Software


Can Networking Guys Do Storage?

Acopia is a network-turned-storage-focused company with a new product for managing the network resources that support file access and data movement.

Q&A -- Looking Back, Looking Ahead at the Mainframe

IBM's zSeries marketing manager reviews the mainframe's accomplishments, and explains how mainframes are being deployed today.



Study Finds Spreadsheets Obsolete for Budgeting and Forecasting

Companies adopting dedicated planning and budgeting applications (instead of spreadsheets) typically achieve greater accuracy while budgets and plans are more consistent, though time spent on these tasks wasn’t reduced.

An Innovative Approach to Data Profiling

i/Lytics Data Profiler will be released as a standalone solution; integration with its data profiling technology and the rest of the i/Lytics data quality solution will follow

Combating Apathy with Free Security Check

WholeSecurity gives businesses the ability to offer their customers an opt-in PC security sweep to quarantine malicious software

Briefs: Vulnerabilities in CPanel, ISS products, Symantec Internet Security

New warnings about Web hosting control panel protection, ISS server-response processing, and Symantec's security software

Best Practices: New Standard Helps Companies Prove Their World-Class Security

Interest is growing in a new British Standard—BS7799—that is slowly being adopted outside of Britain; companies adopting the standard may find they've implemented a best-practices security program.

NetWeaver Embraces BI

Update includes revamped portal and enterprise application integration components; it also signals the company’s biggest effort to date to field a complete BI stack

IBM Claims NT-to-Linux Migration Successes

Business partners are making money from Linux, Big Blue tells conference attendees.

View from the Crossroads: Can iSCSI Make Storage Management Friendly?

A widely respected storage veteran looks at connectivity issues, including SCSI/iSCSI, plus Microsoft and storage management.

Case Study: Hardware Consolidation Reduces Management and Maintenance Costs

With newer and more powerful SunFire systems—and fewer of them—The Chicago Tribute cut costs and implemented a more efficient network configuration.

SAP Updates NetWeaver

New '04 release features BI, portal, and EAI components