Software


Services: The Next Frontier for the BI Pure Plays?

Cognos is no stranger to professional services, having collaborated with an ecosystem of partners for some time, but last week’s announcements marked its most ambitious foray into the services game yet. Some analysts say Cognos’ move has the makings of a proverbial double-edged sword.

Best of Both Worlds: Actuate Touts Open Source-Commercial BI

Actuate 9 is a pivotal release for a company that continues to plot a best-of-breed course in a rapidly consolidating BI marketscape.

Celequest Branches Out

Last month, Celequest notched a deal with NEC to develop a compliance appliance for the financial services industry.



Security Briefs: Breaches Increase, Trojans Displace Worms

Despite increased security spending, the number of security breaches also increases. Plus, how Trojan applications have displaced worms and viruses as top threats—and why.

Five Tips for Securing VoIP

Thanks to immature standards, competing protocols, and nascent products, keeping VoIP secure isn’t easy. Here’s where to start.

Distributed Computing, Specialty Engines Bring Companies Back to the Mainframe

The cost of distributed complexity—which is also measured in air conditioned BTUs and kilowatts per hour—is about to get even more expensive

Podcast: Remote Access Best Practices

Best practices for accessing corporate information remotely

Case Study: Software-as-a-Service Quickly Enables File and Application Sharing

On-demand application suite offers big benefits for a small company

CA Announces Latest Milestone in the ITILization of Its Toolset

Is ITIL tailor-made for the Six Sigma Generation?

Backup/Recovery Strategies: Protecting Road Warriors (Part 1 of a 3-part Series)

IT must acknowledge the importance—and risks—of mobile computing tools and start building processes to protect corporate data.

Unified Theories of Data Management

How do we manage the combined output of all of the event logs produced by all the available, and frequently used, management tools?