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Voice-Enabling IT Apps Gets Easier with Multi-Vendor Package, VoiceXML

Two companies have teamed up to simplify creating voice-enabled applications

Management Software Offers Slew of Security Perks

Protecting mission-critical data means looking at port and USB vulnerabilities.

Wait Is on for Next-Gen Dashboards

Are next-gen dashboards too good to be true? It all depends on what you mean by "dashboard," industry watchers say.

BEA Revamps, Re-Launches EII tool

Far from being a BEA-only deliverable, ALDSP is a bona-fide EII contender, analysts say.

Survey Says: Microsoft a BI Force to be Reckoned With

If both Gartner and IDC say a trend’s a trend, then it must be a trend, right?

Case Study: Rules Management Solution Powers Customer Incentive Program

Huge computer distributor sees immediate benefit from rules management

The Cold, Hard Costs of Data Exposure

Broken lock: $25. Stolen laptop: $1,500. The cost of corporate data breach: Priceless. Learn how to deploy resources and leadership to most effectively deal with the aftermath of sensitive data exposure.



Management by Security Class

Sooner or later, technology to allow a true ILM was bound to come along.

Trends: SAS, SPSS Push into BI Stronger than Ever

Two mainframe number-crunching mainstays make their bids for broad BI dominance

Reaping the Benefits of Service Level Management

Management of IT performance for business results is within the reach of most organizations

Podcast: Real-Time Business Intelligence

BI 2.0 gives you “one version of the truth” in real time.

New “Security” Blanket for Developers

V.i. Laboratories promises that CodeArmor can application code from piracy and reverse engineering

Careers: IT Hiring Still Strong

Thirteen percent of CIOs expect to hire new IT workers in the coming quarter

BO’s BPM Push, Redux

Business Objects must surmount several obstacles on its way to BPM prominence.

SPSS 15: Has Bells and Whistles, Will Go Mainstream?

Officials say the new suite will help SPSS break through to mainstream success.

Cognos Talks up BI on the Go!

Forget thin clients, the next frontier in enterprise information delivery might be mobile, roaming, or—heck—even roving clients.

Selling IT's Business Value to Management

Why IT must take a lowest common denominator approach to dealing with the suits

Big Iron Front and Center in Big Blue’s SOA Push

IBM is touting a more abstract kind of workload—the mainframe-as-service-enabled hub

Optical: A Better Vision for Archiving?

As you consider your archive options, don’t count out optical.

Case Studies: SOA in an Age of Legacy Integration

It’s a challenge to bring the mainframe into the modern age of service-oriented architecture but there’s a huge payoff once the job is done.