Enterprise


Case Study: Rules Management Solution Powers Customer Incentive Program

Huge computer distributor sees immediate benefit from rules management

The Cold, Hard Costs of Data Exposure

Broken lock: $25. Stolen laptop: $1,500. The cost of corporate data breach: Priceless. Learn how to deploy resources and leadership to most effectively deal with the aftermath of sensitive data exposure.

Management by Security Class

Sooner or later, technology to allow a true ILM was bound to come along.

Trends: SAS, SPSS Push into BI Stronger than Ever

Two mainframe number-crunching mainstays make their bids for broad BI dominance

Reaping the Benefits of Service Level Management

Management of IT performance for business results is within the reach of most organizations

Podcast: Real-Time Business Intelligence

BI 2.0 gives you “one version of the truth” in real time.

New “Security” Blanket for Developers

V.i. Laboratories promises that CodeArmor can application code from piracy and reverse engineering



Careers: IT Hiring Still Strong

Thirteen percent of CIOs expect to hire new IT workers in the coming quarter

Selling IT's Business Value to Management

Why IT must take a lowest common denominator approach to dealing with the suits

Big Iron Front and Center in Big Blue’s SOA Push

IBM is touting a more abstract kind of workload—the mainframe-as-service-enabled hub

Optical: A Better Vision for Archiving?

As you consider your archive options, don’t count out optical.

Case Studies: SOA in an Age of Legacy Integration

It’s a challenge to bring the mainframe into the modern age of service-oriented architecture but there’s a huge payoff once the job is done.

Microsoft Patches Three Flaws, Zero-Day Still Open

As expected, Microsoft released three patches last week to fix one critical Office vulnerability as well as two Windows flaws.

Flagship Product Analyzes Red-flagged Applications

When it comes to malware, one company says their product separates the wheat from the chaff, advising enterprises which files should and shouldn’t be on their systems.

SOA Development: The New Wild West

SOA may be a new technology, but it requires all the rigor of past development projects.

Analysis: Behind Big Blue’s $1.6 Billion Acquisition of ISS

What does ISS give IBM—and is it worth the $1.6 billion Big Blue paid for it? That depends, analysts say.

Improving Security and Manageability without Increasing TCO

TCO matters in the embedded marketplace; hardware integration is the key.

Mapping ILM to ITIL

Do what needs to be done to operate storage infrastructure with a quality of service you can live with.

A Four-Step Plan for Measuring Enterprise IT Agility

You can’t know if your enterprise IT is truly agile unless you measure it.

Careers: Despite Favorable Job Market, IT Pros Stay Put

IT pros have long endured the slings and arrows of an employer’s marketplace. The tables are turning, but there’s still considerable disparity between the thoughts and perceptions of hiring managers and prospective job seekers.