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Reports on database vendors' efforts to improve their product development and delivery. Oracle Corp.'s efforts to maintain its share of the market; Microsoft Corp. as a threat to the vendors; Other companies' efforts to meet market demands.

Focuses on Microsoft Corp.'s marketing of its Windows NT operating system to retailers in the United States. Cost cutting and improvement of customer service through NT; Standard for developing point-of-sale Windows and Windows NT applications; J.C. Penney's corporate NT network; Use of Systems Management Server.

Informs that Microsoft and Novell are reportedly planning an NT Server 3.5 versus NetWare 4.1 showdown at Comdex/Fall in Las Vegas in 1995. Comment on the past battle between Microsoft's LAN Manager and NetWare, Banyan Vines and IBM LANServer.

Warns that, in spite of settlement of a software piracy suit between Microsoft and Gaoli Computer Co. of Beijing, Microsoft should not attempt to launch their online service in China in the near future. The Posts and Telecommunications agency, which rules China's telecom byways; China's plans to tighten restrictions on Internet access.

Focuses on Microsoft's shift in computer architecture from Open Database Connectivity Standard (ODBC) to a new applications programming interface, OLE DB. Comments on the effect on ODBC users.

Reports on Microsoft Corp.'s testing of its SQL Server 6.0. Description of the testing strategy; Software's features and functions.

Reports on International Business Machines Corp.'s (IBM) business alliances with Sybase Inc. and Oracle Corp. that aim to derail Microsoft Corp.'s entry into the database market. Terms of the agreements; Industry analysts' comments.

Reports on users' call for Microsoft Corp. to ensure that it is able to provide more compatibility with legacy systems and better scalability. Microsoft's main interest of pursuing corporations that have committed to a Windows NT-only environment; Connectivity issue regarding Windows NT.

Reports on Microsoft's acquisitions and partnership. Increasing commitment to corporate market; Microsoft to acquire Netwise Incorporated; Information on TransAccess; Microsoft's hopes; Comments from Gary Voth, group product manager in Microsoft's database business unit; Views from competitors. INSET: At a glance..

Focuses on plans by Arbor Software Incorporated to get into the data warehousing market and gain a partnership with Microsoft. Annoucement by Arbor And Microsoft; Background information on Open Budget Pack.

Reports on the popularity of Microsoft Corp.'s SQL Server 6.0 database management software. Comparison with Oracle's software; Applications deployed based on the technology; Performance improvements.

Reports that Microsoft Corp. and International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), vendors of object-oriented software systems in the United States, are turning to outside help to bring their technology to more platforms. Provision of Microsoft's Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) technology for IBM's MVS and OS/400, Unix, and other servers; Tandem Computers' plan to port IBM's SOMobjects middleware to Tandem's servers.

Presents a quotation from Oracle senior vice president Jerry Baker on the company's competition with Microsoft.

Reports on the efforts of Microsoft to enhance the capabilities of the SQL Server 6.0 database. Lack of row-level locking; Deficiencies of SQL Serve 6.0's page-level locking; Plans for a hybrid locking technology.

Reports on the deal between Microsoft and television retailer QVC Inc. on July 15, 1995 to ensure early success for Windows 95. Amount of the software sold on QVC in 90 minutes; Price; Availability.

Reports on Microsoft's Litigation '95, a multimedia reference library, including legal writs, briefs, templates, and forms. Microsoft's battle with the Department of Justice.

Presents an interview with Oracle chairman and CEO Larry Ellison, about Oracle8i, which is touted to give his company ammunition in the Web application scene. Outline of plan to compete with Microsoft; Approach to enterprise computing; Internet computing.

Reports on various vendors' launching of sales automation initiatives to garner a larger share of the crowded front-office market. Oracle's sales-force automation product called Oracle Field Sales Online; SAP's sales-force automation suite; Microsoft's SQL 7.0; Products at the 1998 DCI SFA show.

Interviews Netscape's chief executive officer Jim Barksdale about the major challenges the company is facing, including its continuing browser battles with Microsoft. Netscape's focus on server software; Microsoft's dominant position on the client; US Department of Justice's bid to separate the browser from the operating system (OS); Prospect of Java-based OS; Adoption of Internet protocol-based applications.

Reports on Microsoft Corp.'s concerns about its Windows NT 5.0 product. Company's anxiety over whether it can maintain its revenue growth and its momentum in the enterprise space; First-quarter earnings for the company's 1998 fiscal-quarter; Users' plan to implement Windows NT 5.0 six months after its launching.

Speculates about the effect of the court decision on the antitrust lawsuit filed against Microsoft. Comments from Eric Kuzmack, the lead analyst at Gannett Co.; What will prompt Microsoft to open segments of its practices to the consumers; Impact of the court ruling to corporate users and the Internet industry.

Details the plan of Microsoft Corp. to position its Windows CE as the operating system of choice to run on palmtop systems. Information on the handheld device developed for Windows CE; Background of the collaboration deal between Microsoft and Xerox Corp.

Reports on the widespread corporate deployment of Microsoft Corp.'s SQL Server 7.0 database management software. Features and capabilities; Integration with the Office 2000; Vendors supporting Microsoft's SQL Server; Oracle Larry Ellison's comments on SQL Server.

Updates on Microsoft's vision of a world of Internet-based, three-tier applications a year after introduction of the Windows Distributed interNET Applications architecture. Update to the Component Object Model (COM); COM and two `product strategies' called Forms+ and Storage+.