Software


Toward a More Manageable Mainframe

Big Iron ISVs maintain the mainframe is hot. In the current economic climate, they suggest, it could really sizzle.

Getting Real About Server Virtualization

Some manufacturers are buying so much of the advertising in magazines that articles critical of certain products never see the light of day.

Q&A: Managing a Heterogeneous Environment of Virtualized and Physical Desktops

What's behind the move to mixing physical and virtualized desktops in an enterprise?

Q&A: Dynamic Capacity Planning in a Virtual World

We explore the challenges of capacity planning and how IT can best balance performance and risk in virtualized environments.

How Recovery-Oriented Databases Help Retailers Handle Black Friday

How to keep IT systems running during the post-Thanksgiving shopping rush

Why Enterprises Must Respond to WPA Crack

Organizations should either implement a more secure version of WPA or switch to WPA2, the impregnable successor to WPA

Ubuntu ARMed for Mobile Expansion

OS will be more energy efficient on netbooks, mobile computers



VMware Fusion 2.0.1 Gets Performance Boost

Company updates desktop virtualization solution for Mac OS X

Microsoft Faced Big Issues in Fixing SMB Hole

Seven years to fix Server Message Block problem

eEye Releases SaaS-Based Network Security Solution

Retina OnDemand lets companies view their network data and assess their security risks from the Internet

Top Layer Network Protection Tool Features IP "Shunning"

Latest release of IPS 5500 E-Series lets users block IP addresses associated with an attack

CIO Role Becoming More Strategic, Study Finds

CIOs are increasingly leading change in the enterprise

Zyrion Traverse Released

Business service management solution is designed for mid-market enterprises

Napera Networks Integrates Firewall with VPN

Wired, wireless network access support for remote users and small offices

TV’s Election Coverage: BI in Action

Politics can provide many valuable lessons. The power of business intelligence, as clearly demonstrated by the TV election coverage, is one of them.

Violin Memory Releases Speedy Flash Appliance with 4 Terabytes of Storage

Violin 1010 provides high-performance Tier-0 Flash storage

BI for SMBs, Part 3: Driving Down TCO

In the final part of our three-part series, we investigate how organizations are managing the total cost of BI implementations.

No Deep Cuts for IT Spending Seen in 2009

IT staff and executive positions are safe for now, Computer Economics study concludes

Search and Text Analysis Lead BI Push

Thanks to demand for cutting-edge features such as sentiment extraction, text analytic technology is primed for growth.

Analytic Insight: It's All About People and Processes

If you don't understand your business processes and don't have talented staff, even best-in-class analytics can't save you.