Software


IT Spending to Hold the Line in 2009

There’s some comfort in a recent survey from Gartner, which says IT spending will neither plummet nor surge in 2009. In short, IT spending will likely remain flat.

University's Agile Software Factory Aims To Fill Enterprise Demand

First program in higher education offers agile "service-learning" for credit

XBRL Now Mandatory at SEC

Ruling requires domestic and foreign issuers of financial statements to submit their primary statements and footnotes in XBRL format

Amazon Unveils Public Data Sets

Service provides access to a centralized repository of publicly available scientific, demographic, and medical data

Actuate 10 e.Spreadsheet Released

Users can view dynamic data in Excel format

Microsoft Taps Schools for Exchange 14 Testing

Focus on testing scalability of online solution using a multitenant hosting architecture

Jaspersoft's Strong December Attests to Popularity of Open Source BI

Open source reporting specialist Jaspersoft finished the year on a high note



Q&A: The Challenge of Good Performance Management

Users are paying greater attention to features that meet their needs in BI software. What’s behind good organizational performance management?

Free Online Self-assessment Helps BI Professionals Gauge MDM Readiness

Is your organization ready to adopt and deploy master data management?

Netezza Announces New Interoperability with Microsoft's BI Platform

Netezza's interoperability play with Microsoft is either a big deal for Netezza or an even bigger deal for Microsoft

CA Revamps, Extends NetMaster, SysView

Both NetMaster and SysView boast GUI and usability improvements. Along with a lower-cost software licensing option and you have pair of old tools reborn.

Q&A: Effective Workload Management

How can an enterprise continue to meet its business goals while running applications on fewer servers?

Correcting Your Worst E-mail Retention Practices

How to avoid common mistakes enterprises make with their old e-mail messages.

Q&A: SOA Challenges for SMBs

SOA often sneaks into an environment as part of a packaged solution within SMBs.

Microsoft Pulls the Plug on Windows Live OneCare

Microsoft's decision to exit the consumer security space reflects a fundamental shift in the market.

Going Cheap on Disaster Recovery

De-duplication may seem like a way to go cheap on DR, but it can yield some expensive consequences.

Outsourcing: Where the Jobs Are

Non-traditional players -- such as Thailand, Egypt, and South Africa -- have emerged as offshore contenders.

Symantec Survey Shows Data Center Managers Must Still Do More with Less

Demands rising, but IT isn’t standing still

Half of Developers Report Hosted Software Projects

Global research forecasts swift rise in development plans for software as a service applications