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Careers: Strong Demand Continues for Information Security Jobs

With information security increasingly a boardroom-level concern, job prospects continue to be good, according to a new study. Training and certification are becoming increasingly important for candidates and companies alike.

zSeries: Big Plans Ahead?

What can we expect from IBM’s zSeries team in 2006? If history is any indication, it could be an eventful year.

Is the Business Intelligence Market on a Collision Course?

Are BI vendors on a collision course with the relational database giants? Industry watchers aren’t sure—but some say the uneasy détente is unlikely to last.



Q&A: Data Mining for the Masses?

SAS, SPSS, and others say they’re making the Gandalf-the-White world of data mining more accessible— call it data mining for the masses.

Data Profiling Pros Welcome TS Discovery 5.0

Drums keep pounding rhythm to the brain—and the data quality beat keeps on keeping on. Case in point: Trillium Software last week announced a new version of its TS Discovery 5.0 data profiling tool. Analysts are calling it Trillium’s strongest profiling offering to date.

Q&A: The 2006 Threat Landscape

Symantec anticipates kernel-level rootkits, and more covert channels for siphoning intellectual property

Big Iron Pessimism Persists

With so many major events last year in the mainframe arena, why are so many Big Iron pros still pessimistic about the future?

CRM ROI: What’s in a (Customer) Name?

In today’s compliance-crazy climate, data profiling is all but essential

Why SATA is Enterprise Ready

How recent advances make SATA suitable for many enterprise online storage needs

Will This be the Year of Storage SOA?

How much noise will users have to make to get vendors to listen?

Maximizing the Benefits of Capacity Planning

IT is the epicenter of your company's nervous system. Capacity planning can keep it healthy. We examine planning methods and highlight their pitfalls.

WMF Flaw Provokes Headaches, Workarounds

Security managers race to stem a mass outbreak