Software


SOA, BPM and Model-driven Development: Creating the Perfect IT Storm

BPM is both a management discipline and a technology platform; modeling complements -- and is a critical aspect of -- a larger BPM strategy.

Careers: The Vanishing Vacation

If you want to make the most of your vacation, you should be working in a Big Iron shop.

CA Rolls Out Tape Encryption for Mainframes

Options proliferate for encrypting your z/OS backup tapes



Future Focus of the Web: AJaX All The Way

For a product like WebFocus, support for that most coruscating of new Web app dev paradigms—AJaX—was a foregone conclusion.

Microsoft 'Coopetates' With Hyperion

Just because Microsoft is now a business intelligence player doesn’t mean it can’t "coopetate", so to speak, with the best of them.

EIM: The Method to Business Objects’ Acquisition Madness

EIM strategy takes BO somewhat far afield from its bread-and-butter BI stomping grounds. Analysts say that might be a good thing.

A Season of Disasters: The Signs Are There

Forget the tape versus multi-hop-mirroring battle. Our storage analyst, Jon Toigo, has some suggestions.

Employees Cause Most Security Breaches, Yet Response Lags

What’s the best way to stop users from inadvertently compromising your company’s information security?

Podcast: Situational Application Development

From Wikis to mash-ups, users are taking development into their own hands as never before.

Q&A: Stopping Blended Threats with Multi-Function Security Appliances

Why small and medium-size businesses, and satellite offices, are increasingly adopting multi-function security appliances.

Outsourcing Survey 2006, Part 3: Success Factors in Selecting a Provider

We explore what factors are important when organizations choose their outsourcing partners. Price isn’t the primary consideration.

SOA: The Services Are Out There

Successful service-enablement requires a high degree of visibility into an organization’s IT inner workings.