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                    Most BI and PM players see an upside to SAP’s acquisition of Business Objects—but no two vendors see the same one.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    TDWI’s second San Francisco-area chapter meeting attendees heard expert advice on offshoring and dashboards.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Do VMware engineers have a clue about storage?
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Judging from this month’s flurry of new product announcements, BEA’s mainframe software business is alive and well
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Why new tools are needed for rapid problem identification
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    If it seems that companies aren't learning anything from the front-page security mistakes of competitors, take heart: Consultants and security experts are. Based on their experience and observations, here are 10 security gaps the experts have observed over and over, along with advice for addressing them.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
    
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Outsourcing your key applications can bring big benefits to small IT shops
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Big Blue also plans to publish typical energy consumption data—based on a monthly survey of approximately 1,000 customer machines—for System z9
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    How Oracle’s new data warehouse appliance entry complicates things for just about everyone.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    What does the deal portend for customers? A mixed bag, analysts say.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    SAP’s acquisition of Business Objects underscores how BI vendors are splitting into two camps.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Is server virtualization the answer to storage worst-case scenarios?
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The three most important attributes of system implementations are behavior, behavior and behavior. We explain why.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Is Microsoft’s come-to-software-as-a-service invitation sincere—or just a token gesture?
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    October brings forth multiple upgrades to products enabling service-oriented architectures.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Getting into the sandbox might make you more secure
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    CA positions GRC Manager as the industry's first portfolio-based solution for IT governance and risk management
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Moving your small virtualization project into full-enterprise use?  We'll show you what problems lie ahead and how to avoid them.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    What books have provided inspiration and insight for BI thought leaders?