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One of a Kind: Teradata Touts Active Data Warehousing

Only Teradata does ADW, officials say, and ADW isn't just marketing-speak.

Q&A: Encrypting Flash and Solid State Memory Devices

How self-encryption works to secure data on flash and SSD drives.

Security: Spam for the Holidays

This year, spammers are more proactive than ever, and that has some security researchers worried.

Reaping the Benefits of RIA and SaaS

Rich Internet applications and their brainchild, software-as-a-service, are expensive to build. Today they represent the most challenging development process yet.

Database Technology and Open Source Keys to Greener Data Warehouses

Three key areas where new solutions for data warehousing are making a big difference.

Hefty November Patch Adds to IT Woes

Six security fixes released

Building a Disaster Recovery Plan for Your SaaS Vendors

Here are four steps you need to take to ensure your data is safe and recoverable when you use a software-as-a-service provider.



Q&A: Survey Shows Organizations Overly Optimistic About Data Quality

Data quality remains poor at most companies, while data managers are surprisingly unaware of that -- and of the high costs of poor data, according to a survey on the subject.

Analytic Database Pioneer Netezza Riding High

With new appliance configurations and an "advanced analytics" push on tap, Netezza seems positively ebullient. A mention from Oracle didn't hurt.

Q&A: Open Source Continues Move into Mainstream

Open source software for business intelligence and data warehousing continues to grow in popularity, a recent survey finds, with 40 percent of respondents saying they have deployed or plan to deploy it this year.

Advanced Analytics Set to Soar

By 2012, fully 85 percent of organizations will be practicing advanced analytics thanks to several converging trends.

Showcasing the Best and the Brightest at Teradata Partners

Teradata touted a new Extreme Performance data warehouse appliance and its first-ever enterprise-oriented cloud offering, and that was just the beginning.

What’s Next for Data Security: Convergence

We’re on the threshold of witnessing a convergence of data security initiatives that may be the only real choice some enterprises will have to ensure consumer privacy and organizational confidentiality.

Report Card: Storage Clouds

Without an open standards-based management framework, the current flirtation with storage clouds will likely move to the footnotes of tech history much as storage service providers did a decade ago.

Windows 7's Move to the Enterprise

With Windows XP's looming end-of-life -- and with pent-up demand --Windows 7 seems to have a clear on-ramp into the enterprise.

Q&A: Clouding Computing Challenges, Risks, and Rewards

Cloud computing has changed as high-speed connectivity has improved and virtualization adoption has grown. We explore the current state of the technology and where it's headed.

Making the Most of Your Mainframe, Part 1 of 2

How intelligent software can help enterprise IT organizations meet service levels and protect the core business while using fewer assets.

Amazon Sets Stage for Cloud Battle With Microsoft

Amazon will let customers host relational data in its EC2 cloud service using MySQL.

Microsoft Provides Guidance on Windows 7's "XP Mode"

Microsoft releases additional resources for IT pros planning to use new desktop virtualization solution in Windows 7

Five Storage Best Practices You Can Implement Today

These best practices will help you get the maximum return from your storage budget while streamlining the overall performance and reliability of your IT infrastructure.