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CA Rolls Out Tape Encryption for Mainframes

Options proliferate for encrypting your z/OS backup tapes

Really Big Storage on the Cheap

How a pair of protocols and unique interconnect software can lead the way to inexpensive storage

2007 Tech Budgets to Decline; Stealth Malware on the Rise

A projected decrease in next year’s IT budget growth has unclear implications for security spending. Meanwhile, rootkits grow more virulent.

EIM: The Method to Business Objects’ Acquisition Madness

EIM strategy takes BO somewhat far afield from its bread-and-butter BI stomping grounds. Analysts say that might be a good thing.

Future Focus of the Web: AJaX All The Way

For a product like WebFocus, support for that most coruscating of new Web app dev paradigms—AJaX—was a foregone conclusion.

Microsoft 'Coopetates' With Hyperion

Just because Microsoft is now a business intelligence player doesn’t mean it can’t "coopetate", so to speak, with the best of them.

Outsourcing Survey 2006, Part 3: Success Factors in Selecting a Provider

We explore what factors are important when organizations choose their outsourcing partners. Price isn’t the primary consideration.



Employees Cause Most Security Breaches, Yet Response Lags

What’s the best way to stop users from inadvertently compromising your company’s information security?

Podcast: Situational Application Development

From Wikis to mash-ups, users are taking development into their own hands as never before.

A Season of Disasters: The Signs Are There

Forget the tape versus multi-hop-mirroring battle. Our storage analyst, Jon Toigo, has some suggestions.

SOA: The Services Are Out There

Successful service-enablement requires a high degree of visibility into an organization’s IT inner workings.

Q&A: Stopping Blended Threats with Multi-Function Security Appliances

Why small and medium-size businesses, and satellite offices, are increasingly adopting multi-function security appliances.

Believe It: Google Will Change Business Intelligence

Search might not change everything, but—for BI vendors, at least—it has the potential to be hugely transformative, if not disruptive.

Panorama Sez, What, Me Worry?

Panorama officials cite a healthy market for high-end SQL Server BI, and talk up the company’s SAP diversification strategy.

Open Source Business Intelligence: JasperSoft Ups the Ante

JasperSoft last week took its open source BI proposition to the next level, announcing new BI server and analytic components.

Podcast: Securing Your IP-Centric Network

In the age of IP standards, what should IT do to secure its network?

Outsourcing Survey 2006, Part 2: Why, Where, and Who

We explore why organizations choose to outsource, where they move it, their use of multiple vendors, and success factors in choosing a service provider

Do Disasters Know A Season?

Disaster recovery was once a one-stop proposition. No more.

Executives Unhappy with Current Security Metrics

Faced with decreased security spending and executives who decry the state of security reporting, security managers need better report-writing skills.

Careers: Experience, Not Certification, Is What Matters

Looking for a new or better job? Certification may not be high on your potential employer's wish list.