Software


Cloud Computing: Microsoft’s Azure Initiative Adds Risk to Business Model

Azure amounts to Microsoft's "most significant coordinated shift in strategy" since it got come-to-the-Internet religion in 1995.

Leasing IT's Mainframe Future -- With an Option to Buy

Many mainframe customers -- perhaps as many as 80 percent -- lease their Big Iron hardware. How will economic uncertainty affect them?

Q&A: Automating Your Application Infrastructure

A new survey reveals how IT is trying to automate the application infrastructure.

IT's Security Dilemma: To Patch or Not to Patch

An out-of-band security fix from Microsoft put administrators in a familiar but tough spot: potentially damned if they patched and damned if they didn't.

Q&A: Moving to Proactive Network Management

Networks are vital to your organization. We offer suggestions for moving from reactive to proactive network management.

Taglocity 2.0 for Outlook Available for Free Download

Tool brings Outlook users "tagging" capabilities and features that mimic Google Gmail



Software AG Updates webMethods Application Modernization Suite

Both SOA and Web editions help companies take greater advantage of their existing assets

Global Data Center Management Releases nlyte 5.0

Latest version includes real-time data views, power management capabilities

Hosted Business Intelligence -- Why the Time is Right

We explore the changing market dynamics that make now the time for mass adoption of hosted BI.

BI for SMBs, Part 2: Managing Your Data

We examine how companies are managing data growth and an often complex data infrastructure in order to drive value from BI tools.

Is Open Source BI at a Tipping Point?

Open source BI vendors believe their value proposition looks even better at a time when buyers are cinching up their purse strings.

TDWI Audio Report: Data Warehouse Appliances Drawing Interest

A data warehouse appliance integrates software and hardware into a single solution from one vendor. The costs and complexities of integrating systems are making appliances increasingly attractive. According to John Santaferraro, marketing manager for HP’s BI portfolio, industry analysts now recommend customers consider a data warehouse appliance. In this interview, Santaferraro discusses what’s behind that advice and offers tips on selecting an appliance.

The Reincarnation of Enterprise Applications

If SOA, modernization, and Web 2.0 are complementary IT efforts, then why are they so often viewed as separate initiatives?

Storage Innovators, Part 2

Sometimes innovation is as simple as reviewing, and replacing, a vendor service and support contract with one from a qualified third-party provider.

Microsoft Testing HD Audio for Enterprise VoIP

Could arrive in first quarter of next year

Q&A: Security for Virtual Environments

Virtualization brings a new set of security challenges.

Can Going Green Slow Data Center Expansion?

Proponents say “going green” can help companies save money, but a secondary benefit may be just as important: delaying data center expansion.

Microsoft Announces Office to be Available as a Service

Office users soon will be able to open, create, and edit files using "lightweight" hosted versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote