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Design as a Signature Skill for the Knowledge Economy

The knowledge economy makes all of us designers every day. We need to become more adept at inventing and crafting new solutions to new problems.

Careers: IT Staff in "Legacy" Environments Sitting Pretty

Organizations are having second thoughts about the offshore outsourcing craze

SOA: A Reality Check from IT Pros

Up to now, service enablement has largely been the baby of C-level executives and line-of-business managers. Many IT professionals see the promise of the technology, but warn that the reality is several years away.

Five Tips for Transferring IT Staff to Service Providers

IT staff transferred to your service provider don't face a bright future

FilesX: New Tape Killer?

Disk-to-disk solutions are marketed as tape killers. We found one product that may actually live up to that claim.

Q&A: Moving to Web Services Identity Management

Architecting fine-grained access to Web Services for many users at multiple organizations is difficult to implement or audit using identity management software. We discuss alternatives.

Business Objects Pushes Real-time Decision-making

Business Objects bills XI Built for Operational BI as a version of its BI suite that’s optimized for operational decision-making



BIRT: Users Optimistic about Emerging Reporting Engine

Based on the experiences of several users, BIRT looks like a good start—which should only get better

In Brief

Bluetooth Attack Compromises PINs, New Smart Phone Malware, Charting the E-mail Security Market

Oracle Nabs In-Memory Specialist TimesTen

Technology is seen as a potential boon to Oracle’s Fusion Middleware initiative

How to Lower Security Compliance Costs

How organizations can get (and stay) compliant while spending less

Solid Infrastructure Paramount to Successful Outsourcing

Implementing a preventive methodology helps establish a solid infrastructure, raising the outsourcing organization's accountability, forcing them to write better code

Unisys Announces Capacity on Demand—For Intel Servers

Unisys, creator of the first Intel “mainframe,” announced a capacity-on-demand service for the x86 and IA-64 set

StorageTek Customers Pessimistic, Skeptical

Few users think Sun’s stewardship will be a good thing for StorageTek or its customers

Careers: Hiring Is Up But Salaries Are Flat

IT hiring activity looks to be on the rise, but IT compensation levels are stagnating.

ServerGraph to the Rescue

Backups do fail. ServerGraph provides a troubleshooting tool to track down and help you solve problems.

Caveat Browser: Mozilla Targeted

Will security flaws dent Mozilla's status as a trusted alternative to Internet Explorer?

DataMirror Unveils Dynamic ODS Offering

With Dynamic ODS, DataMirror hopes to break out from its association with AS/400 in the minds of customers

In Brief

Microsoft Updates XP WiFi Security, Worm Goes Right-Wing

Case Study: Energy Company Monitors IM

The need to protect its IM users from outside attacks, spam, and regulatory requirements leads Kansas’ largest electric utility to adopt IM monitoring software.