Software


Novell Rejects Buyout Offer

Novell's board calls $2 billion bid inadequate.

Google Offers Tool To Ditch Microsoft Exchange

Takes step to make it easier for IT to abandon MS Exchange for Google Apps

New Net Optics Solutions Optimize Network Security, Infrastructure Monitoring

New network access appliances ensure security, network visibility with zero latency to maximize network uptime, reduce business risk

Updated GoAnywhere Director Securely Transfers, Converts Data

Version 3.0 adds S/MIME digital signatures and encryption for e-mail, more business-process controls

Irdeto’s Cloakware Password Authority Improves Usability, Scheduling Flexibility

Product safeguards businesses against insider attacks

3PAR Delivers Autonomic Storage Tiering for High-end Arrays

Cost- and performance-optimized storage costs 30 percent less than Fibre Channel drives alone

Report: Systems Engineer Is Best IT Job

Study examined positions with demand growth of at least 10 percent over the next decade.



Bus-Tech, Inc.'s Updated Mainframe Data Library Improves Manageability, Performance

Products scale to satisfy requirements of any mainframe VTL environment

SunGard Adds Vendor, Work-Force Assessment to Continuity Management Solution

SunGard Availability Services' software helps organizations strengthen business continuity plans, identify potential vulnerabilities

Microsoft Ups E-Mail Service to 25 GB Storage

Mailbox size expanded for users of its hosted business productivity online suite of applications.

Macro 4 Updates Archiving Software with Support for IBM System z Specialty Processors

Columbus lets mainframe users move legacy data and documents to lower-cost z/Linux platform

Microsoft and Adobe Collaborating on Security Patches

May lead to Adobe using Windows Update to distribute fixes

Open-E Data Storage Software V6 Improves Security, Performance

Volume replication, auto failover with iSCSI logical volumes up to 16 TBytes

Microsoft and Citrix Boost Desktop Virtualization Efforts

Company announces licensing changes, technology improvements; extending Citrix Systems pact.

IBM Launches Public Cloud Service

Targeted at developers, testers

DataPrompter Adds Easy Automation to Word Document Creation, Editing

New version introduces multi-page data entry wizards, ability to customize documents with data from databases, spreadsheets, and XML files, plus faster performance

The Many Uses of Data Federation

Data federation is now regarded as a viable, necessary, and complementary DM practice, tapped alongside ETL to support an array of data integration scenarios.

Software Enables Complex Customer Searches Across Huge Database

New data warehousing and analytic software has made a world of difference for a firm that collects and rents e-mail names.

Dataupia's Hinshaw Back in the Saddle

CEO Foster Hinshaw's reemergence parallels the convalescence of Dataupia itself, which -- after a disastrous 2009 -- now claims to be back on track.

NCP Engineering Solves IPsec-Hostile Remote Access Problems

Path Finder technology guarantees network connectivity, policy enforcement