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Analysis: New BI Strategies Entail Collaboration, Pitfalls

Lean times may drive business and IT together for new speed and new risk.

Tripwire Enterprise 7.5V Gives Visibility, Offers Control of Virtualized Environments

Helps IT avoid virtual sprawl and prevent security vulnerabilities from configuration errors

TDWI Audio Report: Mashups, Data, and BI

On the Internet, a “mashup” combines applications or data from different sources --sources not originally intended to be used together -- into a single site or page. A data mashup, explains InetSoft’s Byron Igoe in this interview, is much the same -- it allows a user with no BI experience to easily combine and then manipulate disparate data from different sources.

Netezza Adds Geospatial Features

Netezza's new geospatial facility promises to let customers roll out location-aware applications at a "fraction of the cost" of general-purpose RDBMS

Q&A: Open Source Backup and Data Protection

Protecting your data doesn't have to break your budget, thanks to open source options.

Citrix Releases XenServer 5

Citrix purchased XenSource, XenServer's creator, less than a year ago

Enterprise Systems 2008 Salary Survey, Part 1: Staff Positions

In the first part of our four-part report, we look at compensation growth for professional positions



Security Trends: Spending Set to Surge, Responsibility Shifts Outside IT

Forrester says IT security is in a "renaissance period"

VMware Fusion 2 Expands Hardware Support, Improves Networking

New version focuses on expanded support for Mac hardware, plus networking, security, storage, and application-sharing improvements

BMC Announces "Significant" Overhaul of Job Scheduler

In the new version of CONTROL-M, BMC is trumpeting a job rollback and auditing feature, along with virtualization-friendly amenities

Q&A: Securing Mobile Devices

How to handle the special security risks posed by portable devices

Small Increase Predicted in Demand for IT Workers

In a jittery economic climate, companies seem to be hedging their bets when it comes to hiring new IT workers.

Privacy Uncertain With New IE8 Feature

Microsoft rebuffs claims that browser feature invades user privacy

IBM, Microsoft, and EMC Team on ECM Interop Spec

Industry specification for content management interoperability services floated by three major players

Splunk Releases Management Tool for Virtualized Environments

Splunk for VMware gives users real-time views into their entire IT infrastructure

CiRBA Releases Tool for Comparing VMware and Hyper-V

Product helps companies assess the possible impacts of adopting either hypervisor

Active Endpoints Releases ActiveVOS 6.0

Latest version features compliance with open standards

Novell and Microsoft Roll Out Virtualized Linux Solution

Novell's SuSE Linux Enterprise Server verified to run as guest O/S on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V

Frontrange Solutions Adds USB Protection to Windows Vista Systems

DeviceWall 5.0 protects data access for devices with local or wireless connections