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People and Processes Key to Faster SIEM ROI, Secure Business

These five best practices will help deliver success more rapidly and ensure increasing return on investment.

Making the Business Case for SOA Governance

Architects understand that governance is essential to SOA success, but they need to get business to understand as well. Here’s how to make it happen.

Exchange Server 2007 SP2 Release Full of Caveats for IT

New backup capability via Windows Server, improved Exchange Server 2007 auditing, a more efficient quota management system, new cmdlet parameters among improvements

Q&A: Unified Computing

Improving IT efficiency is a prime driver in these times of tight budgets. Unified Computing can help. We explore what the technology is, what benefits it offers, and where it’s headed.

Analysis: Big Iron, Big Cost? Big Blue Says No

IBM's new System z Solution Edition blitz may boost mainframe market share, but IT must weigh a lower total cost of ownership with upfront costs.

MS Releases Evaluation Version of Virtual Machine Manager

System Center VMM 2008 R2 available for 180-day trial

ESJ Salary Survey 2009 Part 1: Management Salaries

Management salaries hold up against the economic storm as bonuses plunge



Q&A: Best Practices for Outsourcing IT Management

We look at the biggest mistakes IT makes (and how to avoid them) when outsourcing critical network and data center infrastructure monitoring and management.

Careers: Negotiating Full-Time Employment

If you're looking for a full-time foothold in troubled economic times, part-time work -- particularly in project management -- may be a good start.

Seven Best Practices for Cloud Computing

If you are a CIO, business analyst, or project manager responsible for getting your enterprise to the cloud, read these tips before diving in.

New Attacks Use Old Tricks

Attackers are unearthing old exploits -- in the case of the infamous CodeRed worm, extremely old exploits -- to wreak havoc on businesses and consumers.

Q&A: Virtualization Problems and Solutions

Virtualization promises to maximize hardware use and lower some IT costs, but is IT ready for the complexity and challenges the technology introduces into the data center?

ScanSafe Report Says Signature-based Scanners Missed Most Gumblar Attacks

SaaS Web security provider says Gumblar responsible for one of every eight malware blocks last quarter

PHP versus ASP.NET Benchmarks Drive Debate

ASP .NET faster than PHP on Windows and Linux in most operations, Microsoft senior program manager says

Q&A: Making the Leap from Spreadsheets to Models

When spreadsheets become cumbersome and aren't flexible enough to work with you, not against you, then it's time to move up to work with a modeling tool.

Dynamic Languages on the Rise by Open Source Developers

Survey shows increased use over past year of JavaScript and PHP, decline in static languages

Text Analytics to the Rescue

A recent survey suggests a clear and inescapable rise in the consumption -- and importance -- of unstructured data

The End of Enterprise Software: Open Source Finds an Opening

If the mantra of business today is "faster, better, cheaper," then it's inevitable that companies need to explore alternatives to traditional enterprise software.

VMware Reaches for the Clouds

Leading supplier of virtualization technology extending platform-as-a-service through acquisition