Software


Network Instruments’ Observer 13 Expedites Problem Resolution, Improves Application Performance Analysis

Enhanced monitoring tool combines real-time network health insight and root-cause analysis

Up Close: Speed, Parallel Processing, and MPP

Neither parallelism (ala Oracle) nor parallelism (ala Microsoft) is classically parallel, or massively parallel (like Teradata, Netezza, and others)

New Competition Validates Importance of Data Warehouse Appliances

Data warehousing firms aren't worried about the rising competition from Oracle, Microsoft, HP, and others.

Q&A: The Trickle-Down Theory in BI

With pervasive BI growing, and barriers to implementation and use dropping, where is BI headed?

Analysis: BI Tools for Sustainability

Sustainability measurement is coming to BI tools, but slowly. Though a few vendors have products in development, only one has one for sale that can figure intricate carbon footprints across an enterprise or for a single product.

Q&A: Change Management Challenges

Keeping changes under control is vital to keeping business services available.

IT Avoids Spending Freeze Despite Weakening Economy

When will IT budgets feel the effects of the ongoing economic crisis?



Innovation 2008, Part 1: Can Ecosystems Trump Stovepipes?

Why the ISE ecosystem is the new face of storage.

Getting Application Development Back on Track with SaaS

Why traditional enterprise software is in disarray, and what technology can be of greatest assistance.

Managing Security Compliance from the Inside Out

Why automated security policy management should be part of IT's overall data security compliance strategy.

Busy October Patch Cycle Brings 11 Fixes

Security-minded admins have their work cut out for them

How Leveraging Application Delivery Can Optimize Your Data Center Infrastructure

Using a hosting provider and new ADC technology can help small and mid-size businesses compete with their larger rivals.

Scalent Systems Adds Red Hat Support to Virtual and Bare-Metal System Management

Scalent V/OE version 2.5 offers management and automation tools for quick and easy physical/virtual transitions and failover, now for hardware running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, either standalone or under Xen

New Security Appliance Protects Databases

New security appliance gives DBAs a leg up on flaws and vulnerabilities lurking in corporate database management systems

Sun, Fujitsu Release New SPARC Enterprise T5440 Server for Midrange Computing

Power management, fast performance, and energy efficiency top benefits of server based on UltraSPARC T2 Plus chip

LucidEra Releases Pipeline Insight Fall '08

Expanded analysis capabilities, faster speed highlight update

11 Fixes Expected for Patch Tuesday

Fixes touch on a wide range of Windows OS releases and components

IBM Projects Positive Results for Its Third Quarter

Expected to report 5 percent increase in revenue, 20 percent rise in net income

In Treacherous DW Segment, HP Charts a Partner-Friendly Course

Neutrality in partnerships takes center stage in HP’s data warehousing push

Unisys Introduces New ClearPath Systems

More powerful systems handle larger business volumes at lower cost