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Coming Soon: Better Real-Time Information Delivery

Sybase Real-Time Services is based on the open Java Messaging Service standard, setting it apart from solutions that rely on proprietary adapters.

Ascential: The New Data Integration Pure Play

Company's most recent acquisition underscores the somewhat divergent path that the company has taken from its competitors

How To Protect Yourself from Fibre Channel Insecurity

Vendor and end-user ignorance perpetuate security holes, security architect warns

Multi-OS Hardware: The Next Step in Server Technology (Part 1 of 2)

Running multiple operating systems on a single server brings big benefits. In this first of a two-part discussion, we look at two of the three main benefits of multi-OS environments. Next week we'll

Careers: Mainframe Technologists Over-worked and Over-stressed

The economy and externally generated changes are key stressors

On Demand: IBM Notches Global Win

Complete rip-and-replace puts pSeries and xSeries to work at LEGO

SCO vs. IBM: Big Blue Strikes Back

Company breaks silence by filing a counterclaim



Revivio Redux

More on replication, crash-consistent images, and Revivio's technology

Boosting IM Security

Management key to enterprise rollout; financial services advised to retain messages

SAS Skips BI Acquisition Feeding Frenzy

IT will continue to struggle to manage a wide portfolio of vendors, executive says

Enterprise Information Integration Tools Worth Deploying Despite Immaturity

Business benefit of EII increases exponentially with successive integration of each related application and database, analyst says

Identity Management: Untangling Meta and Virtual Directories

We discuss how organizations use virtual directories to interface enterprise applications and identity data with Clayton Donley, CEO of OctetString, a virtual directory provider.

Briefs: RPC/DCOM Vulnerability, Budgets Impact Regulatory Compliance

Microsoft offers patch to a critical Windows problem; survey shows few companies are in regulatory compliance

Actuate’s Nimble Acquisition

Action adds credibility to company's position in the Enterprise Information Integration market

Careers: Are You Willing to Move to Move Up?

Tech professionals are more willing to sell the house, pack the van, and move the kids across country in the name of a better job opportunity.

HP Leapfrogs IBM in Industry Benchmark

Analyst says real performance champ is still the IBM Power4 processor

Oracle’s Reputation Among IT Buyers Dips

Negative opinions increase as database company fights for PeopleS

IBM Beefs Up z990 Security

Overall z990 shipments meeting expectations, company says, but study shows almost half of IT shops surveyed aren't even aware that a new mainframe system is in the offing.

Virtualization Platforms: Almost a Believer

DataCore does what vendors ought to be doing: they put up their customers as proof that, whatever your intuition tells you, their stuff delivers.

IBM Strengthens Its Content Management Strategy

Company will use Aptrix technologies in its content development component for Lotus Workplace