE Hey Good Looking! Using Google Visualization It has MARCH/APRIL 2012 6 FEATURES I been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. If that is true, then a more modern version might be, “a picture is worth megabytes of Creating MultiValue Data-Aware Web Elements Many data.” Not only does the modern user 10 modern web applications make use of the Model/View/Controller demand access to their data from approach. As described in this article, InterSystems Caché's Zen anywhere, they want to be able to components make use of this approch. Find out more about this see, visualize, and quickly understand method of web development and how Zen can reduce the actual what that data is telling them in order amount of programming required to produce a rich user experience. to spot patterns and trends. Google BY LEE H. BURSTEIN, INTERSYSTEMS CORPORATION Visualizations can provide you with this Rolling Your Own MultiValue Web Connector – Part 2 ability at a very attractive price — free. 12 Users demand access to their data from a variety of devices, many BY BRIAN LEACH of which are web-enabled. Continuing from the last issue, part two of this series completes the picture in a simple, low-cost, effective way of providing access to your MultiValue data from web applications. BY KEVIN KING The Rock and the Hard Place: Parallel and Agile 20 Development - Part 2: Agile Practices In today's world, users DEPARTMENTS demand with new solutions to problems and changes to existing solutions faster than traditional software engineering methodologies can produce them. The old tried and true methods simply do not work From the Inside page 4 anymore. So what are we to do? Just write code for whoever screams From the Press Room page 16 the loudest? Agile practices help provide a balance between planning, communication with users, and doing just what needs to be done to Tech Tip page 28 get the next piece of functionality accomplished. BY SUSAN JOSLYN Clif Notes page 31 Business Tech: How to Win with Social Networking Many 26 companies and professionals recognize the value of using social media to reach out to both existing customers and new prospects. Unfortunately, unless you have given careful thought to your use of these tools, the effort can backfire and have exactly the opposite effect of what you desired. Don’t let social media become “social blunder.” International Spectrum and MultiValue are registered trademarks of International BY CHARLES BAROUCH Spectrum, Inc. All other registered trademarks are the property of the respective trademark holders. INTERNATIONAL SPECTRUM MARCH/APRIL 2012 u 3 INTERNATIONAL From the SpectrumMARCH/APRIL 2012 NATHAN RECTOR Inside President CLIFTON OLIVER Editor The user interface is changing again. ePad and Transformer Tablets. Now TRACEY RECTOR Oh, Bother! Not again, but it is true. Microsoft introduces an additional Layout I expect to see a major change in the development framework (Metro) in Business UI and applications within Windows 8 that provides developers the next year. the ability to create one application Why do I say that? Well, let’s take that is desktop, tablet, and mobile a look at the Microsoft Windows 8 friendly. and the rumored Google Android 5. Now, why do I bring this up? 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To find out more visit If you are unfamiliar with the term affect how enterprise applications are http://www.intl-spectrum.com BYOD, it stands for “Bring your Own built and designed: Device.” This philosophy stems from Backend/Server MISSION STATEMENT International the fact that everyone now has a Smartphone (small screen design/lim- Spectrum magazine’s editorial mission is smartphone and their own laptop, ited input) to be the premier independent source of with their own preferred software, useful information for users, developers, Tablet (Medium screen design/touch and knowledge about how they work and resellers of MultiValue database together. If you allow your employees input) management systems, open systems to bring their own laptops, they will Desktop (full screen design/extended business database solutions, and related be more productive, and the mainte- full feature input) hardware, software, and peripherals. nance and support costs go down. Published bimonthly, International Web Browser (public screen design/ Spectrum provides comprehensive The VM desktops, Terminal Services, full input) coverage of the products, companies, and Desktop VHD are the current I believe if your application can’t be and trends that shape the MultiValue interfaces that are used. But as smart- accessed by these four user interfaces, marketplace as well as the computer phone/tablet interfaces are built for you are going to be stuck in the Stone industry at large — helping its readers get the enterprise application, it doesn’t Age again. While it may take a few the most out of their business computer take much to extend that to a win- years to get to this point, it is coming, systems. dows application with something like and now is the time to prepare. PhoneGap, Titanium, and other devel- opment environments. Don’t forget We have a unique ability among devel- the standard web browser either. opers. We can easily be this flexible, International Spectrum is published six (6) times per and if you provide this functionality Imagine using only your smartphone year at the subscription price of $40.00 U.S. in the now, you can impress your prospects U.S.A.; $45.00 U.S. in Canada and Mexico; $50.00 as your desktop processor, and then and bosses. While this seems daunt- U.S. for other countries. Single copy rates are $7.00 plugging it into a desktop or laptop U.S. in the U.S.A. and Canada, and $9.00 U.S. in all ing, I can promise you that it is easier dock to get more processing and/or other countries. International Spectrum is published than you think it is. by International Specturm, Inc., 8956 Fox Drive #102, screen real-estate. Thornton, CO 80260; Tel: 720/259-1356; Fax: 603/250- Keep an eye out for more information 0664 E-Mail: [email protected]. Copyright Blackberry has tried this with the in future issues that address this. 2012 International Spectrum, Inc. All rights reserved. PlayBook, but users found it too pro- Reproduction in whole or in part, without written per- prietary. Motorala is doing it now with mission, is prohibited. the Astrix. Asus is doing it with their -NATHAN RECTOR PRINTED IN USA President, International Spectrum NEWS RELEASES/UNSOLICITED ARTICLES International Spectrum is eager to print your submissions of [email protected] up-to- the-minute news and feature stories complementary to the MultiValue marketplace. Black and white or color photographs and diagrams are welcome. Although there is no guarantee a submitted article will be published, every article will be con- sidered. Please send your press releases, articles, and queries to: [email protected]. International Spectrum retains all reprint rights. International Spectrum is a registered trademark and MultiValue twitter.com/intlspectrum intl-spectrum.com/facebook is a trademark of International Spectrum, Inc. All other registered trademarks and trademarks are the property of the respective trademark holders. 4 u INTL-SPECTRUM.COM MOBILE COMPUTING An essential part of business today is mobility. We store and access crucial data off-site more than ever before. Your information needs to be accessible and yet still secure. ARE YOU READY? WE ARE. We are Revelation Software, creators of OpenInsight Development Suite 9.3, bringing you one of the best mobile computing and data encryption toolkits on the market. Go to revelation.com and take a test drive today. PO Box 300 Brookvale, NSW 2100 Australia Phone: +61 2 8003 4199 Fax: +61 2 9332 6099 Email: [email protected] Web: www.revelationsoftware.com.au Hey Good Looking! Using Google Visualization BY BRIAN LEACH ultiValue systems, particularly those with a long ity to process complexity and a willingness to go looking for pedigree, can be deep repositories of information scenarios on which to apply it. — a potentially vital resource in business planning M If you work for a commercial organization, you can prob- and in understanding historic and future trends. All that is ably track volumes over time easily enough, but with even needed is a way to tap that information and present it to the some simple programming you can let your imagination run right people, in the right way, at the right time. MultiValue wild. Take a question like customer retention — how many systems can deliver high quality information in many engag- of your clients come back for more, and how often? Is there ing ways and — always close to the hearts of MultiValue us- a pattern? You will be surprised just how many such metrics ers — for relatively little outlay.
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