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Microsoft Unveils New Volume Licensing Plan

Program will let companies use a single ID to track their licensing contracts company wide

BI Industry Shines Despite Vendor Consolidation, Economic Woes

In spite of consolidation and a weaker U.S. economy, the BI industry increased at near-breakneck speed, growing 13 percent in the last year.

Expressor Touts Smarter, Leaner Data Integration

Just when you thought it was safe to close the book on your enterprise ETL options, along comes data integration upstart Expressor Software

SAS Helps Organizations Sustain Their Green Initiatives

Data warehouse practitioners, IT users, and employees in general may find that being "green" is much easier than ever before.

Q&A: BI and the Data Dilemma

Growing data volumes are challenging BI practitioners and IT staff alike. We explore new approaches to dealing with the problem.

8 Best Practices for Encryption Key Management and Data Security

From centralization to support for standards, these encryption key management and data security best practices can help you protect your organization’s confidential data and comply with regulatory mandates.

Vendors Respond to De-Duplication Concerns (Part 3 of 3)

Vendors offer their opinions on staying out of legal hot water to where to expand the use of de-duplication technologies.



Global CEOs Endorse Green IT

Gartner looks at an open letter destined for next year’s G-8 summit

Another Patch-Blocking Problem for Microsoft

Glitch prevents security updates from being distributed through specific Windows Server Update programs

Closing the Loop on SLA Shortcomings

By now, IT and its line-of-business customers should have perfected the art of service level management. The opposite is the case, however.

Securing Your Applications

Firewalls and other technologies no longer adequately protect application code.

Payment Standard for Web Apps Going Live

A new payment card industry (PCI) standard for Web application firewalls and source code goes into effect on Tuesday morning at midnight

SharePoint Takes Center Stage at Catalyst Event

Solution may require some customization to meet an organization's needs, attendees told

Hyper-V Available

Microsoft's first major push into the virtualization space officially kicks off

Adobe Adding CMS Features to Upcoming LiveCycle Release

Company set to release the first update of its year-old LiveCycle Enterprise Suite

TDWI Audio Report: Mitigating Risks in Data Integration

Leaving sensitive data unprotected isn’t just bad business, it can be costly, and it can leave companies at risk of compliance violations with a variety of government and industry regulations.

HP, Oracle Announce Blade-based DW Appliance Killer

The HP/Oracle appliance is optimized for what officials call the sweet spot of the DW appliance market -- the 1-4 TB range

QL2 Tackles Complex, Unstructured Data

QL2 specializes in indexing and querying the most complex unstructured data

Ten Tips for Master Data Management Success

We explore ten things you can do now to prepare your organization for your MDM initiative.

Attacks Target Firefox 3.0 Web Browser

Firefox 3.0 release highlights the perils of information technology celebrity