Software


What to Expect in Linux’s 21st Year

Three key moves for Linux this year will impact enterprise IT.

How Mobile Cloud Will Make Security Priority #1

A look at how security is evolving around three key information technology developments.

Mobile IT: A Look Back, A Look Ahead

Mobile devices became targets just as more workers were connecting to corporate assets using their personal devices. What's ahead for mobile IT in 2012?

Careers: IT Pros Testing the Waters

If the latest IT hiring projections from a prominent IT staffing specialist hold up, 2012 could get off to a bang. Make that a double-digit bang.

Will Advanced Persistent Threats Grow in 2012?

What predictions can we draw from the threats IT battled in 2011 about what’s ahead in 2012?

The Pros and Cons of Storage Caching Devices

Is a caching device right for your organization?

Q&A: An Introduction to the Scala Programming Language

We explore what the Scala programming language can do for your organization with the language’s inventor.



Get Smart about Archiving Backup Data

Backing up everything isn't just wasteful and expensive -- data that "lives forever" exposes your enterprise to additional risks. We explain a smarter, safer, and less expensive approach to disaster recovery.

IBM, Intel, Google Report Earnings

IBM, Intel exceed expectations; Google's results disappoint.

Atlantis Computing’s Diskless VDI Solution Eliminates Storage Requirements For Virtual Desktops

Atlantis ILIO for Diskless VDI solution cuts CAPEX to under $200 per desktop; PCs can boot up in 12 seconds.

Talend Platform for Data Services Operationalizes Information, Data

Converged platform provides holistic integration capability across data, applications, and services.

10 Key Elements of Your Data Strategy

We look at the 10 key details your data strategy must address and suggest a good place to start formulating your strategy.

Q&A: Managing the Risks of Offshore Data Warehousing

Moving a data warehouse offshore can bring significant cost savings, but such a move introduces elements of risk that must be managed.

Q&A: Mobile, Search, and Cloud Top "Cool BI" Innovations

In this two-part interview, well-known BI analyst and TDWI faculty member Cindi Howson discusses some of the top innovations affecting business intelligence, in keeping with her annual "Cool BI" list of business intelligent innovations.

Q&A: Moving Beyond Traditional Data Virtualization

Composite Software VP Robert Eve has co-written a new book on data virtualization. In this interview, he describes going beyond traditional data virtualization and discusses some of the lessons from the book's 10 high-profile case studies.

4 Performance Management Trends to Watch in 2012

Performance management solutions have been around for years, but momentum is building, as these four future trends reveal.

Q&A: Cloud Migration and the Impact on Enterprise Monitoring

Your cloud work doesn't stop once you go live. IT must vigilantly monitor its performance. We examine the options and impediments.

Mobile Device Management in 2012: More Challenges, More Opportunities

Mobile devices will be a way of life for your enterprise users. What changes in mobile IT can you expect and prepare for this year?

From Clouds Comes Clarity in 2012

What can bridge the state of virtualization today and the unfettered reality we seek from the cloud? A true storage Hypervisor may hold the key.

Advanced Storage Capabilities Added to Virsto Products

Pair of products changes economics of storage for desktop virtualization, test and development, and private clouds.