Service Broker is a key Microsoft product in support of message-based processing between applications. Pro SQL Server 2008 Service Broker helps you to take full advantage of this key Microsoft technology, beginning from the fundamentals, moving through installation and application development, and ultimately showing you how to develop highly available and scalable applications based upon the Service-Oriented Architecture that is fast gaining ground as the way forward in application development. Comprehensive approach to developing with Service Broker Strong focus on best practices and real-world scenarios Covers the key aspects of distributed application design What you'll learn Understand the fundamentals of message-based processing. Install Service Broker and manage the environment. Design databases for service-oriented applications. Develop distributed applications. Build in scalability and high availablity. Apply best practices to avoid future trouble. Who is this book for? Pro SQL Server 2008 Service Broker is written for new and existing users of Service Broker who wish to develop service-oriented and distributed transactions that scale well, that are resilient against failure, and that are as future-proofed as possible from the application of current best practices in Service Broker development. About the Apress Pro Series The Apress Pro series books are practical, professional tutorials to keep you on and moving up the professional ladder. You have gotten the job, now you need to hone your skills in these tough competitive times. The Apress Pro series expands your skills and expertise in exactly the areas you need. Master the content of a Pro book, and you willalways be able to get the job done in a professional development project. Written by experts in their field, Pro series books from Apress give you the hard-won solutions to problems you will face in your professional programming career. Related Titles Pro T-SQL 2005 Programmer's Guide SQL Server 2008 Transact-SQL Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach

Take full advantage of everything SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services has to offer and deliver customizable, webenabled reports across your business at a reasonable cost. Learn bestpractices from professionals who use SQL Server Reporting Services daily to deliver solutions to paying clients and gain the competitive edge on using Microsoft's enterpriselevel reporting platform.Provides bestpractices for using Reporting Services Written by practicing professionals with paying clients Your key to delivering business intelligence across the enterprise What you'll learn Write efficient queries on which to base a report Build and lay out a report using Report Designer Enable end users to create ad hoc reports on demand Combine Reporting Services with Analysis Services, SharePoint Portal Server, and other technologies to deliver business intelligence across the enterprise Secure and audit your reports as part of your regulatory compliance efforts Customize your reports using C# assemblies and embedded Visual Basic .NET code Who this book is for

Data analysts, developers, database administrators, and others who develop and deploy reports using Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services.

Businesses today want actionable insights into their datathey want their data to reveal itself to them in a natural and userfriendly form. What could be more natural than human language? Naturallanguage search is at the center of a storm of everincreasing webdriven demand for humancomputer communication and information access. SQL Server 2008 provides the tools to take advantage of the features of its builtin enterpriselevel naturallanguage search engine in the form of integrated fulltext search (iFTS). iFTS uses textaware relational queries to provide your users with fast access to content. Whether you want to set up an enterprisewide Internet or intranet search engine or create less ambitious naturallanguage search applications, this book will teach you how to get the most out of SQL Server 2008 iFTS: Introducing powerful iFTS features in SQL Server, such as the FREETEXT and CONTAINS predicates, custom thesauruses, and stop lists Showing you how to optimize fulltext query performance through features like fulltext indexes and iFilters Providing examples that help you understand and apply the power ofiFTS in your daily projects What you'll learn Harness the power of iFTS for your applicationsAdminister iFTS catalogs and indexesUse new iFTS features such as stop lists and iFTSbased dynamic management functionsOptimize and tune iFTS queriesImplement languageaware, naturallanguage searches for dataSimplify searches of structured and unstructured content Who this book is for

The audience for this book includes SQL Server, SQL and Transact-SQL developers, and also .NET developers, who want to take advantage of the integrated full-text search (iFTS) functionality available in SQL Server 2008.

Many would argue that the single, most important job of a SQL Server database administrator is to be able to recover your database in the event of loss or damage. Pro SQL Server Disaster Recovery helps you meet that goal by showing you how to think about and plan for potential problems. You'll learn to anticipate and reduce the likelihood of a disaster, and to mitigate the effects of a disaster when one does occur. Perhaps most importantly, you'll learn how to prepare so that you can return a system to its normal state quickly, ensuring system availability and the continued success and operation of your business.

Many SQL Server features and technologies are, or can be put to good use in disaster recovery planning. In this book, you'll learn about powerful tools and features -- such as Database Snapshots and Mirroring -- for data backup and disaster recovery that are present in SQL Server 2005, and that are enhanced in SQL Server 2008. Also covered are common issues to expect when using these features. This book explores your options by examining the technical details of disaster recovery features and then applying that knowledge to practical scenarios.

There's a human side to disaster recovery planning as well. Like few other activities, disaster recovery planning requires that you work closely with a wide variety of people from all across your organization. People skills are as critical to disaster recovery planning as technical skills, and perhaps more so. This book does not leave you in the dark, but provides sound advice on how to keep disaster recovery planning projects on track, how to avoid dangerous scope creep, and how to work effectively with the variety ofpersonality types that you will encounter.

Disaster recovery planning is really about sleep. When you get the call at 3: 00 am that your database is lost, don't wake up with that icy feeling in your veins. Instead wake up with confidence that you have a plan in place, a plan that you've practiced, that management has bought into, a plan that you can execute even while half-asleep to get your database, your company, and your job back on track. What you'll learn

This book shows you how to implement an effective disaster recovery strategy for SQL Server 2005 databases. It covers: Real-world examples of data loss and what might have been done to prevent it A systematic, problem-based approach to designing a disaster recovery plan Pitfalls one might encounter, and how to deal with them Team dynamics, and the soft-side of disaster planning New technology in SQL Server 2005 and 2008 that takes disaster recovery beyond the simple backup/recovery plan When and why to use disaster recovery features, as opposed to just describing how they work
Who is this book for?

SQL Server database administrators

Book + Content Update Program SQL Server 2016 High Availability Unleashed provides start-to-finish coverage of SQL Server's powerful high availability (HA) solutions for your traditional on-premise databases, cloud-based databases (Azure or AWS), hybrid databases (on-premise coupled with the cloud), and your emerging Big Data solutions. This complete guide introduces an easy-to-follow, formal HA methodology that has been refined over the past several years and helps you identity the right HA solution for your needs. There is also additional coverage of both disaster recovery and business continuity architectures and considerations. You are provided with step-by-step guides, examples, and sample code to help you set up, manage, and administer these highly available solutions. All examples are based on existing production deployments at major Fortune 500 companies around the globe. This book is for all intermediate-to-advanced SQL Server and Big Data professionals, but is also organized so that the first few chapters are great foundation reading for CIOs, CTOs, and even some tech-savvy CFOs. Learn a formal, high availability methodology for understanding and selecting the right HA solution for your needs Deep dive into Microsoft Cluster Services Use selective data replication topologies Explore thorough details on AlwaysOn and availability groups Learn about HA options with log shipping and database mirroring/ snapshots Get details on Microsoft Azure for Big Data and Azure SQL Explore business continuity and disaster recovery Learn about on-premise, cloud, and hybrid deployments Provide all types of database needs, including online transaction processing, data warehouse and business intelligence, and Big Data Explore the future of HA and disaster recovery In addition, this book is part of InformIT's exciting Content Update Program, which provides content updates for major technology improvements! As significant updates are made to SQL Server, sections of this book will be updated or new sections will be added to match the updates to the technologies. As updates become available, they will be delivered to you via a free Web Edition of this book, which can be accessed with any Internet connection. To learn more, visit informit.com/cup. How to access the Web Edition: Follow the instructions inside to learn how to register your book to access the FREE Web Edition.

Oracle is the number one database engine in use today. The fact that it is the choice of military organizations and agencies around the world is part of the company s legacy and is evident in the product. Oracle has more security-related functions, products, and tools than almost any other database engine. Unfortunately, the fact that these capabilities exist does not mean that they are used correctly or even used at all. In fact, most users are familiar with less than twenty percent of the security mechanisms within Oracle.

Written by Ron Ben Natan, one of the most respected and knowledgeable database security experts in the world, HOWTO Secure and Audit Oracle 10g and 11g shows readers how to navigate the options, select the right tools and avoid common pitfalls. The text is structured as HOWTOs addressing each security function in the context of Oracle 11g and Oracle 10g. Among a long list of HOWTOs, readers will learn to:

• Choose configuration settings that make it harder to gain unauthorized access
• Understand when and how to encrypt data-at-rest and data-in-transit and how to implement strong authentication
• Use and manage audit trails and advanced techniques for auditing
• Assess risks that may exist and determine how to address them
• Make use of advanced tools and options such as Advanced Security Options, Virtual Private Database, Audit Vault, and Database Vault

The text also provides an overview of cryptography, covering encryption and digital signatures and shows readers how Oracle Wallet Manager and orapki can be used to generate and manage certificates and other secrets. While the book s seventeen chapters follow a logical order of implementation, each HOWTO can be referenced independently to meet a user s immediate needs. Providing authoritative and succinct instructions highlighted by examples, this ultimate guide to security best practices for Oracle bridges the gap between those who install and configure security features and those who secure and audit them.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Databases in Networked Information Systems, DNIS 2007, held in Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan in October 2007. Focusing on data semantics and infrastructure for information management and interchange, the papers are organized in topical sections on geospatial decision-making, Web data management systems, infrastructure of networked information systems, and Web query and web mining systems.

This brilliant new book gives readers the lowdown on the most important new features in the latest release of Oracle's flagship database product. Authors Sam Alapati and Charles Kim are experienced database administrators who go beyond regurgitating Oracle's new feature documentation to report on "what's new that really matters." Readers whose careers are bound up in Oracle's database system need to know what's new. Sam and Charles deliver with a rigor and candor that will help readers choose the best of the new features to apply in their own environments.

It's sometimes said that the true job of an Oracle database administrator can be summed up in one, essential skill: to be able to recover your database.

There's much wisdom in that statement. Of all the things you are responsible for as a database administrator, nothing is more important than the data itself. Like it or not, the fearsome responsibility of protecting your organizations most critical data falls squarely upon your shoulders:

Lose that data and your company could fail. Lose that data and you could be out of a job.

Scared? You should be. But theres help. You are not alone. Oracle experts Darl Kuhn, Sam Alapati, and Arup Nanda have come together in this book to show you the power of Recovery Manager, or RMAN, which is Oracles backup and recovery tool of choice. "RMAN Recipes for Oracle Database 11g" helps you take advantage of all that RMAN has to offer by providing easy-to-understand solutions to business-critical backup and recovery operations. This handy guide

Demystifies the steps required to protect your business data Provides ready-made and step-by-step solutions to simple and complex backup, restore, and recovery operations Is task-oriented, making it easy for you to find the solution to pressing backup and recovery problems Respects your time by providing example-based solutions, not endless reading material

When the pressure's on, you dont have time for long discussions of theory. This book gets right to the point with quick and easy-to-read, step-by-step solutions that can help you backup and recover your data with confidence.
What you'll learn

Oracle Database experts Darl Kuhn, Sam Alapati, and Arup Nanda show you how to

Reliablyback up and recover your database using Oracles Recovery Manager. Utilize New Oracle Database 11g features such as the Data Recovery Advisor. Let Oracle Database manage your backup files via the Flash Recovery Area. Automate backup and recovery tasks by writing scripts. Troubleshoot RMAN problems and optimize RMAN performance. Interface with a Media Management Layer to manage your backup tape library. Recover from the loss of a control file, loss of an online redo log, and other (hopefully!) unusual situations.

Who is this book for?

Oracle database administrators responsible for database backup and recovery operations.

While building on the skills you already have, Expert SQL Server 2005 Development will help you become an even better developer by focusing on best practices and demonstrating how to design high-performance, maintainable database applications. This book starts by reintroducing the database as a integral part of the software development ecosystem. You'll learn how to think about SQL Server development as you would any other software development. For example, there's no reason you can't architect and test database routines just as you would architect and test application code. And nothing should stop you from implementing the types of exception handling and security rules that are considered so important in other tiers, even if they are usually ignored in the database. You'll learn how to apply development methodologies like these to produce high-quality encryption and SQLCLR solutions. Furthermore, you'll discover how to exploit a variety of tools that SQL Server offers in order to properly use dynamic SQL and to improve concurrency in your applications. Finally, you'll become well versed in implementing spatial and temporal database designs, as well as approaching graph and hierarchy problems.

Pro Access 2007 will help readers overcome any upgrade issues, covering the new features of Microsoft Access 2007, including working with SharePoint Office Server and customizing Ribbons (the new UI in office 2007). It includes solid examples that thoroughly explain new features. This book is aimed at professional developers and power users new to Access 2007. Author Martin Reid is also a working Access developer who is respected by his peers and knows what working developers face, especially at the time of a new release.

A dream come true for those looking to improve their data fluency

Analytical data is a powerful tool for growing companies, but what good is it if it hides in the shadows? Bring your data to the forefront with effective visualization and communication approaches, and let "Data Fluency: Using Data Presentation Tools for Effective Communication "show you the best tools and strategies for getting the job done right. Learn the best practices of data presentation and the ways that reporting and dashboards can help organizations effectively gauge performance, identify areas for improvement, and communicate results.

Topics covered in the book include data reporting and communication, audience and user needs, data presentation tools, layout and styling, and common design failures. Those responsible for analytics, reporting, or BI implementation will find a refreshing take on data and visualization in this resource, as will report, data visualization, and dashboard designers.Conquer the challenge of making valuable data approachable and easy to understand Develop unique skills required to shape data to the needs of different audiencesFull color book links to bonus content at juiceanalytics.comWritten by well-known and highly esteemed authors in the data presentation community

"Data Fluency: Using Data Presentation Tools for Effective Communication" focuses on user experience, making reports approachable, and presenting data in a compelling, inspiring way. The book helps to dissolve the disconnect between your data and those who might use it and can help make an impact on the people who are most affected by data. Use "Data Fluency "today to develop the skills necessary to turn data into effective displays for decision-making.

A comprehensive reference to the updated and new features of Access 2013

As the world's most popular database management tool, Access enables you to organize, present, analyze, and share data as well as build powerful database solutions. However, databases can be complex. That's why you need the expert guidance in this comprehensive reference. "Access 2013 Bible" helps you gain a solid understanding of database purpose, construction, and application so that whether you're new to Access or looking to upgrade to the 2013 version, this well-rounded resource provides you with a thorough look at everything Access can do. Explains how to create tables, manipulate datasheets, and work with multiple tablesTeaches you how to apply the seven-step design method to build databases that are tailored to your needsCovers building forms with wizards, creating bound and unbound forms, and adding data validationShows you ways to automate query parameters, create functions and subroutines, and add programmed error routinesFeatures a bonus website with content that contains all source code from the book as well as bonus shareware, freeware, trial, demo, and evaluation programs

If you are looking for a comprehensive book on all things Access, look no further than "Access 2013 Bible."

Creating clear and comprehensive reporting functionality is one of the most important, and most misunderstood, tasks that developers do in professional life. The reports they generate are used by both their clients and their own managers to assess the performance of their applications and to gauge how well the application meets business objectives. This book shows how to use Visual Studio 2005 and complementary technologies, such as Crystal Reports, to quickly and simply create fast, flexible reporting for applications of any size. In this book our experienced author team shows how to create the best results as efficiently as possible.

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SQL Server 2005 will increase your programming options, productivity, analysis, and database management. If you have some basic knowledge of relational databases and want to start a career as a developer using SQL Server, then this book is your ideal first step. It explains the core jobs and roles for developing a database in both SQL Server 2000 and 2005.

This book features practical steps to help you overcome issues youre likely to encounter. You'll learn to use SQL for querying, inserting, updating, and deleting data. You'll also learn how to back up and restore databases for basic administration in SQL Server. Further, you'll cover how to build a complete database, from the fundamentals of relational database design to table and index creation.

Additionally, you'll start to program in T-SQL, SQL Servers implementation (and extension) of the SQL programming language, and you'll come away with effective programming techniques using stored procedures and triggers.

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. 250+ Ready-to-Use, Powerful DMX QueriesTransform data mining model information into actionable business intelligence using the Data Mining Extensions (DMX) language. Practical DMX Queries for Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services 2008 contains more than 250 downloadable DMX queries you can use to extract and visualize data. The application, syntax, and results of each query are described in detail. The book emphasizes DMX for use in SSMS against SSAS, but the queries also apply to SSRS, SSIS, DMX in SQL, WinForms, WebForms, and many other applications. Techniques for generating DMX syntax from graphical tools are also demonstrated in this valuable resource. View cases within data mining structures and models using DMX Case queries Examine the content of a data mining model with DMX Content queries Perform DMX Prediction queries based on the Decision Trees algorithm and the Time Series algorithm Run Prediction and Cluster queries based on the Clustering algorithm Execute Prediction queries with Association and Sequence Clustering algorithms Use DMX DDL queries to create, alter, drop, back up, and restore data mining objects Display various parameters for each algorithm with Schema queries Examine the values of discrete, discretized, and continuous structure columns using Column queries Use graphical interfaces to generate Prediction, Content, Cluster, and DDL queries Deliver DMX query results to end users Download the source code from www.mhprofessional.com/computingdownload

This informative field guide provides scripts, notes, guidelines, and references to guide readers safely through the crucial day-to-day administration tasks that fall within their jurisdiction. This book contains tips, techniques, and guidance for administering the highly complex Oracle E-Business Suite--all in an easy reading and quick-to-navigate format.

In this book, youll learn how to: Install, configure, and troubleshoot a testing environment with PHP/MySQL and Apache or IIS Learn the fundamentals of PHP and good database design Use Dreamweaver 8 server behaviors to create robust dynamic applications that validate user input for greater security and reliability Incorporate live XML feeds into your web pages with PHP and Dreamweaver 8s new XSL Transformation server behavior Download and apply a suite of custom-built PHP functions designed exclusively for this book Want to add the power of a database to your websites? Build online forms that send feedback straight to your inbox? Incorporate live news feeds and XML data into your web pages? This book shows you how to do all that and more. Dreamweaver 8 takes a lot of the hard work out of integrating a database into your websites, but it cant do everything. So instead of just giving you a series of instructions to click this and click that, this book helps you understand whats going on in the background. As a result, youre more likely to remember and to get it right. Most books on PHP concentrate on code and throw all design considerations out the window. This one is different. It makes use of Dreamweaver 8s vastly improved CSS rendering, and shows you how to build a site thats smart in both senses of the word. It looks good and is intelligent too. Youll learn how to change the entire look of the site, using PHP to serve up different stylesheets each month. Youll also build a contact form protected against email injection attacks. All of Dreamweavers PHP server behaviors are put through their paces, and youll even make some custom server behaviors that will come in useful on any site youcreate. Two chapters take you through the setup process with step-by-step instructions for both Windows and Mac OS X, helping you make the right choices: Apache or IIS? Remote or local testing? There are even instructions on how to set up virtual hosts on your own computer. And in the unlikely event that things go wrong, theres plenty of troubleshooting advice too. In this book we look specifically at using Dreamweaver's built-in server behaviors to build dynamic web sites using PHP and MySQL, the worlds most popular open source server-side language and database server combination, which are both reliable, powerful, and open source (and therefore free to use!) This latest version of Dreamweaver includes more powerful support for PHP and MySQL than ever before, and we'll show you how to make this work for you. No previous experience of PHP or MySQL is necessary to use this book. Examples built throughout the book include a content management system, and an online image gallery. All examples are designed to meet modern usability requirements and be web standards compliant. Summary of Contents: Introduction Chapter 1: So, You Want to Build Dynamic Sites? Chapter 2: Dreamweaver and PHPA Productive Partnership Chapter 3: Getting the Work Environment Ready Chapter 4: Getting Ready for the Case Study Chapter 5: Integrating PHP into Your Site Chapter 6: Getting Feedback from an Online Form Chapter 7: Putting the Power of a Database Chapter 8: Building a Random Quotation Generator Chapter 9: Working with Multiple Tables Chapter 10: Using Sessions to Track Chapter 11: Displaying a Blog and Photo Gallery Chapter 12: Using XSLT to Display Live News Feeds and XML Appendix A: Using Languages OtherThan English in MySQL Appendix B: Essential MySQL Maintenance Index

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It does a good job of covering the fundamentals and simple reporting needs. For the SSRS newcomer, it is a great place to start. -- Will Wagers, C# Online.NET

SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) 2005 is the latest version of the reporting technology from Microsoft. This book examines all of the technology that SSRS provides to design, author, render and deploy professional business reports to the Web or to the company intranet (in a variety of formats, from HTML to XML, PDF, or TIFF), with detailed examples at every step.

It covers all of the new functionality present in the 2005 version, including the new management and BI development studios as well as the new report viewer controls and end-user reporting tools. It also contains significantly expanded chapters on Business Intelligence along with a wealth of tips and workarounds for effective development with SSRS.

The authors are both highly experienced with SQL Server and with business reporting in the medical industry, which is subject to rigorous HIPAA regulations and strict security. It is not their intention to evangelize the product or present "idealized" examples based on the simple built-in schemas. Instead, they take a hard, critical look at the technology and provide exactly what the reader needs to know to deliver effective reports. Their code examples are based on real, complex schemas and the need to deliver versatile, dynamic reports, as well as on strict security and performance requirements.

In summary, this book will provide you with step-by-step guides, best practices, and realcode examples covering all of the common Reporting Services tasks, including: A detailed overview of the reporting architecture and tools The new Report Definition Language Standard, which is XML-based and allows you to define reports in VS.NET Building effective queries for high-performance reporting Building custom .NET applications with SSRS Rendering reports to HTML, XML, PDF and Excel Deploying secure reports, using Windows authentication through Active directory Business Intelligence reporting using SQL Server Analysis Services

SQL Server 2005 Express is the database component of Microsoft's Express Suite of products. It is free of charge, inherits many (non-enterprise) features from SQL Server 2005, and comes complete with development and administration tools. As such, it is an ideal database for developers and administrators to use in prototype/evaluation projects. It is also a powerful development platform for database applications on nonprofit websites, e-commerce sites, and in small offices and departments.

Author -->Rick Dobson--> provides all of the installation, configuration, administration, and development techniques that you need to build applications quickly. He focuses on techniques that are easy to learn and transparent in their real-world translations. Topics include the SSMS-based query tool and T-SQL programming, and Visual Basic Express and Visual Web Developer, both with SSE, to build Windows Forms applications and to develop ASP.NET web applications.

SSH, or Secure Shell, is the de facto standard among users and administrators who wish to establish secure communication between disparate networks. This book is authored by a Fortune 100 system administrator, who will provide you with a highly practical reference for configuring and deploying OpenSSH in your own environment.

Some of the topics covered in this book include: OpenSSH installation and configuration, key management, secure logging, client/server architectures, and digital certificates. The author also provides you with complete deployment scenarios that arise daily in enterprise environments, both large and small. Table of Contents Legacy Protocols: Why Replace Telnet, FTP, rsh, rcp, and rlogin with SSH? A Quick SSH Implementation The File Structure of OpenSSH The OpenSSH Server The OpenSSH Client Authentication Advanced Topics TCP Forwarding Managing Your OpenSSH Environment Scripting with OpenSSH SSH Tectia Server

SQL Server 2000 is the leading relational database for the Windows platform. It's a full-featured, enterprise-class database server, but its ease of use and maintenance makes it suitable whether youre a junior, part-time, or advanceddatabase administratoror developer. SQL Server expert and author Joseph Sack covers all SQL Server 2000 features, so you'll be able to rely on this book when you're in the field and need quick, effective solutions.

Included are hundreds of practical recipes that describe and demonstrate the utility of a feature or functionwith the minimum necessary background theory. This quick and effective reference highlights the specifics of every SQL Server command or process. Further, this special signature edition contains a searchable PDF of the book, making it ideal to use as both a desktop reference, and a client-site field guide.

The MySQL database server continues to enjoy an aggressive development schedule, with new features and enhancements released on a regular basis. Most notably, the changes to version 4 and the forthcoming version 5 are among the most significant in the history of the project, and serve to further extend the already considerable capabilities this popular open source database server offers its millions of users worldwide. MySQL 5 is expected to be released in late spring/early summer 2005.

Pro MySQL provides intermediate and advanced MySQL users with a comprehensive guide to the array of features available in these new versions. Clustering, replication, transactions, and subqueries are just a few of the topics youa (TM)ll find in this book.

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Information systems in healthcare and public utility services depend on comp- ing infrastructures. Many research e?orts are being made in related areas, such as wireless computing (e. g. , Auto-ID Laboratories, and projects at MIT), W- based computing, and information accesses by Web users. Government agencies in many countries plan to launch facilities in education, healthcare and infor- tion support as a part of e-government initiatives. In this context, information interchange management has become an active research ?eld. A number of new opportunities have evolved in design and modeling based on new computing needs of users. Database systems play a central role in supporting networked information systems for access and storage management aspects. The4thInternationalWorkshoponDatabasesinNetworkedInformationS- tems (DNIS 2005) was held on March 28-30, 2005 at the University of Aizu in Japan. The workshop program included research contributions, and invited c- tributions. A view of research activity in Information Interchange Management and related research issues was provided by the session on this topic. The invited contribution was contributed by Dr. Umeshwar Dayal. The workshop session on Web Data Management Systems had invited papers by Prof. Elisa Bertino, Prof. Masahito Hirakawa, and Prof. William I. Grosky. The two sessions on Networked Information Systems included invited contributions by Prof. Sushil Jajodia, Dr. Cyrus Shahabi, Prof. Divyakant Agrawal and Dr. Harumi Kuno. I would like to thank the members of the Program Committee for their support and all authors who considered DNIS 2005 in making research contributions.