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Crystal Users Cautious and Guarded

Key to satisfaction: product support

Integrating Security into Software Development

AppScan Developer Edition provides fully automated application security testing for major development environments

BI Consolidation Continues as Hyperion Acquires Brio

Analysts give move favorable reviews

The Perils of Identity Mismanagement

eProvision Role-Out normalizes, reconciles, and cleans user identities

Actional Revamps Web Services Management Tool

SOAPstation can manage XML services created and deployed before Web services standards were developed

Briefs: Oracle’s Deep Pockets; Disaster Recovery for NAS Servers

Oracle expects the PeopleSoft acquisition price tag will rise to $7.5 billion; NSI offers NAS-focused version of Double-Take

SCO to Linux Users: Get Licensed or Face Possible Litigation

In light of new copyright, analysts say customers should factor in the potential for liability when making Linux purchasing decisions



Where Techies Go For Help

While it's no surprise that over half use the Web first to solve technical problems, co-workers make a surprisingly poor showing

Storage Management: Headed for the Switch

Sun's must-read white paper articulates its vision of switch-based storage management as well as anyone could today. The question is, can we get there from here?

Informatica Retreats from Analytic Applications Market

Company will no longer sell analytic applications directly to customers; move signals a return to company's roots

Marrying Data Visualization with BI

Information Builders VP says visualization is a technology that allows you to figure out what you want to ask.

Teaming Identity Management with Auditing

Novell's Nsure Audit helps you comply with government regulations, organizational policies

California Privacy Law: Goodbye Good Intentions

New law mandates information theft disclosure no matter what

Business Objects Nabs Crystal Decisions in Surprise Move

Company says it's seizing the opportunity to take a leadership position in the BI market

Briefs: Brand spoofing on the rise; e-Security update

SurfControl reports brand spoofing is on the rise; e-Security updates Enterprise Security Management software

BMC Revamps "Lite" Management Tool

Patrol Express gives customers only the infrastructure management and monitoring products they need

Oracle Reassures Users as PeopleSoft Acquires J.D. Edwards

Virtual town hall meeting called to address PeopleSoft users' concerns; Oracle executive says it's all about maintenance, not expensive marketing

Briefs: EMC's Metered Storage Appliance, Windows Server 2003 Migration ROI

OpenScale Automated Billing lets you install storage and network bandwidth and pay only for what you use; re-examining ROI arguments for Windows Server 2003

IT Basics: Blade Server Management

Paving the Way for the Next-Generation Data Center

EMC: The Software Company

EMC's acquisition of Legato Systems raises interesting questions