Features & News


Happiness, Nothingness, and Long-Term Storage

So-call regulatory compliance solutions are just data movers.

BI-on-Linux Goes Mainstream

BI on Linux picked up even more traction last week as Actuate, Cognos, and Siebel announced product support for the open source operating system

Digital Certificates Secure Web Services, Mobile Communications

Public key infrastructure isn't dead yet.

ETL Comes Roaring Back

ETL market could post 10 percent annual growth through 2006

VoIP Growth Brings Focus on Security Holes

Use of the Internet for telephone calls brings to the fore how security concerns could now spread to your once-secure communications system.

Top 10 Security Modifications in Windows XP Service Pack 2

This XP Service Pack should be called a Security Pack

Briefs

Problems Found in Graphics Library, Mozilla, and PDAs



If SAP CRM Adopters Could Turn Back Time

Study says adopters would do it all over again

Linux World Recap

Novell, Red Hat, Sun make waves

CA, IBM Moving Databases Open Source

Computer Associates positions open source Ingres as a natural for Big Iron Linux; IBM's Cloudscape will become Apache's Derby

Seven Principles of Effective RFID Data Management (Part 2 of 2)

In the second article of our two-part series, we look at four additional principles to help you effectively manage your RFID data.

Meet the Other Linux Mainframe: Unisys' ES7000

Freshly certified for Linux, Unisys’ ES7000 supports mainframe-like features such as dynamic partitioning

My Bad: More on SNIA's Silence

Does it take money and membership in SNIA to get that organization to consider a good product?

In Brief

Samba Exploits, Dumping IE, and Securing iPaqs

JDM API Promises “Data Mining for the Masses”

Proponents say the new standard includes algorithms for classification, regression, association, clustering, and attribute importance, and is designed for both novice and expert-level users.

Caveat Migrator: BI Changes Abound in SQL Server 2005

SQL Server 2005 BI enhancements could pose significant migration, re-education issues

Five Steps to Make Your Security More Proactive

While no single solution solves all problems, getting ahead of security problems can bring big rewards. Here's how to get started.

Regulations, Productivity Spark Enterprise IM Adoption

Free and paid instant messaging use will rise dramatically in the next four years

Case Study: UCI Cinema Adopts SSL VPN for Anytime, Anywhere Access

With personal e-mail available in an instant from any connected PC via free Web-mail accounts, users want to know why their corporate e-mail, applications, and documents can’t behave the same way.

Hosted CRM: Ignore It at Your Own Peril?

As Salesforce.com swims up market, should SAP, Oracle, and PeopleSoft embrace hosted CRM?