Software


Microsoft's May Patch Aims at Office Vulnerabilities

After a thick April patch, this month's security update, released today, is light with only two "critical" fixes.

Q&A: Managing Performance of Cloud-Based Applications and Services

Before you leap into the cloud, look at these challenges and best practices of managing performance of cloud-based services and applications.

Reports Confirm Virtualization's Growing Popularity

No one seems to know just how pervasive virtualization is, but everybody seems to agree that at some point -- perhaps very soon – it' will be ubiquitous.

Video: The Changing Role of Tape (Interview)

Spectra Logic's Molly Rector discusses tape's niche role as a powerful backup medium to its use in active archives

Unifying Local and Remote Recovery

Three technologies that can help you create an integrated recovery plan.

Top 10 IAM Challenges for Heterogeneous Enterprises -- Part 2 of 2

We examine the remaining five challenges and how Active Directory provides a solution.

What Does "Archive" Really Mean? (Part 2 of 2)

More misconceptions clarified about the meaning of storage archiving, plus criteria you should use to make smart archive purchases.



Office 2010 Upgrade Deal Expiring in July

Half off for "open value" subscription customers upgrading to Office 2010

Xsigo Launches Virtual I/O for Open Cloud Infrastructures

New 2U-high I/O Director accelerates infrastructure deployments for private clouds from weeks to hours, standardizes server management

Microsoft Releases Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint

Enterprise-grade security solution used with SharePoint document sharing and collaboration products

Datawatch Announces Monarch Data Pump Version 10.5 Professional Edition

Enterprise-class BI solution offers improved data ETL, integration, and compliance

Microsoft Issues Hyper-V Tools

Tools help users check virtualization setups, update offline virtual machines

Dexrex Gear’s ChatSync Platform Adds Social Media Data Management

New version helps enterprises manage the capture, archiving, and accessing of real-time textual messages in Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn for compliance and e-discovery

Extrahop Networks Launches Free Cloud-Based Service for Analyzing Network Traffic

New Web service helps IT professionals analyze, share packet captures to accelerate troubleshooting and improve application delivery

New IBM Offerings Help Clients Optimize Business Processes, Improve Agility

Thirty new products, services tackle business process management

Big Box Teradata Takes an Outside-the-Box Approach to BI and DW

The Teradata of today has an unconventional take on database appliances, in-database analytics, DW virtualization, and data quality, company officials claim.

Old Thinking Does a Disservice to New Data Hubs

Don't underestimate or misunderstand some key characteristics and features of data hubs. We debunk two of the most common misconceptions.

Shavlik Technologies Introduces Patch Plus Power Management

Shavlik NetChk Protect 7.5 eliminates security gaps, barriers to greener IT; integrates patch, AV, power management

Making the Case for Agile BI

A new report from Forrester Research makes the case for BI agility. The bottom line: business intelligence can -- and must -- become more responsive.