Outsourcing IP VPNs, IBM's Rational Software acquisition, and BEA's updated Tuxedo for Web Services
After assuming the mantle of “mind share leader” in application-centric storage management, BMC After assuming the mantle of “mind share leader” in application-centric storage management, BMC Software has pulled the plug on its storage business unit. Lamentations aside, the company is owed a few parting kudos for steering the storage industry a couple of degrees toward the direction of end user requirements.
HP, IBM, and Sun market competing infrastructures for utility computing
HP and IBM separately disclosed chip technologies that will double the capacity of their current server offerings
A spring storm forced the state of Connecticut to undergo a $15 million move to a new data center with Voice over IP, improved network performance, and better mainframe and server maintenance.
Botched IE update disrupted browser authentication and help
"Pre-OS environment" can launch security and recovery applications that boot before Windows
Avoid these weak spots in your Web applications.
This year, as security incidents meet last year's level, e-mail administrators will finally fight back against spam and companies will kiss their first-generation intrusion detection systems (IDS) goodbye. Those are just a few of the trends in Boston-based analyst firm Aberdeen Group's security predictions for 2003.
Automated monitoring key to HIPAA compliance; Symantec fields questions from worried users
IT managers craving a simple way to trade compressed and encrypted files usable on almost any platform, take note. PKWare Inc. recently announced a range of compression products that can trade “zipped” files with 256-bit AES (Advanced Encryption Standard)—an encryption algorithm—across a range of operating systems, including Windows, Unix, MVS and AS/400.
Integration Architect builds upon Data Junction’s ETL expertise
Big Blue unveils instant messaging community service for iSeries users
IDC predicts that growth will peak at $27 billion in 2011
The University of Michigan Healthcare System leverages an IBM solution to ensure HIPAA compliance
Next revision of its flagship IDE announced at Visual Studio .NET conference; development tools vendor FMS and publisher Sybex announce .NET products
A reader challenges my "success story" column (on buying from a small vendor) with the need to manage risk.
The University of Wisconsin needed to replace legacy homegrown mainframe software, written in COBOL on a Bull mainframe, with Web-based software. It now runs Sun servers hosting Oracle databases.
Spam, mothballing early IDS tools, and more intrusions top Aberdeen’s list of predictions
Vulnerabilities, and how to attack them, detailed in Open Source project report