Features & News


Can Upgrading to IE9 Save IT Money?

Tiny sample shows big payback: $3.3 million in 15 months.

BI Case Study: Hospitality Firm Cleans Up with BI

A small vacation property-management company in the famed Outer Banks of North Carolina brings in analytics software to maintain its high standard of customer service -- and to stay competitive against national chains.

Accelerating BI Adoption in Smaller Enterprises

Business intelligence in small and midsize enterprise shops is an anecdotally tough nut to crack. A new report claims to offer up a nutcracker of sorts.

Ensuring SharePoint 2010 Availability with Virtualization

Careful consideration and implementation of virtualization technologies can make protecting SharePoint Server 2010 potentially cheaper, but not always easier.

Understanding the Cloud: A Primer for Prospective Users

Key technologies enabling clouds, the three types of cloud environments, and options for getting to the cloud.



Spearphishing on the Rise

Attackers are reducing traditional mass-spam phishing campaigns in favor of targeted or spearphishing attacks.

Q&A: Best Practices for Avoiding Mobile Malware

Mobile devices are bombarded by direct attacks and those designed for any Web-connected device. We explain best practices for end users and best practices for IT that can protect against these attacks.

Reports: IT Should Accommodate Homemade Apps and BI Tools

Resistence is futile, analyst firm warns.

Kognitio Touts "Train-of-Thought" Analytics

Company says the OLAP status quo has got to go.

Yet Another Exchange Service Outage from Microsoft

North American BPOS customers suffered e-mail outages today of up to three hours before service was restored.

10 Best Practices to Build Deeper Business Connections

These 10 best practices examine key business integration tasks that are critical to building deeper connections with customers and trading partners.

Microsoft Accelerating Client Side of SkyDrive

Updated photo viewing, file browsing features use AJAX.

A New Approach to Mobile Encryption

Piecemeal efforts only resolve some threats while burdening IT resources. Enterprises need to take an entirely new perspective for managing mobile security.

Q&A: Why Government Agencies Are Finally Moving to the Cloud

Cloud computing is a popular architecture, and U.S. agencies are finally getting on board.

Mainframe 2.0 at 2.5

Two and a half years on, CA says it has substantially delivered on its Mainframe 2.0 vision.

How to Reduce Your BI Platform Costs

Streamline BI admin costs to save money, but don’t forget to keep the pressure on your software vendors, too.

4 Steps to Successful Application Managed Services

If you're thinking about ceding control of some applications to others, this four-step recipe can help you create and enjoy a successful and safe relationship.