IBM’s competitors say some Ascential users could be left in the lurch as Big Blue pursues a much broader information-integration vision.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    List helps prioritize vulnerability patching
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Sober.V Spreads, Apple Fixes 20 OS X Vulnerabilities, Mytob Tops Virus List
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Why use separate firewall, intrusion detection and prevention, gateway antivirus, and VPN products when one appliance can handle it all?
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IMS workloads are growing, and CA says the capabilities of its management tools are keeping pace, too
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Users expecting an infusion of Ascential’s ETL expertise into DB2 may be disappointed
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IDC revises its IT spending estimates downward, IBM plans to cut 10,000 or more jobs—and things could get tougher still
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
    
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Proof is in the pudding….but no one seems to be in the kitchen
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Because of several outside drivers, organizations could soon face a come-to-enterprise-ETL moment—whether they want to or not
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    DataFlux adds support for real-time, heterogeneous connectivity to its market-leading data quality tool
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    WS-Security, Liberty, and SAML play nice together
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    There’s a lot more upside than downside in SAP’s actions
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Data Storage Security a Concern; Symantec’s 64-Bit Antivirus; Multiple Mozilla, Netscape Vulnerabilities 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Has the absence of a big security threat lulled you into inaction?  
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    SAP last week expanded its ERP Cold War against Oracle, announcing partnerships with IBM and Microsoft
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The essence of good knowledge work is creating outputs of appropriate uniqueness not uniformity. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Some users are praising the synergies of a combined Oracle, PeopleSoft, and J.D. Edwards stack—but for others, skepticism about Project Fusion is still the order of the day.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM last week signed a $400 million contract to design a new on-demand IT infrastructure for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Bank of America's security lapse could happen to you, too