Features & News


Seven Principles of Effective RFID Data Management (Part 1 of 2)

Instant decision-making on high-volume, high-velocity data streams isn't a new challenge. We examine seven principles to help manage RFID data.

Implementation SLAs: Should You Take the Bait?

SLAs help ensure the timeliness and success of your application implementation, but they're anything but a slam dunk

CICS: Lynchpin of the Next-Gen Data Center

IBM releases two new and three updated CICS tools

Careers: Retaining Employees Back in Focus

CIOs talk up employee retention strategies; the return of travel, training, and table tennis

Adaptec and SNAP: Let the Joyous Wedding Begin

Adaptec and SNAP have found each other—and that bodes well for all of us

Linux Gets Host Application Security

New modules in the Linux 2.6 kernel make for easier host-based application security.

Locking Down Endpoints to Prevent Virus Resurgence

Verifying PC security compliance before granting network access



Q&A: Business Objects and Crystal, One Year Later

A merger marked by complementary products that work synergistically—we talk with Business Objects about their acquisition

Briefs

IM Migration Deals, Mobile Viruses, and Zip-File Vulnerabilities

Report Card: Microsoft's SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services

Users say they’re mostly satisfied with the six-month-old version 1.0 product—although almost all have a pet peeve or two they’d like Microsoft to fix

IBM and MicroStrategy Partner for Data Warehousing

New data warehousing bundle taps IBM’s DB2 database, MicroStrategy’s BI platform

Simplify Distributed Networks with Remote Office Optimization

To gain control of data and systems, IT consolidated their environment. A better solution is emerging: optimization tools.

IT Spending: Cost Reduction Still Key

How IT organizations are spending their budgets

Disaster Recovery: Balancing Performance and Availability

Financial services giant finds happy medium between performance and availability with Big Blue’s new DR service for zSeries

Court Rules Against SCO in DaimlerChrysler Suit

SCO’s day in court almost couldn’t have gone much worse; company says it's only a minor setback

Lock-Outs for Independents

Is there a role for the independent integrator in the well-demarcated world of storage vendor relationships?

Q&A: Eradicating Spyware in the Enterprise

Finally there's software to let enterprises remove spyware.

DataFlux Ships New Data Quality Suite

New data monitoring component to assist validation, compliance efforts

Briefs

Microsoft details vulnerabilities (including extremely critical IE problems); safeguarding CAD drawings in your browser

New Spin on an ETL Best Practice

New data extraction tool boasts .NET underpinnings, OLE DB, RSS support