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Security: The Year in Review

Compared to other market segments, the security space was a relative safe harbor in a year of economic turbulence.

Saying Goodbye to a Turbulent 2009

From the Sun/Oracle acquisition to radical changes in the server market, it's been a topsy-turvy year in IT. We take a look at the highlights.

ISACA’s Risk IT Helps Organizations Balance Risk, Profit

Free download provides method for focusing on IT-related business risks such as late project delivery and compliance

Open Text Adds to Portfolio of ECM Solutions for Oracle Applications

New solution links Oracle transactions to business content.

New Java-Based App Dev Tool Provides GUI for Green Screens

Map Editor provides a Java-based, GUI-equipped development environment aimed at coders who need to design, create and maintain big-iron apps on open systems.

JCP Approves Java EE 6 Specification v2

Specification comprises about 30 additional specs and is a continuation of many of the approaches and ideas of its predecessor.



Stage Set for MDM Adoption in the Enterprise

Done right, MDM delivers both strong ROI and improves the reliability of one's BI or data warehouse assets.

Updated Visual Importer ETL Runs up to Seven Times Faster

DB Software Laboratory announces new release of Visual Importer ETL, visual integration software for the Windows platforms

Compuware Changepoint Enhancements Simplify IT Portfolio Management

Changepoint accelerates user adoption with intuitive project management capabilities; reduces cost and time-to-integrate enterprise data

F5’s ARX Solution Portfolio Delivers Enterprise-Class File Virtualization to Mid-Range Storage Environments

New version of F5’s Data Management Operating System offers enhanced support for Microsoft/CIFS storage environments and greater scale for Tier-2 deduplication platforms

Upstarts Filling BI/DW Gaps

Upstart BI and DW vendors say their offerings address gaps or pain points established solutions ignore. It's a pitch that resonates with customers.

Perspectives: Open Source BI's Very Bright Future

Some issues that complicate or frustrate shrink-wrapped software implementations are mitigated by the open source model. That has some experts predicting a very bright future for open source BI.

Q&A: BI Technology Holds Special Promise for SMBs

Up and coming technologies including in-memory processing and column–based databases, combined with advances such as inexpensive memory and 64-bit operating systems, are finally promising affordable BI to small and medium-sized businesses.

Symantec Enables Security, Storage Management on Amazon Web Services

Symantec Endpoint Protection, Veritas Storage Foundation provide complimentary security and storage management on Amazon EC2

Gluster Storage Platform Enables Big-Data Clusters

New, integrated software platform enables deployment of petabyte-scale clustered storage on industry-standard hardware in just a few mouse clicks

RainStor 3.5 Preserves Massive Amounts of Structured Data in the Cloud

Data manager optimized for scalability on commodity hardware, cloud storage