Enterprise


SAS Puts a BI Spin on Time-Tested IT Management Practices

New product exploits scorecard analytics to present information in a way that’s intelligible to executive decision-makers.

Sun Issues Mixed Message on Linux

Sun may be on a comeback, but its inability to articulate a Linux vision that’s all things to all people could continue to dog it

It’s Time for Your Data to Talk: A Look at Data Integration

Successful data integration can mean the difference between a company that realizes its full potential and one that just keeps missing the mark. We present an overview of what’s involved to successfully cleanse and integrate data on disparate systems in multiple locations.

BMC Brings IMS Into the SmartDBA Fold

The latest SmartDBA tool lets DBAs manage IMS from the same console they use for Oracle or DB2

What Does Storage Want to be When it Grows Up?

A Computer Associates vice president for marketing of BrightStor products suggests storage management today is a child still in the throes of personality development.

In Brief

Symantec grabs @Stake; JPEG vulnerabilities; Mozilla holes; Sniffer worm

Best Practices: IM Monitoring

Under pressure from such regulations as HIPAA, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and Sarbanes-Oxley, companies increasingly have to account for their corporate instant messaging policies. Yet many organizations don’t have rules for IM use.



Case Study: Outsourcing Network Management and Security

How one company found an outsourcer able to manage its network equipment and offer cogent security advice

Standards Finally Emerge for Data Center Temperatures

A set of guidelines from an industry-leading organization finally put numbers and measurement techniques to the question—how hot is too hot?

Strategies: Software Tools Help Sell IT to Decision-Makers

Now, more than ever, IT departments are selling themselves to business leaders—and tapping new software tools to help them do it

CA Overhauls Storage Product Line

Company announces new versions of its BrightStor storage products; the venerable Enterprise Backup product is discontinued

Arsenal Digital: A New Take on an Old Strategy

With Arsenal Digital's service, an off-site backup company can set itself up as an electronic vault.

Case Study: Law Firm Isolates Potential Threats

Office uses one-stop monitoring for attacks and vulnerabilities

In Brief

New security legislation; the future of e-mail and IM security

Inside Attackers Often Unremarkable, Warns CERT

Most attacks are relatively unsophisticated, planned in advance, conducted during normal business hours, and start from inside the organization. The common driver comes as no surprise: money.

Readers Offer Perspective on Outsourcing's Beneficiaries

Readers raise the possibility that other stakeholders could benefit from outsourcing windfalls—especially CIOs

IBM Delivers Next-Generation DB2 8.2 Database

Big Blue also discloses plans to integrate its DB2 and Informix Dynamix Server product lines in future versions of both products

Partners Hinting IIDEA Will Spread to Large Enterprises

IBM’s new pre-packaged BI bundle is packaged for the small and mid-sized enterprise market—but there are hints that the large enterprise won't be far behind

The Interconnected Dimensions of Grid Storage

Despite its name, grid storage has little or nothing to do with grid technology. But the technology holds promise.

Yankee Group Says Security Outsourcing Set to Explode

Managed security service providers to dominate security market by 2010