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Will Oracle Offer Its Own Distribution of Linux?

Everyone’s doing it these days, so will Oracle jump on the Linux bandwagon?

IBM Touts All-in-One Information Integration Suite

IBM says its Information Server slices, dices, and delivers data of all kinds, from almost any source, and in almost any conceivable format.

The SaaS Paradigm Shift—Did You Catch It?

Software-as-a-Service isn’t just a fad. If market watcher Gartner is to be believed, it’s a full-bore paradigm shift

Oracle’s ETL Power Grab Reconsidered

Some BI market watchers think the Sunopsis buy could spell the beginning of the end for Oracle’s Warehouse Builder.

Improving Business/IT Efficiencies with Enterprise Architects

How an enterprise architect can help you maximize your investment in BPM and BRE tools and other technologies.

Corporate Life or Death: Data Breach Triage

When disaster strikes and victims flood into an emergency room, doctors conduct triage to determine the severity of injuries and who gets treatment first. Companies can similarly prepare for the inevitable data breach by building a cross-disciplined incident team trained to assess the damage, stop the bleeding, and respond appropriately to regulatory bodies and customers.

Could Printers Be Your Biggest Insider Threat?

If you’re only as secure as your weakest link, printers could be your biggest threat.



Sun’s Virtualization Push

Project Blackbox might be a gimmick, but Sun’s virtualization moves are for real

Audits Address Overlooked Legacy Security

Guarding against external threats is important, but don’t overlook legacy systems security.

Productizing Storage Services the IBM Way

How do you help businesses better manage information and increase the performance of their database and storage-related infrastructures?

Aligning IT with Business Processes

Just as physical symptoms indicate underlying system imbalance in humans, an enterprise must be watchful of its technology and business warning signs.

Case Study: z9 Rescues University from Processing Flood While Reducing Costs

The University of Toronto implements IBM’s new z9 Business Class system to increase and improve service levels while reducing costs

Advizor Announces Office-Ready Data Viz Tool

Advizor officials says Analyst Office isn’t a preemptive strike against Microsoft in the Office BI segment.

HyperRoll and Hyperion Settle Accounts

Old patent infringement lawsuits don’t die, they just sort of fritter away....

Celequest’s SaaS Trump Card

Dashboard pioneer announces Software-as-a-Service BI appliance offering

Symantec Report Highlights Web Security Struggle

To reverse the rise of Web-application vulnerabilities, enterprises must patch more than just their operating systems.

Storage Clusters and Beer: It’s All in the Hops

Is a software-only solution to storage manipulation on the horizon?

Case Study: Software Helps Health Insurance Giant Analyze, Extract Mainframe Rules

Health insurance provider balances valuable mainframe logic against need for more manageable system

Proving Grounds: Securing Test Data in Regulatory Environments

In many companies, developers use live data in unsound, test environments but remain unmindful of the fallout if that data leaks out. Why should your compliance guard be relaxed when developers use test data to design the systems that store and dole out access to such sensitive information? Here are five ways to manage test data in regulated environments.

Mainframe Pros Question IBM’s Spending Initiative

Some mainframers think IBM’s $100 million could be better spent addressing training, licensing, and other long-standing Big-Iron pain points