With the explosive growth of data volumes, the expansion of user bases, plus the perpetual danger of hacking and other such perils, CIOs these days consider data security to be a top priority. This white paper offers a check-list of ten fundamental steps companies can take to secure their data assets.
Cognos may have snared lots of newsprint last week, but Business Objects wasn’t exactly out to lunch. The BI giant picked up a new CEO, named a CSO, and also announced a spate of new solutions for the mid-market. But what exactly does the CEO switch-up mean?
What shape is your skill profile? Have you thought about what balance you need between specialist and generalist skills to thrive in today's environment?
We examine the approaches for business continuity and disaster recovery and what your data-driven enterprises can do to ensure better business continuity in the event of an outage
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SAML, Liberty, WS-Federation—a number of Web Services standards are competing for security managers’ attention. Here’s how to differentiate between the options.
Are the ESB visions touted by IBM, BEA, and others a new spin on an old idea: vendor lock-in?
A neutral, third-party testing organization rates IPS performance, accuracy, and reliability.
Oracle can now lay claim to best-of-breed database, HR, CRM, and analytic software in its fight with SAP
First PeopleSoft, now Siebel Systems: Oracle Corp.’s appetite for large-scale acquisitions seems insatiable. Larry Ellison’s company can now trumpet the availability of best-in-breed database, human resources (HR), customer relationship management (CRM), and analytic software. What does it all mean?
SP1 delivers a graphical metadata development tool, support for VBA, and a new scripting language