Enterprise


Taking Stock: Microsoft's Virtual Powerplay

Just how favorably does Microsoft's Hyper-V compare to established products from VMWare, Virtual Iron, and Citrix?

XSS Evasion: Hiding in Plain Sight

Is there a holistic solution for ensuring the secure, fast, and reliable delivery of applications?

DNS Flaw Ignites Controversy

A security researcher's speculation about a DNS flaw ignites another firestorm for full and responsible disclosure

Big Blue Gobbles up Plug-Compatible Mainframe Competitor

Expect PSI's technology to pop up elsewhere -- perhaps in a low-end POWER-based mainframe

Microsoft Adopts SaaS-y Licensing Models

Microsoft seems serious about SaaS. If so, SaaS -- often seen as a disruptive technology -- might ultimately become a major disruptive market force.

Old School Meets New Age: Modernizing Applications with Web 2.0

Web 2.0 technologies have barely scratched the surface of application development. Here’s what’s in store.

Service Level Agreements Too IT-centric, Forrester Report Warns

IT must improve communications with its business users and develop business-centric measures.



DNS Flaws Need Patching

Thanks to this month's DNS vulnerabilities, a lot of patching will be taking the time of DNS administrators. In fact, it might even seem like 2002 all over again.

Declaration of Independence, Storage Style

Given the nature of technology and of business economics, are we ready for a storage revolution?

HP Announces a Data-Center-in-a-Box Offering of Its Own

HP's POD is innovative and visionary, analysts say. In a world chock full of both innovation and vision, that's saying something.

Business Smarts Trump Book Smarts in Project Management, Gartner Says

Visionary companies will push project and portfolio management from the top down to develop basic management skills at all levels

Windows DNS Patch Strands ZoneAlarm Users

Microsoft officials warn of a problem that arises after users apply a DNS patch to Windows XP and 2000.

Compliance, New Threats Drive Security Spending

Enterprise security is an expensive proposition – one that's likely to get even more expensive as organizations take steps to protect themselves.

Careers: Have Talent, Will Travel

With leading economic indicators sagging, you'd think the hiring outlook would be similarly bleak. Strangely enough, it may not be

Being an IT Hero

Too many IT shops are deploying supposed technology solutions without fully understanding the complexity and collateral effects introduced into other parts of a dynamic system.

Virtualization: Five Key Decisions You Must Make

You can increase your chances of success by answering these five questions early in your virtualization project.

Modernization with a Twist: Keeping an Organization’s DNA Intact

Could replacing core systems cause an organization’s identity to unravel?

Mapping the Human Genome was the Easy Part

How to store and manage all of the data created in the genotyping process and in subsequent analytical activities creates unique requirements for research scientists.

Is Cloud Computing the Next Disruptive Technology?

We could be on the cusp of another revolution: a c-business paradigm shift, driven by cloud computing.

Firefox's Auto-Update is Model for Safer Browsing, Report Concludes

As attackers increasingly target browser flaws, the Firefox update scheme serves as a model for the industry