Features & News


In Brief

Automating E-Mail Retention, Industry Forms VoIP Security Alliance

Q&A: Opsware’s Utility-Computing Trump Card

Even though HP, IBM, and Sun have monopolized the utility-computing limelight, Opsware believes it has a trump card up its sleeve

Case Study: Rescuing a Hospital Drowning in Paper

How one hospital tapped DB2 Content Manager to drastically reduce its paper and printing costs—and realized other savings to boot

ETL Increasingly Used Outside Data Warehouses

ETL isn’t a data warehousing-only play—companies are increasingly tapping it to support database consolidations and migrations, among other tasks

A Swiss Army Knife for Project Management

One deliverable, two tools, and three rules form the essential Swiss Army knife of effective project management.

A Storage Software User’s Song: Should I Stay or Should I Go?

How many pieces does it take to build a storage management solution?

Best Practices in VoIP Security

Don't forget to secure your VoIP network



In Brief

Resistance, then acceptance of automated e-mail retention; reports of spam’s decline premature

Supercharged Search Coming in Updated IBM EII Tool

Improved search capabilities will make finding corporate information a lot like searching for information on the Web

Is SQL Server 2005 Worth the Cost?

Is SQL Server 2005—even with significantly improved OLAP, ETL, and reporting features—worth the cost?

Association Promotes Web Analytics Value, Standards

The Web analytics market is growing at a healthy 30 percent year-over-year clip

Corporate Security Awareness Grows but Funding Lags

Survey shows security managers still face budget battle

Passionate Support of Users Keeps Legacy Platforms Alive

“Legacy” platforms like OpenVMS and NonStop keep on keeping on, thanks in large part to the passionate support of their users

Cisco’s Aggressive Security Push

A raft of new security enhancements helps bring Cisco to feature parity with other vendors—but the networking giant isn’t yet a security innovator

Careers: How "Inevitable Misappropriation" May Limit Job Mobility

Can your employer prevent you from taking a job with another company—even if it isn’t a direct competitor?

Scaling Without the Scramble

Understanding the four dimensions of scalability will help you successfully take XML and Web services-based SOAs enterprise-wide

Can We Trust Hardware Guys to Do Storage Software?

Hardware or software storage management – that is the question.

Dashboard Deployment Surges in Manufacturing Sector

One in four companies will purchase and deploy a dashboard solution in 2005

Microsoft’s CRM Delay Draws Mixed Reactions

Announcement of a delay with version 2 rankles some users, but most are taking it in stride

In Brief

Anti-spyware fallout, CTOs urge online crime taskforce, Microsoft specs IE7, mobile phone virus arrives in U.S.