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How to Avoid the Common Traps in BI Implementations

Industry experts identify the pratfalls which can sink even the most solid BI project

IBM Sends SaaS With Hosted Messaging Rollout

New Lotus Notes Hosted Messaging service will compete with Google GMail and Microsoft Exchange Online

Off-Cycle Patch Targets Worm-Like Windows Bug

Weaknesses in server service mechanisms could allow for remote code execution

Teradata Unveils Appliance, DW Array Technology

At its Partners user conference, Teradata announced a new appliance model, showcased the next rev of its database, and hinted at a future SSD appliance

TDWI Audio Report: Enabling Real-time Data Quality Management

As companies move toward more real-time operations, customers, suppliers, and employees are increasingly demanding real-time data.

Guided Ad Hoc Query Tool for Business Users Takes Load Off Developers

Information Builders bills InfoAssist as a do-it-yourself or "guided" ad hoc query tool for novice and power users alike

Q&A: Identity Resolution Technology Corrects Customer Data

How identity resolution technology can help enterprises correct the increasing incident of errors in customer data



Q&A: Managing Active Directory

Best practices for managing groups in Active Directory.

Cutting IT Costs: The Need for a Flexible Procurement Model

With as much as two-thirds of the average IT budget devoted to fixed costs, trimming expenses is difficult.

Analysis: Behind Symantec's MessageLabs Play

Symantec spent more than half a billion dollars to buy its way into the SaaS e-mail and Web security segments

Bad Times Call for a Security Check, Experts Say

When it comes to uncertain economic times, companies should double-check their internal policies and procedures

Bigger is Better in Newest Database Niche

Why are hardware and database behemoths focusing so much attention on a segment that -- just 18 months ago -- was a relatively sleepy niche?

Getting the Most from Your UTM

New research from Aberdeen shows how Best-in-Class companies are getting the most out of unified threat management technologies and services.

Data Center Under the Gun: Welcome to the Party

Data center managers have their hands full, from compliance costs (including the threat of fines and imprisonment for Sarbanes-Oxley violations) to front-office interference.

Virtualization Market Strong but Slowing, Report Says

IDC study depicts a slowing worldwide market for virtualized servers; Microsoft and interoperability may be the hot topics for 2009

Ballmer Drops Hints About Windows 7, Cloud Computing

Microsoft CEO holds back on the details, predicts 2H 2009 release

Up Close: Speed, Parallel Processing, and MPP

Neither parallelism (ala Oracle) nor parallelism (ala Microsoft) is classically parallel, or massively parallel (like Teradata, Netezza, and others)

New Competition Validates Importance of Data Warehouse Appliances

Data warehousing firms aren't worried about the rising competition from Oracle, Microsoft, HP, and others.

Q&A: The Trickle-Down Theory in BI

With pervasive BI growing, and barriers to implementation and use dropping, where is BI headed?

Analysis: BI Tools for Sustainability

Sustainability measurement is coming to BI tools, but slowly. Though a few vendors have products in development, only one has one for sale that can figure intricate carbon footprints across an enterprise or for a single product.