Software


Another Voice from the SMI-S Trenches

Was development of the SMI specification by the SNIA usurped by a small group of vendors? A developer provides his real-world experience.

Security Event Management: It Pays to be Proactive

To resist downtime and attacks, many organizations are turning to security event management software, which collects and analyzes information from a variety of devices, PCs, servers, and firewalls, giving security administrators a consolidated view of network security.

Cognos Updates OLAP PowerPlay

Hyperion and Microsoft aren’t the only OLAP vendors worth watching

Security Briefs

Hate sites and corporate liability; weak PDA data protection

Microsoft Delivers New BI Accelerators

Is Microsoft testing the waters as an analytics applications vendor?



Q&A: Stress Testing Your Network Against DoS Attacks

While most companies don’t face worms designed to turn computers against them, denial-of-service attacks remain a problem. How can organizations stress test their network against such attacks? We turned to Alan Newman of Spirent Communications, which manufacturers network stress-testing appliances and simulation software, for some ideas.

IBM's Information Integrator Update Packs 100 New Features

“Masala” to offer search and data-access enhancements, and brings the product closer to being able to manage both structured and unstructured data

Business/IT Alignment: What CIOs Must Do

Is your IT organization battling its users instead of working with them? Here's what CIOs must do to improve IT/business communications.

Careers: Mixing Work with Vacation

For IT pros on vacation, work’s no more than a voice mail, e-mail, or SSH session away

Enterprise Information Integration Finally Arrives

IBM's Masala—its follow-up to DB2 Information Integrator—boats over 100 new features, including automation and data access improvements

SCO: Don’t Call It a Fishing Expedition

Company makes another bid for IBM’s AIX and Dynix source code