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Gartner Dissects Google vs. Microsoft Cloud Battle

Organizations should start experimenting with Web apps from Google, Microsoft, and other software companies

Google Deemed "Most Disruptive" in Mobile Market

Google is set to disrupt the mobile communications industry with its mobile operating system, according to Strategy Analytics.

Twitter and FTC Settle Over Privacy Breaches

Twitter agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it put consumer privacy at risk.

IE 9 Platform Preview 3 Released, Supports Canvas

Microsoft announced the third "platform preview" release of its Internet Explorer 9 browser prototype

IT Spending Budgets Not Yet on Upswing

Computer Economics has painted a pessimistic view for IT budgets the near future

The Growing Case for Third-Party Data

Far from being a complementary or nonessential data management option, third-party data can become a competitive differentiator.

BI Trends: LyzaSoft Champions Social Media

The current debate about social media in the context of BI presages its inevitable acceptance, Lyza officials argue. Five years from now, they claim, social BI will be a reality -- and Lyza 2.0 aptly demonstrates its promise.



Q&A: Basic BI Takes Step-by-Step Approach

A consultant offers BI basics for executives, project managers, and developers.

The Emergence of Integration-as-a-Service

Thanks to aggressive service enablement and the efforts of DI vendors, another integration paradigm -- call it Integration-as-a-Service -- has emerged.

CA Positions Chorus as Boon to Mainframe Knowledge Transfer

CA Technologies positions Chorus as a good environment in which to "train-up" novice staff; the trick will be to get older professionals to adopt it.

Q&A: The Changing Role of the Technical Business Analyst

With so many positions being outsourced, one that remains in-house is the business analyst. We explain how the role of the analyst is changing.

IBM's Past May Hold Clue to SAP's Future

What does SAP's acquisition of Sybase foretell? IBM strategy in acquiring another prominent 1990s data management leader -- the former Informix Software -- might hold some answers.

Top Tips for Effective DI

A new report breaks the hard problem of data integration down into an easily-digestible checklist of ten DI recommended practices.

Q&A: Agile Data Warehousing

We explore the difference “agile” makes in your data warehouse.

Q&A: BI Architecture in an Agile Environment

What role does BI architecture play in an agile environment?

Microsoft Enhances Hyper-V R2 for Failover Clustering

Microsoft announced earlier this month that failover cluster support using Hyper-V R2 has received a boost.

Q&A: Mobilizing System i Data

IBM's System i has long been a trusted computing platform, but it's 24 x 80 column data layout is out of touch with today's Internet and mobile devices. Here's how to bring its data into the 21st century.

Careers: Where's the Recovery?

The hiring outlook for the next quarter is better than the status quo, but probably not what IT pros had hoped for.

Getting the Most from Active Directory in the Enterprise

How IT can address the challenges of Active Directory

ISVs Release SharePoint 2010 Tools at Tech-Ed

One month after the release of SharePoint 2010, the third-party market for SharePoint tools is heating up.