Databases
Microsoft SQL Server is an industry standard database management system that allows data to be stored centrally on a server. Computers can connect to the server and access/manipulate the data via a local network or over the internet.It can be easily integrated with other Microsoft products, such as Visual C++ and Visual Basic for developing Windows programs, and Active Server Pages for creating interactive websites. Data on the server can also be accessed from within Microsoft products like the spreadsheet program Excel and the database program Access.
SQL server was used by Whitespace to create a database for administering exams and qualifications of employees of a major actuarial company. The data could then be accessed by:
the employees via Active Server Pages on the company's intranet.
the human resources department via a back office system written in Visual C++
and via Microsoft Access to produce complex reports on the data.
Whitespace also has significant experience of Oracle. A number of our customers have commissioned us to improve the efficiency of existing Oracle applications and to integrate Oracle data into external applications, including a system which looks at Oracle and SQL Server simultaneously.
Whitespace have also developed their own proprietary database system, written in C/C++ which has been used in several major projects.
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