A study of two companies shows that modified code can increase defects three-fold. It takes disciplined inspection and continuous software-development process improvements to increase software quality.
A proposal for a “three dimensional approach”: automating storage provisioning and device management, data movement, and data replication.
An often-overlooked layer of defense can provide last-ditch protection against malicious software threats.
New Vulnerabilities Steal Financial Data Via ICQ, Target P2P File Traders, and Delete Office Files
Simplifying the time-consuming process of setting up security, and changing security permissions quickly, can often be handled through procurement software.
Web-necessary CRM applications can enable new business processes that aren’t possible with on-premises CRM solutions.
Rather than navigating a Web site to see their data, customers at New York Life Investment Management Retirement Services enter only a username and password to see statements in an HTML e-mail attachment.
Look for continuing consolidation (including a possible acquisition by SAS). The President and CEO of SAS also sheds light on packaged analytic applications, the convergence of production and analytic reporting tools, and the company's next version of its BI suite.
The company is querying its user base for security enhancements; meanwhile, security option defaults will be changed in future releases and updates.