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Microsoft Lays Off 1,400; More Layoffs Ahead

Company pre-announces gloomy earnings, forecase

Q&A: Building Simpler Data Bridges with Open Source and SaaS

What’s driving the interest in software as a service, and how can the right integration solution move the integration process out of IT and into the hands of tech-savvy business analysts?

Data Theft Hits the Heartland

Nearly 100 million records may be compromised

IBM Cognos Introduces All-in-One BI Solution for Retailers

A punishing business climate provides an opportunity of sorts -- for companies willing to grasp it.

In Tough Economy, Vendors Stress Value

BI vendors have remarkably self-serving views on how and where your company should direct its IT dollars in these tough economic times.

Analysis: Commoditizing Analytics

Can analytics be a commodity? LucidEra's Pipeilne Healthcheck evaluates a company's sales process in 48 hours. Some experts say it's the new face of analytics.

Spammers to Target Job-Hunting, Professional Networking in 2009

Security consultancy AppRiver anticipates a new wave of spam and malware attacks focusing on job-hunting and professional networking sites.



Report Sees Cloud Trend for OSS Developers

Google's App Engine is preferred cloud provider

Amid Economic Turbulence, Mainframes Counter IT Cost-Cutting Trend

This year isn't like 1999, and Big Iron could be in an enviable position should things get even worse.

A Trio of Technologies for Tackling Expansions in the Data Center

When used together, server virtualization with N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV), blade servers, and Fibre Channel SANs provide a mature, robust infrastructure for data centers.

Why Data Protection Budgets are in Trouble

Data protection budgets are in trouble because executives are getting the wrong pitch from storage pros.

A New Standard for Securing Optical Storage

How a new spec targets data protection on PCs, servers, mobile devices, and hard disk storage devices.

Meeting the Challenges of IT Asset Management

Tracking IT assets has become more complex as the nature of these assets has rapidly changes. Given these changes, how should IT manage its assets?

IT Spending to Hold the Line in 2009

There’s some comfort in a recent survey from Gartner, which says IT spending will neither plummet nor surge in 2009. In short, IT spending will likely remain flat.

University's Agile Software Factory Aims To Fill Enterprise Demand

First program in higher education offers agile "service-learning" for credit

XBRL Now Mandatory at SEC

Ruling requires domestic and foreign issuers of financial statements to submit their primary statements and footnotes in XBRL format

Amazon Unveils Public Data Sets

Service provides access to a centralized repository of publicly available scientific, demographic, and medical data

Actuate 10 e.Spreadsheet Released

Users can view dynamic data in Excel format

Microsoft Taps Schools for Exchange 14 Testing

Focus on testing scalability of online solution using a multitenant hosting architecture

Jaspersoft's Strong December Attests to Popularity of Open Source BI

Open source reporting specialist Jaspersoft finished the year on a high note