Features & News


The Search for Universal Data Classification

You can’t optimize capacity utilization until you understand the data you’re storing.

Why Microsoft and Oracle Want to Be Your One-Stop Shop for BI

What IBM should do to prevent their BI market dominance

Active Directory in Vista: Same Name, Substantial Changes

Don’t let the lack of a name change fool you. Under Vista, Active Directory and Group Policy settings get a substantial makeover, and that has security-policy management, endpoint security, and backwards compatibility implications. Here’s what to expect.

Managing Data Center Performance and Availability (Part 1 of 2)

As companies become ever-more reliant on IT, system availability becomes essential. Application performance management tools can help.

Security Lax with Wireless Routers

Are companies’ current wireless router security practices sufficient? Security policies are too often manually applied, and it shows.

Microsoft’s Data Visualization Coup

ProClarity’s data visualization capabilities surpass those of most prominent business intelligence pure plays.

Oracle, the BI Superpower… Or Not?

Some industry watchers question Oracle’s commitment to BI superpowerdom.



Business Objects Gets Software-as-a-Service Religion

This week, Business Objects unveiled crystalreports.com, its inaugural software-as-a-service entry. Is Crystal Reports On Demand right for you?

IT Spending: From Boom to Bust

A recent about-face from market watcher IDC on the IT spending front highlights the still-fragile state of the IT recovery

Second Generation Continuous Data Protection—Your Data Will Thank You

The first generation of continuous data protection relied on tape; in today’s networked world, that could be dangerous.

Podcast: The Changing Nature of Data Storage

Data storage has moved beyond managing transactions in a database. We explore the changing nature of data, conventional and clustered storage, and the business value of a new class of storage technologies.

Careers: IT Pros Sound Off on Offshore Outsourcing

IT pros are surprisingly nuanced in their objections to, or support of, offshore outsourcing.

ES Reader Survey: Still Time to Participate

Your responses to our Reader Survey will help us make ESJ a more valuable resource in your IT toolkit.

Backup-Tape Security: Enter the “Brown Bag”

Are your backup tapes a security risk? After numerous high-profile tape losses, and the resulting notifications to millions of Americans, many companies still don’t encrypt their backup tapes.

New York Sues Over Alleged Spyware

Speaking a language spyware purveyors understand: fines and jail time

Readers Speak Up

Readers are on the right wavelength when it comes to their storage concerns.

Podcast: What’s New at Storage Networking World

The largest conference devoted to storage networking wrapped up last week. We learn what’s new and what caught our storage analyst’s eye—plus news of a new disaster recovery summit.

SAP Speaks Softly, but Carries a BIg Stick

SAP’s understated business intelligence strategy is a study in contrast with that of its chief rival, Oracle.

It’s (Finally) Official: Microsoft To Acquire ProClarity

On the heels of Oracle’s BI Suite announcement, Microsoft shores up its analytic chops by acquiring long-time partner, ProClarity.

Information Builders FOCUSes on Google—The Search Is On

Information Builders last month launched its first-ever search tool—WebFOCUS Intelligent Search