Software


Careers: IT Employment Rebounds

It’s worth remembering how much the employment outlook has improved in the last half decade—and how far we have still to go

Vulnerability Roundup

Last week, Oracle released a critical patch update for a SQL attack vulnerability that could give local attackers administrator-level privileges, and Apple patched Windows and Apple OS versions of QuickTime. Meanwhile a new report finds online attacks are hitting the bottom line.



What’s on Tap: MicroStrategy Seriously Bullish on 2006

Like Lazarus, MicroStrategy has come back to tell us all, and looks to be a fixture in the BI marketscape of the future.

Actuate Buys Into Performance Management

With the acquisition last week of a CPM player, Actuate is setting its sights on the CPM space, too.

SPSS Enhances Clementine for CRM, Fraud Detection

Clementine has been used as a complement to CRM for half a decade now—but SPSS recently taught it a range of new tricks.

Speculation Grows Over Acquisitions

In light of IBM’s purchase last year of Ascential, SAP and Oracle could be contemplating blockbuster data integration acquisitions of their own.

A Marriage of Convenience (and Security)

Many organizations have reached or exceeded their ability to support the growing security management headaches and are facing compromises. What we need is a complete suite of top-tier security technologies administered from a single, unified console. Is that even possible?

The Fundamental Secret to Improving Knowledge Work

The best place to start improving knowledge work is at the end of the process: focus on ways to improve knowledge-work outputs.

Simplifying Your Data Protection Strategy

Sifting through the options (and hype) of redundant-backup can be daunting. Our storage analyst simplifies things with three key questions.

Vulnerability Roundup

It was a busy week for security alerts: more WMF flaws were exposed and two critical Microsoft vulnerabilities were revealed. Meanwhile, a review of 2005 IM threats gives a hint at what to expect this year.