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Podcast: Security and Hosted Applications

How secure are those online applications?

The Attack from Within: Stopping Malicious Insiders

While many IT managers obsess about hackers and external attackers purloining sensitive company information, studies point to a worse problem: the insider threat.

IT Shops Turn to "Blended Sourcing"

In spite of an economic recovery, it isn’t quite business as usual—or business-circa-1999—for beleaguered North American IT pros

More Vista Security Details Emerge, But Will Enterprises Bite?

The next-generation Microsoft operating system packs needed security features, but the adoption forecast for Windows-weary enterprises is cloudy.

Careers: IT Pros Now Outsourcing Service Providers

Some mainframe and minicomputer programming vets have embarked on a very different career path—as outsourcing services providers

Circling the Data

Active-Circle says it provides a centralized mechanism for establishing policy-based management across your existing network-attached infrastructure. We take a closer look.

Cognos Courts SAP

Cognos unveiled an SAP-friendly refresh of its C8 BI suite and announced a new BI search tool. Not bad for a week’s work.



The Information Access Times Are a-Changin’

Information access market braces for change as non-BI vendors increasingly angle to get in on the act.

Oracle’s Business Intelligence Bombshell

Oracle’s new BI suite has an ambitious new vision: one that places Oracle-the-BI-power prominently in the forefront.

Building Better Applications: Beyond Secure Coding

While teaching developers “secure coding” techniques is important, experts say far more is needed to actually produce secure applications.

Regulations Spur Adoption of Network Access Control

Regulated companies are increasingly adopting NAC to screen network access, enforce security policies, and block malware outbreaks.

Q&A: Straight Talk on Mainframe Futures

Seagull Software’s Andre Den Haan isn’t a knee-jerk contrarian—but he also isn’t afraid to call it as he sees it

Three Spring Projects for Storage Managers

Spring cleaning is a reminder to get busy with long-delayed projects, including several projects we ought to be initiating today to improve our storage infrastructure for the rest of the year.

Enterprise Grid Computing: Three Deployment Strategies (Last in a 7-part Series)

The advance of grid computing will bring in new capabilities, cut costs dramatically, enable increasingly ambitious projects, and offer more advanced capabilities to customers. While the implementation details are different for each industry, some strategies are common to all. We explore three strategies.

Enterprise Search: IT Faces the Google Phenomenon

Oracle enters the already-crowded enterprise search market, as IT moves to supply fast but secure search results.

IBM Fleshes Out DI, IM, DW Portfolios

The revamped DWE 9.1 does little to address Big Blue’s MOLAP value proposition, which has been MIA since last summer.

How Enterprise Search Changes Everything—Especially Expectations

Enterprise search is a market Oracle, Microsoft, and IBM—along with most business intelligence pure plays—can ill afford to ignore.

Data Warehouse Appliances: Cost-Effective and Growing

The appliances market is maturing, and as more companies explore this relatively new tool, the storage size of appliance solutions keeps growing.

Business Intelligence Trends: A J2EE Cottage Industry

There’s a thriving market for J2EE-centric reporting tools—a surprising number of which are commercial propositions.

Enterprise Grid Computing: Industry Verticals (Part 6 of 7)

We explore industry verticals that are are pioneers in grid adoption or illustrate significant, untapped benefits from grid adoption.