Software


Careers: Economic Uncertainty Prompts Companies to Consider Offshoring

Offshore providers could do a booming business as U.S.-based firms try to cut costs by shifting application workloads and IT labor costs overseas

Security: Batten Down the (IM) Hatches

IM attacks are on the rise, in part because organizations are deploying unified communications platforms without first hardening them against attacks

XP SP3 Available Via Windows Update

TechNet and MSDN subscribers now have access to the "slipstream build," but Microsoft also released XP SP3 generally via Windows Update.

Study: SaaS Most Important Enterprise Software Trend

Research firm says SaaS, SOA continue to be the most important technologies for "enterprise software customers."

Tidal Releases Intelligent Reporter

Job scheduling tool supports Tidal Enterprise Scheduler version 5.3 and above

Opalis Updates Integration Server with Version 5.5

Latest release features console for unattended and attended workflow execution

Xactly Unveils Analytics Service that Helps Customers Cut Costs

In a world of economic uncertainty, Xactly officials say the company's value proposition has never seemed more attractive to potential customers.



Informatica Taps Identity Systems for Identity Resolution

Infrastructure boundaries are fast disappearing, says data integration specialist Informatica, and organizations are scrambling to manage data as an asset

Emerging Technologies Will Marginalize IT's Role in BI, Gartner Predicts

End users will gain control thanks to give emerging technologies

TDWI Audio Report: Trends in Product Data Quality

We talked with Martin Boyd of Silver Creek Systems, about product data quality.

De-duplication and the Allure of the One-Stop Shop

Is IBM's purchase of a de-duplication process tactical or strategic?

Bugs Are Up, Microsoft Security Report Says

Report, covering late 2007, found a 300 percent increase in Trojan bugs.

Web Developers Left Holding the Bag on SQL Injection Attacks

Poor security practices are to blame, Microsoft says

Monitoring SOA and Application Performance

In the rush to adopt SOA, don’t forget SLAs.

NetScout’s nGenius K2 Tackles Application Performance from Three Angles

Provides visibility into application services health, offering drill-down to investigate flow and packet data to aid in troubleshooting problems

Web Attacks on the Rise; E-mail Attacks Decline

During the first three months of 2008, security researcher Sophos identified about 15,000 freshly infected Web pages every day

Five Best Practices for Enhancing IT Development with Virtual Lab Automation

Software test and development labs play a key role in testing, validating, benchmarking, and evaluating new and emerging technologies.

What’s Really Driving Application Modernization?

IT shops don't always embrace application modernization as a means to ratchet up efficiencies. They're mostly looking to cut costs.

IBM's iDataPlex: Making Web 2.0 Safe for the Data Center

IBM touts its new iDataPlex Web 2.0 servers as nothing less than game-changing

IDC: Consolidation Bringing IT Budgets Down in 2008

Information technology executives are focusing on cutting costs rather that investing in technology