Features & News


IBM Pushes iSeries, zSeries for Small and Medium-Sized Business

New Express bundles tailored for specific applications, industries, and market segments

Briefs: IBM DB2, IMS manageability tools; Verio's free migration services program

IBM products help manage DB2 and IMS environments; Verio program offers three months of free Web hosting plus migration services to an NTT/Verio data center.

Microsoft Revamps SQL Analytic Development Toolkit

Company updates popular tool for creating custom analytic applications for SQL Server

Overcoming Wi-Fi Security Fears

iPass improves interface and connectivity for global, virtual network

Making Real-Time Business Decisions with BAM

Business activity monitoring pure-play Celequest says that it goes where conventional BI vendors fear to tread—into the heart of real-time BAM.

Briefs: Hummingbird updates suite, ClarifyCRM more efficient

Hummingbird Enterprise adds full query, analysis, and reporting capabilities; ClarifyCRM update designed for high-volume call centers

A Smart Solution for Protecting Distributed Data

Iron Mountain offers practical, off-site backup for small-to-medium sized firms



Combating Identify Theft and Fraud in Real Time

New Unisys software ARMS financial institutions in their fight against fraud

Briefs: Tripwire compliance monitoring; security appliance sales up, prices down

Tripwire introduces its Professional Audit Preparedness Services; what's behind falling appliance prices?

Your Career: What's Hot, What's Not

Semi-annual New York Software Information Industry Association survey sheds light on what hiring companies want most.

Intel Refreshes Itanium with Faster Chips

Will the new Madison chips be a catalyst for an Itanium revolution?

Briefs: IBM calls SCO's bluff; Axios updates job monitoring tool

SCO revokes IBM's Unix license; Axios announces new version of SmartProduction

Oracle Sweetens Bid for PeopleSoft

Oracle attracts attention of state attorneys general, ups the ante, and takes its case to PeopleSoft customers in full-page newspaper ads

Microsoft vs. Network Appliance: Full of Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing

Longhorn changes the rules of the NAS game, but performance and price still matter most when shopping for NAS devices.

CA Announces Integrated Content Security Management

Product offers single console for viewing security policy compliance and enterprise-wide content-related security trends.

Unsolicited E-mail: No Problem Come 2006?

An analyst's road map to a (mostly) spam-free existence

ETL: Tools Get Closer to Real Time

New tools emphasize drive for near-real-time enterprise data access, include data quality components

Briefs: Resetting passwords, antivirus deal

Getting colleagues’ permission to reset passwords; Central Command offers jilted Linux users antivirus discount

Sybase Revamps Large Data Warehouse Solution

IQ designed to be economical, scalable for terabytes of storage

Briefs: NetLedger/HP initiative for business operations, Captiva ForeWare and InputAccel

HP/NetLedger online solution for small business management; Captiva updates its flagship input management software