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Business Intelligence Security Steps into the Spotlight

Pop quiz: A bank employee “misplaces” a laptop containing highly sensitive data. What do you do? What do you do?

In Praise of Bundled ETL

What are the economics of bundled ETL, and just what do Oracle and Microsoft bring to the table?



Behind Big Blue’s $1.6 Billion Bid for FileNet

Big Blue already markets several content management-related offerings, so what does FileNet bring to the table?

IBM Nabs FileNet, Secures its Place in Content Management MarketPlace Holder

FileNet gives Big Blue best-of-breed technology, a huge installed base, and a steady stream of revenue.

Platform Usage Models -- A Grid Computing Example (Part 3 of 3)

Grid system complexity can tie an organization in knots in an endless debate trying to justify a deployment. The Hierarchical Usage Model Framework may help.

JavaScript Security Vulnerabilities: Weakness in Web 2.0

Demonstrations at last week's annual Black Hat cybersecurity conference employed Web-page-embedded JavaScript to attack corporate servers.

Primary Source: An Outsourcing Decision Stands the Test of Time

How one company learned if their outsourcing decision was the right one.

SNIA’s Information Lifecycle Management Paper Reads Like a Beach Novel

Like a summertime guilty-pleasure-but-pointless novel, and SNIA’s latest document on information lifecycle management makes for nice beach reading.

Survey: Windows XP Top Security Concern

Symantec survey focused on IT professionals’ views on vulnerability research and challenges they expect in the next year.

Case Study: Implementation Partner Helps Smooth Financial Merger

A financial advisory firm brings in an integration partner to help expand its financial systems

Q&A: How Security Budgets Determine Compliance Success

New study highlights commonalities between companies with the fewest IT compliance deficiencies.

Podcast: Trusted Computing

Three key benefits of trusted computing, and what IT should do now to prepare for trusted computing initiatives

2006 Salary Survey, Part 2: Raises for IT Executives and Managers Remain Tepid

An improving economy and more robust IT budgets are helping loosen the budget purse strings for key IT line staff positions but not for key management positions surveyed.