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IT Losing the War Against Spam

Spam now accounts for close to 90 percent of all e-mail traffic.

Intel's Nehalem-EX to Inaugurate a New Era in x86 Scalability

With new processor, x86 systems are poised to make a serious run at RISC-Unix

Big Blue Makes Its Bid for Next-Gen Nehalem Bragging Rights

IBM beat competitors HP and Dell out of the gate, trumpeting a trio of new Nehalem-EX systems running on the fifth generation of its eXA architecture.

Commodity Iron on Top

Though mainframe sales may be down, commodity server sales are strong.

PDF Payloads Increasingly Pack Malicious Punch

PDF has now supplanted another Adobe technology -- Flash -- as the exploit platform of choice for malicious hackers.

Data Management at a Crossroads

The database industry is at a crossroads, but few agree on where things are headed.

Survey Highlights Plans, Priorities of Retailers' CIOs

Cites a gradual return to pre-recession spending by IT departments



MessageLabs Reports (Slightly) Good News for Security Administrators

Is IT winning the battle against spam, or was a recent drop in malware and phishing volumes just a statistical blip in an otherwise upward trend?

Security Tops IT's Concerns, Symantec Study Finds

Global study of security personnel identifies goals, points out risks and staffing issues

Report: IT Workers May See Pay Bump in 2010

IT organizations are budgeting to give employees a small pay increase in 2010 according to a recent report.

Q&A: Enterprise Storage Challenges

More data means more storage -- and more headaches. We look at today’s storage challenges, the impact of open source storage solutions and server virtualization, and the storage trends to watch this year.

Q&A: Cloud Computing and SOA Convergence

SOA and cloud computing are hot topics in IT. Here's what you need to understand about how they're interconnected and how you can take advantage of their benefits.

Careers: IT Still Seriously Understaffed

Almost half of all IT organizations are understaffed; if or when IT spending comes back, shops may have to scramble to fill these vacancies.

Five Ways to Streamline Your Data Classification Project

This approach can help you achieve data classification results dramatically faster than conventional methods.

Q&A: Assessing Cybersecurity's Past, Planning for the Future

Where is cybersecurity headed? We look at how regulation, social networking, and popular technologies (such as cloud computing) will impact your enterprise’s security management.

On to a New Decade

In 2010, vendor marketing campaigns will ramp up with the usual hype.

IT Shops Shifting Focus to Desktop Backup and Recovery

Harried by legal, regulatory, or competitive concerns, organizations are increasingly paying much more attention to their desktop backup strategies.

Watching Big Iron: A Rosier Outlook for 2010

Mainframe and high-end server fortunes took a beating in 2009. An industry veteran says 2010 is shaping up to be an improvement.

Top 10 Server Trends for 2010

Understanding these ten server trends can help CIOs succeed despite an unsteady economy.

Clouds in 2010: Will Yours Be Lined With Silver or Filled with Coal Dust?

Will 2010 be the first meaningful stage of cloud computing's rocket ride of growth and enterprise usage?