Software


Toigo’s Tomatoes 2005

If you don't have something nice to say, say nothing at all, right? Storage columnist Jon Toigo ignores that advice as he looks at the three worst events and trends in the storage industry this year.

Changing Times at CA

Does grey knight CA—“the industry’s safety net”—have a new set of priorities?

Trust, Verify, and Triangulate

"Trust but verify" is no longer enough; today you must trust, verify, and triangulate in order to acquire organizational knowledge that you can rely on.

Spyware Hampering Compliance Initiatives

Spyware poses a huge threat—yet a recent survey shows that by their own admission, many enterprises have yet to protect their information with suitable anti-spyware software.



Sun’s UltraSPARC T1 Redefines the Rules of the Game

UltraSPARC T1 is a marvelous achievement, to be sure—but will its cutting edginess translate into market success?

Teradata Nabs DecisionPoint for Performance Management

DPS gives Teradata a bona-fide financial performance management stack, but officials insist Teradata is not a BI or BPM contender

The ETL Market Reborn

The ETL market had a surprisingly successful 2004—and is poised for even more growth through 2009

Q&A: How Much Momentum Does SOA Have?

It’s a service-enabled world out there. Who’s along for the ride so far?

Steady Is the Course for ETL Pure Plays

DataMirror and SunOpsis continue to find their own way—a third way, so to speak—in a hotly contested ETL marketscape

An Rx for Network Authentication Anarchy

A new appliance acts as a meta-broker to the wild profusion of competing network access control schemes

Attackers Shift Exploits to Applications

The 2005 SANS Top 20 list of the worst vulnerabilities finds attackers deserting operating system vulnerabilities, for flaws in applications and network devices.