J.D. Hicks co-founded Virtual Solutions, a Metamor Worldwide, Inc. company, in 1993. As chief technology officer for Virtual Solutions, Hicks is responsible for directing the research and development of the company's concepts, specifications and applications. For more than a decade, he has been involved in the design, development and support of UNIX database systems. He is knowledgeable about leading data- structures, database design methodologies and the practical use of popular file handlers.

Moving to Open Source
November 1, 1999

Outsourcing the Data Warehouse
October 1, 1999

Web-Enabled Corporate Data
September 1, 1999

Enterprise JavaBeans
July 1, 1999

Web Transactional Options
June 1, 1999

Avoiding Decision Support Bottlenecks
November 1, 1997

Extending the Database to the Web
February 1, 1998

Universal Server Extensibility
December 1, 1997

The Complete Developer's Toolkit: 3GL Solutions
April 1, 1998

The Complete Developer's Toolkit: 4GL Advances
May 1, 1998