Software


2007 ESJ Salary Survey, Part 1: Salaries Keep Growing for IT Staff Positions, But Bonuses Decline

In the first of our four-part report, we look at compensation growth for professional positions

System z Key to Big Blue’s Server Market Surge

As a strong server market showing demonstrates, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to ignore Big Blue’s Big Iron renaissance

Survey Says: Mainframe and SOA are Hot

Mainframe shops plan to expand their capacities and aggressively expose their Big Iron assets via service-oriented architectures

Polarion Unveils ALM 3.0 Open Source App

Solution helps track software development projects and enables team collaboration

DataCore Supports Running Its Solutions as "Virtual Servers"

Storage virtualization solution can run on a variety of server virtualization platforms

Netuitive Releases SI 4

Updated performance manager features more scalability and customizable dashboards

THINKstrategies Debuts SaaS Product Evaluation Tool

The Readiness Assessment Services uses scorecard to rate product strengths and weaknesses



Netezza Says NPS R4 Doubles Query Performance

NPS R4 enhances query performance on existing NPS hardware—at no additional cost, Netezza officials claim

Acunetix Launches Free Cross-Site-Scripting Scanner

Enterprises can protect Web sites from threat of cross-site scripting problems

Unstructured Data: Attacking a Myth

Contrary to claims and predictions, the amount and growth of unstructured data may be vastly overstated.

Podcast: How Whitelists Can Protect Your Enterprise

Whitelisting isn’t just useful for blocking an avalanche of unwanted e-mail. It’s now being used to secure systems by limiting what applications are allowed to run.

Onaro Extends Datacenter Automation to Networked Storage

Capacity Manager 1.0, Provisioning Manager 1.0, and updated SANscreen Service Assurance help integrate storage into data-center operations

Varonis DataPrivilege 2.5 Lets Data Owners Manage Access Permissions

Delivers increased security and accountability

Zmanda Launches First Enterprise-Class Windows Backup Solution

Amanda adds Microsoft Windows client, enhanced security, and round-the-clock tech support

Why Politics and Storage Don’t Mix

When politics and storage collide, the results are too often unpredictable and unnerving.

A Monster Lesson: Security Must Be Everywhere

A trojan targeting Monster.com shows that protection from the center to the edge -- and beyond -- is still needed.

Analysis: Lifting the Hood on Sun’s New UltraSPARC T2 Chip

Sun’s next-gen multicore design boasts a number of enhancements -- including dedicated FPUs for each core -- which make it a better overall processor.

Mainframe Proponents Talk Up Platform’s Security Strengths

There’s a growing consensus -- among IBM users, at least -- that Big Iron’s biggest selling point might well be its proven security model.

Avoiding the RAMifications of Storage Retention

To stay in compliance, IT has had to focus on ensuring the right data is saved for the right length of time. A new court case may extend what data must be saved in the future. Regardless of the outcome of that case, we explore three steps IT must take to be prepared when lawsuits arise.

What's Behind the Windows Server 2008 Delay?

Some analysts believe it's tied to Vista SP1