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Q&A: How to Successfully Migrate Legacy Data

Updating applications with current technology means IT must make sure no data is left behind.

Extreme Collaboration and the Cloud

Although cloud computing gets all the attention, extreme collaboration, an emerging business model, will ultimately deliver value well beyond current market expectations by enabling faster and better business transformation.

Q&A: Tackling "Big Data" Challenges

How big is big data, and how can you get it under control?

Office 365 Release Date Set

Successor to Microsoft's Business Productivity Online Suite coming June 28.

Six Myths about Data Analysts

The growing importance of data analysts in business has brought along a few mistaken beliefs about them.

The Case for Data Virtualization (Revisited)

At some point, advocates argue, data management diehards are going to have to come to terms with something very much like virtualization.

Security Vulnerabilities Down but Still Strong

Although the frequency of security vulnerabilities continues to decline, vendors were still preoccupied with patching last year.



Forrester Examines Strategies for Microsoft Licensing

Will Microsoft try to move its business customers more toward paying Software Assurance licensing fees?

Why Hardware-based WANs Are Obsolete

Hardware solutions are costly and time-consuming. Is it time you moved to a software solution?

HTML 5 Specs Ready for Final Review

HTML 5 Working Draft reaches "Last Call" milestone.

Careers: IT Jobs Growth a Double-Edged Sword

The economy last month added more new IT jobs than at any point over the last four years, but the picture is changing radically.

Q&A: Best Practices for Enterprise-Scale Identity and Access Management Systems

What is IAM and how can you make an IAM project a success?

Deloitte Makes Its Bid for Analytic Prominence

Is this the beginning of a BI SaaS acquisition frenzy?

Q&A: Data Marts Regaining Respect -- With Caveats

Reining in data marts is challenging but necessary.

EMC Makes Big Data Move

EMC positions the Greenplum HD Data Computing Appliance as a key component in its new Hadoop-centric analytics push.

IBM Bringing Windows to the Mainframe Later This Year

IT mainframe pros will have to wait until Q4 to get their first look at IBM's Windows-on-zBX offering. Will it be worth the wait?

5 Best Practices for Reducing IT Complexity

Can your business users trust your IT department? A new approach to enterprise automation may help IT better manage IT complexity and enhance that user/IT trust.

Q&A: Best Practices for Working with Unstructured Data

What is unstructured data and how should IT search on and store it?