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Data Lifecycle Management and the Mainframe Mindset

Without storage manageability, we can't effectively address storage costs, which take up to 60 cents of every storage hardware dollar. So why, in the distributed systems world, are we stuck without decent management tools?



Brio and Crystal: Customer Satisfaction One Year Later

Now that customers have had about a year to get a feel for what Hyperion and Business Objects have in store, what are their impressions?

Salesforce.com Must Walk Fine Line

As it grows its CRM services stack, Salesforce.com must grapple with a host of new challenges.

Case Study: Finding and Fixing Security-Related Code Defects

Finding code problems was the challenge; a service provider's analysis held the answer

Microsoft and IBM Hone Security Warning Systems

Better security updates in the offing

Survey: Executives Still Don't Take Data Quality Seriously Enough

In a new survey from PricewaterhouseCoopers, the company found that data quality is still a serious issue to which executives still aren't paying enough attention.

In Brief

Microsoft ISA vulnerability may lead to phishing attacks, a new version of MyDoom targets the IFRAME vulnerability in IE, and survey finds bank clients willing to defect over banks’ lack of ID theft protections

BMC Bets on a Big-Iron Future

BMC doesn’t think the reemergence of Big Iron is a fluke—and it’s putting its money where its mouth is

Itanium Dealt Setbacks by Microsoft, HP

Intel is abandoning the low-end 64-bit space to compete against RISC chips from IBM and other vendors in the high-end

PeopleSoft’s Fate Up to Shareholders

Oracle’s “best and final offer” has left PeopleSoft’s fate in the hands of stockholders.

Determining the Value and ROI of an Enterprise Portal, Part 2

We examine how to value a portal investment, examining both the tangible and "soft" benefits of the technology. We'll also look at the buy-versus-build debate, and factors to consider in determining a portal's ROI.