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Linux Struts Its Stuff as a Database Platform

Linux-powered databases post strong showings in price and performance benchmarks

Big Blue Trumpets ARM With Help from Siebel

The ARM standard is designed to help simplify transaction performance monitoring for Web applications

Field Report: Sarbanes Oxley and the Value of SCM Solutions

There is no single software solution that will solve all the Sarbanes-Oxley regulation requirements, but supply chain management solutions can help.

A Tale of Two Announcements

Important announcements from Hitachi Data Systems and Computer Associates may look similar from 50,000 feet, but on closer inspection they're quite different.

Patch or Perish: Symantec Notes Dramatic Increase in Threats

Symantec's assessment of system vulnerabilities in the first half of this year shows a dramatic increase in the number and potential destruction of security threats.

DataMirror Unveils Integration Suite

New offering supports relational and non-relational data stores, distributed and mainframe computing platforms

IBM-PeopleSoft Accord Has Strong BI Ramifications

By aligning with middleware-rich IBM, PeopleSoft can talk up a strategy of its own to counter SAP’s NetWeaver and Siebel’s UAN initiatives



Smart Cards Gear Up For Biometrics

Smart cards, currently a favorite of governments and large corporations, are getting more powerful, incorporating Java and USB technologies.

In Brief

Banks help ID thieves; unified security appliances; server security

The Balanced Scorecard: An Untested Hypothesis

There’s a problem with scorecarding, balanced or otherwise: No one knows if it actually works.

SAS Puts a BI Spin on Time-Tested IT Management Practices

New product exploits scorecard analytics to present information in a way that’s intelligible to executive decision-makers.

Sun Issues Mixed Message on Linux

Sun may be on a comeback, but its inability to articulate a Linux vision that’s all things to all people could continue to dog it

It’s Time for Your Data to Talk: A Look at Data Integration

Successful data integration can mean the difference between a company that realizes its full potential and one that just keeps missing the mark. We present an overview of what’s involved to successfully cleanse and integrate data on disparate systems in multiple locations.

BMC Brings IMS Into the SmartDBA Fold

The latest SmartDBA tool lets DBAs manage IMS from the same console they use for Oracle or DB2

What Does Storage Want to be When it Grows Up?

A Computer Associates vice president for marketing of BrightStor products suggests storage management today is a child still in the throes of personality development.

DataFlux Taps World-Check for Data Quality Compliance

For data quality vendors, it’s not enough anymore to do name and address validation

In Brief

Symantec grabs @Stake; JPEG vulnerabilities; Mozilla holes; Sniffer worm

Best Practices: IM Monitoring

Under pressure from such regulations as HIPAA, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and Sarbanes-Oxley, companies increasingly have to account for their corporate instant messaging policies. Yet many organizations don’t have rules for IM use.

ETL: Vendors Pay Attention to the Mid-Sized Enterprise

The ETL mid-market is in play, and Ascential, Informatica, and other vendors are taking notice

Hyperion Revamps Essbase, Releases New Analytics

Essbase gets its second coming-out party, and a new name, in nearly as many months