Software


IT Pays a Price for Poor Requirements Practices

New survey quantifies premium IT pays for poor requirements gathering; focus on process, not documentation is key

Choosing a BI Architecture for Mobile Devices

As enterprise and mobile applications converge, users will demand consistency on mobile devices.

SPSS Refreshes Data, Text Mining Toolset

With text analytics poised for growth -- especially as a means to parse and index unstructured data -- it's a propitious time for SPSS

Future Shock: On the Pros and Cons of Data Modeling

Data modeling, proponents say, can help insulate an organization against change. Sounds good -- but is it true?

Business Leaders Tell IT: You Must Deliver

As never before, IT is facing pressure to deliver products and services that help differentiate the business from its competitors.

Rogue Trader Highlights Need to Mind Your Controls

In an age of Sarbanes-Oxley and similar regulatory measures, how could a single rogue trader have racked up more than $7 billion in losses?

Podcast: Securing the Enterprise from Employee Activities

After you’ve protected your environment from outside threats such as viruses, it’s time to turn your attention inward and protect against threats from your employees themselves.



Using Virtualization for Business Continuity and Availability

Many virtualization strategies can enable business continuity. The right solution depends on your environment and where you want to take it in the future.

IBM, Sun Make Ambitious "Virtual" Announcements

Virtualization took center stage again last week, as both IBM and Sun unveiled ambitious new virtual offerings

Classify and Move: Getting Stored Data in Order

The B-tree is an endangered species … .thank goodness.

Paragent 3.0 Improves Network Management

Update adds automatic software and inventory collection, remote desktop management, advanced search

InforSense Visualization Solutions Reduce Information Delivery Complexity

VisualSense and Document Explorer simplify information delivery

ScriptLogic Solution Lets Users Resolve Password Issues

Desktop Authority Password Self Service lowers support costs

Microsoft Makes Blockbuster Bid for Yahoo

$44.6 billion deal proposed

NetPro Introduces Products, Services for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007

Provides Exchange Server 2007 migration, audit, and control solutions and professional services

Lessons From a Yahoo Scrum Rollout

Yahoo's top coach in Agile practices describes the process, and how it speeds up Web application delivery

Mainframe Remains Central to Data Integration Efforts

New survey shows that integration still done with hand-coded scripting

Use of Live Customer Data in Application Testing Still Widespread

Survey shows security is an afterthought when live data is used in business application testing

Free Tool Strips Vista to Bare Bones

Lets users remove feature bloat, and then some

LiquidPlanner Incorporates Project Uncertainty in New Project Management Tool

On-Demand project management service helps teams seamlessly collaborate, improve confidence in their schedules