Many BI pros are already working with PerformancePoint -- some in production -- while still others are anxious to put it through its paces in their environments
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    BI was made for economic slowdowns, and over the coming year it may get a chance to show its stuff.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Respondents said they are using a mixture of open source and  proprietary solutions
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM’s acquisition of Cognos was explained in greater detail last week; we explore the impact for BI practitioners
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Is IBRIX truly a vendor-agnostic technology that can dramatically improve data access speeds?
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM is aiming its Information-on-Demand pitch to both IT professionals and business decision-makers
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Independent survey reveals gap between virtualization’s importance and IT’s confidence in managing it effectively
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
    
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The number of new vulnerabilities disclosed by researchers actually declined in 2007 -- the first time that’s happened since 2003 -- but it’s not all good news.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    How is your IT environment performing?  A new class of performance management software helps you look for patterns and spot abnormalities.  
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft's developer-friendly focus continues apace -- with some new wrinkles
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Creating state-consistent point-in-time snapshots is now possible in server virtualization environments
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Scale was behind Microsoft's interest in Yahoo
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Company reverses earlier decision to release in mid-March
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Two OSes closely tied together
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A new version of the enterprise service bus released
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    One dozen security fixes due next week
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    New survey quantifies premium IT pays for poor requirements gathering; focus on process, not documentation is key
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    As enterprise and mobile applications converge, users will demand consistency on mobile devices.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With text analytics poised for growth -- especially as a means to parse and index unstructured data -- it's a propitious time for SPSS
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Data modeling, proponents say, can help insulate an organization against change. Sounds good -- but is it true?