Industry analysts at Gartner say forward-thinking companies must develop what they call a “Chindia” strategy 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Fundamental Software has run smack up against Big Blue’s refusal to sanction 64-bit mainframe emulation 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Can you have a personal data warehouse? One man has built it, but you won’t find it in the store, at least not yet.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Tableau 3.0 delivers a host of niceties, including support for rich formatting, free-form annotations, and—chiefly—a new Dynamic Dashboards component. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    C8 BI Analysis for Excel isn’t some gussied-up version of your business-analyst-power-user mentor’s Excel import and export capability, officials promise.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Mobile data management: a risk vs. reward scenario for business. Mobile data management presents a classic risk vs. reward scenario for business. While mobile devices are all but essential for many aspects of business, the risk of lost or stolen data is significant. Learn how companies are controlling the risk around these proliferating devices by assessing critical areas of mobile data management.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Even as IBM and Fundamental continue to wrangle, FLEX-ES shops are dwelling in a kind of limbo. First in a series.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
    
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Network access control—or entitlement control, as Securent calls it—is all about authentication, access, and authorization.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The deal helps position Software AG as an ascendant SOA player in both North America and the EU
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Network access control is a hot topic, and there’s more clarity than marketing hype about the technology.  We look at the basics of NAC and where it’s headed.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft officials say PerformancePoint will help take performance management mainstream. So do many of the company’s competitors. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    It seems every vendor has its own pet take on how BI and PM relate
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Just how similar are BI and PM? How do they complement one another, and how do they differ? The issue might not be as complicated as it looks….
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A security vulnerability in AJAX-based applications will challenge development teams but is unlikely to slow AJAX’s rapid growth.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM last week unveiled two new System i servers for the SMB market
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    How Web services can make or break an enterprise architecture.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Antivirus/antispyware package get upgrades while small and mid-size businesses get backup and migration tools
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Real archiving is more challenging to set up and manage over time than simply backing up data.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    BI giant SAS announced expanded System z support for its Enterprise Intelligence Platform and touted a new sub-capacity pricing option, to boot
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In addition to its best-of-breed data quality platform, DataFlux has the makings of a formidable customer data integration platform, too.