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Q&A: The Ins and Outs of Enterprise Master Data Management

Will MDM will succeed where past standardization efforts have failed?

Business Processes Key in IBM Products Launch

New products aim to enable businesses using BPM and SOA technologies.

2007 ESJ Salary Survey, Part 4: IT Pros Worry Less But Are Disenchanted

Though IT salaries have grown, IT professionals' satisfaction with both their jobs and salary hasn't budged much

IBM’s Gears up for Web 2.0 Power Play

IBM, Google, and Microsoft ready to rumble for Web 2.0 supremacy

Business Objects Reaches into Unstructured Data

With new BI search and text analytic entries, Business Objects takes on unstructured data

The True Costs and Potential Risks of Outsourcing Software Development

Outsourcing has sparked serious and growing debate. We use a hypothetical software development project to explore the costs and risks for both onshore and offshore outsourcing.

TIBCO Updates Flagship MDM Suite

TIBCO says its newest MDM release is also its most compelling MDM release to date



Encryption in the Field

What keeps notebook data safe is moving deeper into the enterprise

VMWare's ESX Server 3i Makes Preemptive Strike

Analysts see VMWare’s ESX Server 3i as a preemptive strike against Microsoft and other would-be x86 virtualization players

SPSS 16 Pushes Deeper into the Enterprise

As last week’s SPSS 16 announcement makes clear, the company wants to push even deeper into the enterprise

Analysis: PerformancePoint’s Cost Not Likely to Be a Showstopper

For small and medium-sized enterprises, PerformancePoint could be a godsend

Four Steps to Enforcing Access Policies with NAC

How to enforce network access policies with confidence and without disruptions.

How Blades Are Reinventing the PC Wheel

Are the days of fat client PCs -- Windows, Mac, and Linux -- numbered?

Outsourcing: Securing Software Development

As application development outsourcing pushes into high-risk foreign locations, new techniques are needed to protect intellectual property resident within software applications.

Careers: A Job-Seeker’s Market

It’s the fourth straight quarter of sustained optimism on the hiring front. Thank corporate growth and the increasing use of enterprise wireless devices.

2007 ESJ Salary Survey, Part 3: Health-Care Providers and Manufacturers Dominate IT Salaries

In the third of our four-part report, we look at compensation by company size, industry, and region

CA XOsoft Delivers Continuity Confidence

There's no such thing as perfect disaster readiness, but you can still make important decisions to protect your data.

Analysis: A Limber, More Aggressive Cognos?

Is Cognos’ big-budget acquisition spree a harbinger of a more aggressive buying strategy?

Personal Data Warehouses: Challenging a Single Version of the Truth

The data warehouse might not survive a radical re-definition of "single version of the truth."

Microsoft Ships PerformancePoint Server 2007

There’s a good chance PerformancePoint Server could take performance management mainstream