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IBM’s Next-Gen i5 OS Touts New POWER6 Server

There’s still plenty of life left in Big Blue’s midrange server line

The Changing Face of Disaster Recovery

SHARE recently announced a list of five disaster recovery and business continuity recommendations that it says all mainframe shops would do well to follow.

A Paler Shade of Green Storage

A greater use of the "delete" key may be the greenest data strategy of all.

Hiring Challenge: Finding Candidates that Fit to a T

The future of business demands more than just links between IT and business.

Oracle 11g, AppSecInc a Go?

Security isn’t a current stumbling block for Oracle 11g and Applications Security Inc. represents a breed plugging database security gaps

Job Scheduling: JCL Emulation Products

In the conclusion of our three-part series, we examine JCL emulation products and review the status of job scheduling products for the Windows platform.

TDWI Radio News: InetSoft Focuses on Operational BI

Going with the flow, InetSoft embraces open standards while pushing operational business intelligence.



How Business Sponsors Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Dashboard

And with strong top-down support right out of the gate, itfs no wonder dashboards have such canft-miss momentum.

Dashboard Yea or Dashboard Nay?

Haven’t we been here before (20 years ago), when executive information systems first came to the fore? Yes and no, experts say.

Postini and Google: An Intriguing Combination

The Fortunes may soon smile on the combination of Postini’s communications security and Google’s SOA.

Job Scheduling: Product Capabilities and Market Trends

In the second part of our three-part series on workload automation, we compare mainframe- and distributed-based job schedulers.

IBM Acquires Key Mainframe, System i Integration Technology

IBM’s acquisition of DataMirror’s technology will likely find its way into the company’s DB2 database

Analysis: Behind Big Blue’s System i Reshuffle

The reorganization could revitalize a System i business that is in need of a jumpstart, analysts say.

E-Mail Archives: Keys to Message Classification and Retention

How intelligent archiving utilizes intelligent classification and retention technologies while reducing storage costs and simplifying management.

Storage Security, Part 7: Confusing Encryption with Security

Confusing encryption with data storage security can be dangerous to your storage protection strategy.

Podcast: Agile Development

Agile development’s benefits are considerable, but the approach may not be right for every project.

TDWI Tech Market Report Distills BI Tools Landscape

Get the skinny on the business intelligence tools market.

Still Another Data Integration Independent Acquired

IBM positions the DataMirror acquisition as a coup for its ever-expanding information management portfolio. No surprise there!

TDWI Radio News: SOA, Cognos Style

We keep hearing about SOA, but what does it mean, really?

Shoring Up Your Framework

No single enterprise risk management framework is comprehensive enough to guide your company in meeting all of its compliance, governance, and risk management needs. Instead, you'll want to selectively combine standards by building around a central framework, such as COSO or AS/NZS 4360, and reinforcing it with one or more of these risk assessment standards.