Features & News


Job Scheduler Re-emerges as Workflow Automation

Tidal Software's Enterprise Scheduler can automate jobs based on “business calendars” so operators can run a job on relative dates (such as the first and third Thursdays each month)

IT Briefs: Dell/Oracle Alliance, Datasweep Release, Microsoft Forms RFID Council

Dell to include Oracle database software in PowerEdge servers; Datasweep releases J2EE version of Datasweep Advantage Suite Version 6.0; RFID council formed

Storage Growth: Lowering The Limbo Stick

The reality is that demand for more storage is not growing as much as originally forecast—and the forecast revisions are significant. How are analysts deriving their numbers?

Microsoft Reporting to Ship in Visual Studio Control

SQL Reporting Services will be available in 2005 version of Visual Studio

Case Study: Securing Mail Transactions in Any Form

Encrypting information and keys in hardware

Case Study: Outsourcing Data Quality

By verifying names and addresses over the Web, Saab provides near-instant lead generation for its dealers

Business Objects Updates ETL Tool

New features for Oracle databases, data quality capabilities, and integration with Crystal Enterprise highlight new release



In Brief

Cisco sign-on, IE cross-scripting lead vulnerabilities this week

Businesses Ignore Mobile PDA Threat

When it comes to mobile devices, why do so many companies avoid the security issues?

Five Ways to Promote Your IT Department and Gain User Support

From newsletters to user surveys, making your IT department more visible to end users offers big rewards

Q&A: Scaling Application Expertise Helps the Help Desk

Mercury Interactive's new Resolution Center encapsulates expertise for first-tier help desk personnel

Swap Green Screens for a Web Interface in Under an Hour

IBM says its HATS tool can quickly expose mainframe applications to the Web

Reader Mail: A Response to the FCIA

The author outlines 10 reasons why he disagrees with the FCIA's view of FC SANs

SAS9—Better Late Than Never

SAS makes its formal debut as an end-to-end BI player

Microsoft: OLAP Market King?

A British market research firm reports that the software giant had the leading—but not dominant—OLAP market share last year, despite selling an old product

Security Briefs: Encrypted Attachments Carry Threats

Sneaking vulnerabilities into the enterprise through encrypted attachments pose new problems; ISPs will spend $245 million this year to combat problems, in large part because of home users.

Case Study: Stopping Leaks of Program Code

Using pattern matching with information taxonomy tools to track sensitive information leaving the company

Human Error Tops List of Vulnerabilities

Only half of respondents in a new survey say their company has a written security policy. Furthermore, despite the increases in threats, many organizations have been slow to make the appropriate investments in time and budget to properly address them.

The Spreadsheet Is Dead—Long Live the Spreadsheet

Companies using spreadsheets alone can spend five months or more on budgeting and planning than those who use spreadsheets with other planning and budgeting tools, analyst says.

The Changing Face of Host Integration

Rather than moving host applications off the mainframe to save money, analysts suggest that it's time to look into service-oriented architecture