VMWare might be far out in front, but don't count Microsoft out
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    What to consider when developing your risk-mitigation strategies
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    New products and services help organizations deal  with complexities of service-oriented architectures
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Steady growth in company's server and tools business
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    New database will RTM in third quarter
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Bundling agreements can be beneficial for both vendors and their customers, who are exposed to more BI functionality.  However, there are risks for the customer. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Will MySQL transform Sun into a BI and DW force to be reckoned with? 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
    
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The move seems to have come out of nowhere.  What does it all mean?
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Is an incentive program the right way to drive increased greenness in storage and server operations?
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    How implementing a network configuration management strategy and solution can help effectively manage compliance-related tasks and all configuration changes
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Most analysts believe the acquisition benefits both companies and is a signature milestone in Sun's long and painstaking trek back to relevancy.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Efforts meant to help compete against Vmware
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IT has been managing performance and planning for capacity changes forever, but new technologies are posing challenges to the old methods.  What is IT doing right and what mistakes are planners still making?
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A recent outage focuses attention on document access
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Company also acquires desktop virtualization vendor
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Oracle, IBM, and SAP sit atop the performance management heap, but several best-of-breed players are doing their best to keep things interesting
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM's acquisition of Cognos may not change much in the short term, but will it dampen user enthusiasm for the new Cognos 8.3 release?
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Move instantly makes Sun a player in the database market dominated by Oracle, IBM, and Microsoft
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The culmination of a diligent and thoughtful process, says BEA chairman
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    How to streamline the information extraction process