Software


SP2 Preview of SQL Server 2008 R2 Released

Fixes based on user input; includes previous fixes as well.

SmartBear Simplifies API Testing and Monitoring

Integrated solution bridging the devops divide; improves API life cycle quality and end-user experience.

Treating Your BI Program Like an Entrepreneurial Startup

Startups know that what customers say they want isn’t necessarily what they want. The same principle is critical to the success of your BI project.

Yellowfin Displays Adaptability

Yellowfin benefits from a few core design decisions -- or "fortuitous mistakes," as CEO Glen Rabie puts it -- that make it a surprisingly adaptable BI platform.

Real-time, Streaming Data Analysis Part of Updated Reflex VMC

Highly-customizable analytics, charts, and reports deliver granular access into virtual environments, help IT manage virtual infrastructure.

Q&A: Managing Application Performance

We examine how application performance management (APM) has changed, discuss effective APM approaches, and recommend IT investments and training to help you deal with increasingly complex applications and environments.



5 Storage Management Trends to Watch

Five hot technologies are having a big influence on how you manage storage. The executive director of Dell's storage strategy explains why each one is worth your attention.

Q&A: Maximizing Your Remote Support ROI

If remote support solutions can relieve IT of some of its help-desk burden, why isn't it used more often or to better advantage?

Best IT Practices for SaaS Deployments

IT has started to embrace the cloud, and users are ceding control and administration of those apps to them. These six best practices will maximize the safety, control, and effectiveness of SaaS deployments.

New Unisys Mobile App Reveals Hidden Storage Inefficiencies, Costs

Free Storage Survey 2012 application enables IT executives to benchmark storage efficiency against peers and plot new ways to control costs.

New CAST Service Identifies Poorly Performing Applications

Lightweight, on-demand SaaS offering identifies budget-draining applications and technical debt; assesses potential production defects across large scale portfolios.

Developing and Branding Your Analytics Communities

How can the principles of branding be applied to BI to help multiple groups in large organizations work collaboratively across departmental boundaries?

SAP Takes the Predictive Analytic Plunge

With SAP Predictive Analysis, the company says it wants to bring predictive analytic capabilities to as many users as possible.

Versant JPA Provides NoSQL Database Using Standard Java Persistence Skills

Eliminates financial, operational, and training risks of adopting proprietary NoSQL solutions.

Lieberman Software Enhances Self-Service Password Reset for WIndows Enterprises

Account Reset Console 6.0 improves performance, scalability for user account password management.

Q&A: Melding Predictive Analytics and Big Data Makes Sense

Predictive analytics and big data "make perfect sense together," says analyst Fern Halper, even as some vendors are struggling to catch up with users.

Colligo Upgrades SharePoint iPad App

Two-way sync allows transferring files to and from SharePoint.