Windows Azure will let people more easily plug into such public data, Ozzie says.
A recent survey sponsored by on-demand BI provider Birst finds that nearly half of respondents would consider a BI solution delivered as a service. Top concerns remaining around SaaS BI are complexity of integration, security, and opposition from IT, the survey found.
Data mining is just one component of business analytics. You must ask yourself: do the results make sense?
Microsoft investigating holes in Server Message Block file-sharing protocol.
MapReduce ready for the mainstream, or is it best used in niche environments?
Keynote focuses on Azure, cloud computing
Green IT is no fad. Paying attention to how resources are used to deliver information services in an energy-efficient, environmentally, and economically-friendly manner to boost efficiency and productivity is here to stay.
Can a company that promotes its products with "green" benefits actually demonstrate those benefits in its own shop? At Symantec, the savings were, indeed, impressive.
IT employers aren’t so much looking to fill specific jobs as trying to stock up on specific IT skill sets. The upshot is that some skills are safer than others.
An economy on the cusp of recovery presents an unprecedented opportunity, particularly when it comes to transforming underperforming IT operations.
A new solution to data security is predicated on -- and anticipates -- human behavior by embedding corporate policies into documents and images.
Company responds to complaints from users
How useful is user account control feature?
Cisco's announcement of a new hosted e-mail service is causing high-pressure rumblings in the cloud computing space.
Free consumer apps are also key its enterprise software development strategy.
HP will pay $2.7 billion in cash in an agreement reached by the boards of both companies.
Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor distributed on "pirate" sites.
How IT organizations are managing the mainframe environment to reduce costs while delivering greater value.
From establishing governance and transparency to embracing smart timing and change, following these four tips at the start of your data migration project will dramatically increase your success.
An organization's security has a lot to do with its E-mail system, a top security official at Microsoft suggested.