Features & News


Microsoft Enters Quasi-Appliance Fray

Microsoft says that SQL Server Fast Track systems can be pre-tested to scale to up to 32 TB -- at a claimed $13,000 per TB.

Release Candidate of Vista SP2 Now Available

TechNet and MSDN subscribers can access release; available to general public next week

Google To Impose Fees for App Engine

Basic engine will remain free

Q&A: How BeyondTrust Addresses Windows Security

How should IT pros control user access in a Microsoft environment?

Citrix, Microsoft Take Aim at Enterprises With Essentials

Technologies calculated to shoehorn into enterprise data centers dominated by VMware

Universities Pilot Cloud Computing Initiative with IBM

Program provides researchers, students, and faculty access to business software and software development tools

Red Hat Enters Enterprise Virtualization Space

Unveils roadmap for suite of enteprise-ready virtualization products



Symantec Releases Endpoint Virtualization Suite

Helps IT departments provision applications and workspace components to endpoints

Hackers Targeting IE7 After Security Patch Issued

Attack uses malicious Word file

SaaS BI to the Rescue

It's precisely in today's economy that SaaS BI, with its promise of rapid and inexpensive deployments shines

Judgment versus Analytics

A recent survey made BI stomachs turn when it reported that 40 percent of business decisions relied on judgment instead of analytics.

Microsoft and Red Hat Team on Virtualization Support

Deal ensures Windows operating systems and Red Hat Enterprise Linux OSes can run as virtual machines on each other's platforms

Forrester Details Strengths, Weaknesses of EDW Power Players

Forrester report helps enterprises distinguish between products in a crowded enterprise data warehouse marketplace

Q&A: Maximizing Network Performance

Network management is more than just knowing if devices are operating properly.

Gartner Estimates Energy Savings from PC Power Management

The next front in the struggle to make IT “greener” will unfold at your fingertips -- on the ubiquitous end-user desktop

Fostering a Culture of Compliance: Six Steps to E-Mail Security

To successfully address weaknesses in current e-mail security, IT departments can take six proactive steps now to help their enterprises meet compliance regulations and prevent e-mail misuse.

In the Tape vs. Disk War, Think Tape AND Disk

Here's a simple solution to the disk vs. tape debate: use the technologies together and get the best of both worlds.

How Bad Economy Is Good for Cloud Computing

Enterprises are taking a pragmatic approach to using hosted applications, especially with regard to security and privacy

Pentaho Touts All-in-One Value of Open-Source Suite

If open-source BI is a suite proposition, Pentaho is a sort of meta-suite

How BI Buying Habits Are Changing

Many customers are adjusting -- in some cases drastically -- their BI buying and deployment habits.