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Seven Habits of Highly Successful Business/IT Aligners

There are seven ground rules for aligning business strategy with IT. Flub any one of them and you can kiss your alignment aspirations goodbye.

2005 Salary Survey, Part 3: The West Rebounds

There are bright spots in our salary survey, particularly in the western U.S.

Case Study: Polysius Takes Layered Approach to Endpoint Security

The term “endpoint security” includes new types of technology, which makes sense when Polysius’ manager of IT details the myriad, evolving threats to his corporate network, and the company's defenses.

Storage Pain: The Consumer View (Part 2 of 2)

The mints get passed as the conversation turns to information lifecycle management.

SAS Revamps Data- and Text-Mining Tools

The last fortnight has seen a flurry of activity in the once-sleepy text-mining space

Informatica Doubles Down on Data Quality

Informatica’s courtship of two leading data-quality players helps to burnish its patina of openness

SPSS 14.0 Targets the Enterprise

SPSS introduced a new version of its flagship data mining and statistical analysis product the company says is its most enterprise-ready tool to date



Research Excerpt: Turning Business Intelligence into an Enterprise Resource (Part 2 of 2)

What organizations must do to transform BI from a departmental resource to an enterprise one.

Zotob Continues to Hammer Windows 2000

Exploits are already circulating for a recently announced Windows plug-and-play vulnerability. Experts recommend better endpoint security controls.

Storage Pain: The Consumer View (Part 1 of 2)

Food to soothe the savage beast…..and maybe solve some problems.

The Mainframe Loses One: IBM Ends Development, Resale of OLAP Engine

IBM’s decision to eighty-six its DB2 OLAP Server has ramifications for mainframe and iSeries shops

Regulations, Fear Driving More-Secure Code Development

To counter security threats, developers can reverse-engineer their products, or take a less expensive and more effective approach

Dos and Don’ts of Global Analytics Initiatives (Part 1 of 2)

Cost savings are only one of a host of benefits of moving operations offshore.

2005 Salary Survey, Part 2: Salaries, Bonuses for IT Executives Rise Slowly

Compensation is up in almost all of the positions surveyed, but bonuses have been wavering.

Case Study: RuffaloCODY Hones Its Analytic Chops

RuffaloCODY turned to a packaged-BI solution from MicroStrategy. The result: 50 percent growth in the last year alone.

TDWI Report Excerpt: Turning Business Intelligence into an Enterprise Resource (Part 1 of 2)

What organizations must do to transform BI from a departmental resource to an enterprise one.

Technology Preview: Oracle’s Next-Gen ETL Tool Comes into Focus

In the next-generation release of Oracle Warehouse Builder, due in January, Oracle officials promise a significant improvement

IBM Opens Up on Enterprise Search

Analysts give Big Blue a thumbs-up for both vision and execution

Microsoft Can’t Count: New Vulnerability Disclosure Criticism

Microsoft details five critical vulnerabilities, including flaw that could be automatically exploited by a malicious Web page or e-mail

Utility Computing: Implementation Approaches

Instead of making big-bang investments, customers can reap the benefits of utility computing in more affordable ways.