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By Stephen Swoyer
Why are so many data integration players selling enterprise service buses of their own? Is it just a matter of vendor opportunism?
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By Stephen Swoyer
The search for BI insight already has a game-like feel to it. Advocates of "gamification" want to amplify this effect and immerse BI users in their task.
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By James E. Powell
Data governance is more than just managing data in order to optimize outcomes.
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ODBC was a revolutionary technology 20 years ago. We look at its past and present, and suggest where it's headed.
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Malware, as Microsoft could have told Apple, comes with the territory. Last year saw a surge in Mac-related malware; 2012 has sustained that trend in a big way.
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Innovative, multi-level authentication measures are critical. Companies that use inventive ways to incorporate current technology to safeguard their information will ultimately come out on top.
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How standards are driving organization value and how they benefit IT.
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Companies expect to hire more IT workers this quarter, but not as aggressively as they did in the first quarter of the year, despite their optimism about growth.
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Symantec reflects on Flashback lessons learned, releases free removal tool; IT not prepared for disasters.
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Company says survey reflects how disaster recovery and service availability "remain a back-office secret."
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Malicious packet volume shows sharp increase.
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This three-step approach will help you establish or reenergize your DI development projects.
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By James E. Powell
There are many traps to rolling out an enterprise-wide BI project. We show you how to avoid those problems.
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How are BI maturity assessments implemented and how can their value be marginalized? We explore the impact and scope of such assessments and what to expect from the process.
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Technology changes are helping us analyze growing data volumes. Our data warehousing architecture must remain flexible, and frequent validation of user requirements and data usage will help us achieve this goal.
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By James E. Powell
What new technologies are affecting BI professionals, and how can we be prepared for these changes and the innovations they bring?
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Survey finds unit testing is most effective in killing software bugs; Java's decline puts C on top as favorite programming language.
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Patents may be from AOL's Netscape unit.
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Organizations will have to accept that their gates will be breached and begin preparing their second line of defense -- data platforms -- to mitigate the damage caused by attacks that get through.
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By Stephen Swoyer
Host Analytics says its cloud pedigree gives it advantages relative to its on-premises competitors in corporate performance management.
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By Stephen Swoyer
Predixion's goal was to develop a solution that makes data mining and predictive analytics consumable and usable by rank-and-file workers. Has it succeeded?
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Which key BI trends matter most? Cindi Howson explains the top seven innovations she and co-presenter Dave Stodder will discuss at the Cool BI Forum in Chicago in May.
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By James E. Powell
How do organizations effectively handle the inevitable challenges in human dynamics to ensure project success?