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IBM Makes Big Analytic Play

Does IBM's new business analytic services offering address a pressing market need or is it a technology and services solution in search of a market?

Taking the Art Out of Scalable, Available Data Warehouse Design

Why does designing a scalable, available, and resilient data warehouse sometimes seem like more art than science?

Q&A: More Changes Ahead in BI Landscape

Has the merger mania among data warehousing and business intelligence companies over the past few years strengthened the industry and the products it offers?

VMware Unveils vSphere

Company sees "cloudy" future for the data center

Oracle's Sun Acquisition Spells Uncertainty for Java, Database Developers

Does this mean the demise of key tools, development platforms, and databases?

Focus Data Services Ltd. Gains Deeper Access to Telco Data Records

Massive amounts of customer transaction records can hamper the analysis BI tools provide -- unless you manage the data properly.

Sun to be Acquired by Oracle

Observers caught off guard about transaction valued at $7.4 billion



VMware to Announce Cloud Computing Vision Tuesday

VMware positioning vSphere as coud computing for the data center

April Patch Arrives with Critical Fixes

Addresses 23 vulnerabilities

Q&A: The True Meaning of SaaS and Shared Services

How the terms software-as-a-service and shared services are being used, what they really mean, and where the technologies are headed.

The Rising Tide in the Data Warehouse vs. Data Mart Debate

Although an enterprise scope is still seen as the Holy Grail of data warehousing, departmental and even enterprise data marts are now countenanced as well.

IT Pros Cautious About Moving to Windows 7

Most don't expect to deploy Windows 7 in the next year

MySQL Tuning Best Practices

Detailed tips and tricks for getting the most out of MySQL in the enterprise

Virtualization Benefits: Beyond Server Consolidation

Virtualization has provided economic benefits, but there are more benefits to be had.

Jon Toigo

A Five Billion Dollar Data Center Bailout Strategy

It's time to challenge your concept of how LAN and SAN connectivity should be instrumented, and save money in the process.

Q&A: IT and Business Transaction Management

How managing IT from a business-transaction perspective may guarantee service quality for end users.

Stephen Swoyer

Why Web Attacks Are Rising

A new report shines light on Web-based attacks, concluding that -- in terms of both volume and variety -- they pose a significant, and significantly expanding, threat.

Virtualization Best Practices: Tweaked Proverbs

Despite the novelty of virtualization (along with its unforeseen applications), tried-and-true axioms and sage wisdom of the past -- albeit with new twists -- can guide best practices while treading uncovered ground.

Stephen Swoyer

Intel Pitches Value, Not Performance, in Xeon Launch

By trumpeting new energy and power-management features, Intel and its partners hope to make a business case for Xeon 5550.

Q&A: Preventing Data Loss

A closer look at the components and best practices for success with your data loss prevention project.