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Protecting Your Enterprise from the Thriving Cyber Underground

Multiple, overlapping, and mutually supportive defensive systems and patched, up-to-date systems can help consumers and businesses take advantage of the Internet while avoiding its dangers.

Microsoft's Virtualization Strategy Coming Into Focus

Will Microsoft's server virtualization push change the rules of the game?

First Look: Project Zero

Web developers who want to avoid writing Java applets may like this Eclipse plug-in tool

Trojans 2 Crimeware Exploits Web 2.0 Technologies

A new exploit tries to obscure data transfers via RSS feeds and more

Software AG Looks to SOA and BPM in 2008

A Software AG exec explains the company's move to acquire webMethods as part of its strategy to help broaden SOA adoption

IT and Compliance: 5 Big Predictions for 2008

Service-oriented IT processes and technologies will help managers bring the enterprise into line in 2008—perhaps not a moment too soon. We can't shake the feeling that something big and very bad is lurking 'round the corner. Grab a security blanket and carefully read on for the hopes and horrors of 2008.

Events and Trends: A Conversation About 2007 and 2008

Acquisitions of pure-play BI vendors was the big story, but the meaning will play out in 2008. How will the smaller vendors find a place in the new ecosystem?



TDWI Audio Reports: BI -- The Year Past, the Year Ahead

It’s been a tumultuous year in BI. To review the highlights, and look ahead to the important trends of 2008, we spoke with TDWI Research’s Wayne Eckerson and Philip Russom.

The Year in Review, The Year Ahead

In 2007, the large, independent, publicly-traded, best-of-breed BI and PM player all but ceased to exist.

Major Data Warehousing Events of 2007 and Predictions for 2008

Consolidation wasn't the only trend to stir up BI this year. Michael Schiff takes a look at other key events this year, and explains what we should expect next year.

Podcast: Using Change Management to Move from Chaos to Control

When it comes to change management, chaos still reigns in IT. We explain how to regain control by implementing and administering an efficient change management system in your shop.

Podcast: Vulnerability Predictions for 2008

It’s been a tough year for protecting the enterprise. We review a security expert’s predictions for 2007, explore what’s been driving the rash of new vulnerabilities, and look ahead with him to the security problems that will dominate 2008.

Security in Review: Yesterday and Tomorrow

Will it be "same old, same old" in security for 2008?

What's In Store for Storage 2008

Disaster recovery tends to become a focus during any period of economic uncertainty -- and 2008 will deliver uncertainty in spades if market pundits are correct.

Enterprise IT: A Look Back, The Trends Ahead

Fasten your seatbelts -- it's going to be a bumpy year.

Microsoft Releases Beta of Key Virtualization Product

Product Hyper-V is pushed out ahead of schedule

XBRL Gaining Ground

The eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) standard is gaining solid support, momentum

TDWI Audio Reports: Has Data Quality Reached its Inflection Point?

Data quality, which began in the clean up and maintenance of accurate names and addresses in a customer database, has become a business necessity. As it has grown, data quality has also changed by industry and how it’s used around the world. A host of new technologies are also having an impact on how an enterprise approaches data quality.

Oracle’s BI, Performance Management Strategies Come into Focus

Oracle announces BI and performance enhancements and folds Essbase into its BI Foundation—but what about Hyperion’s other BI assets?

IBM alphaWorks Adds Two Web Services

Free offerings include a mashup maker for Ruby on Rails developers and a social networking content-sharing tool