IBM's vision puts the mainframe in the center of a distributed application ecosystem that consumes data served up by zIIP workload engines
Organizations want to proactively identify and retain top employee performers before they can be identified and potentially wooed away by rivals.
Can MOM—a manager-of-managers for data archives—really make it all better?
Microsoft released six critical updates for PC and Mac, and Adobe patched Flash. Grabbing headlines, however, was the file-eradication spree triggered by an update to McAfee's antivirus program, causing users to question automatic patches.
While many small and medium-size companies fear spyware, they don’t think spyware infections can happen to them. Despite highlighting viruses, worms, and spyware as top network security concerns, many don’t actively combat even one of these problems.
Can the open-source BI Reporting Tool (BIRT, for short) displace more powerful—and costly – third-party offerings?
The week that was in business intelligence.
Thanks to five years and more of gestation, many of the business intelligence (BI) facilities Microsoft ships with SQL Server 2005 bear only a facile resemblance to their predecessors. We spoke with SQL pros about the good, the bad, and the lovely qualities of Redmond’s next-gen BI stack.
Bot networks are behind the rise in malicious code aimed at capturing sensitive information. Also, IM attacks decrease during February.
The only way to solve the seemingly intractable problems of storage management is to do so strategically.
A core capability of the grid is parallel distributed computation—scaling application performance beyond what is possible with one computer or grid “node.” Unfortunately, most applications today don’t take advantage of parallel computing.
What’s not to like about z/Linux and other cheap mainframe workloads?
The need to automate time-consuming, manual patch processes drove one financial institution to adopt patch management software.
Fully 12 percent of CIOs expect to hire new IT workers in the upcoming quarter
Now that Oracle’s on board, all three market-leading database vendors have articulated enterprise search strategies.
Business intelligence powerhouses Hyperion and Teradata last week announced a combined retail analytics solution.
This week, Applix unveiled a Windows x64-ready version of its OLAP engine. Pre-release demand, officials claim, was through the roof.
Tardy SCO denied in bid to depose industry heavyweights Intel and Oracle
After the largest known compromise of personal information, the FTC details the information security failures that helped caused it.
IT is continually pressed to improve service levels while controlling the organization’s overall IT costs. A key driver to achieve this objective, and align IT with business priorities, is the utility computing strategy. We explore its benefits and how it can be applied to branch offices.