Software


Q&A: Super-Charging OLAP Performance

HyperRoll says it can squeeze out the most performance from your existing investments in Oracle and Hyperion Solutions OLAP platforms without investing in more processing power or storage.

Case Study: Watching Sensitive Database Information at Toro

Sarbanes-Oxley, the need to improve monitoring, and a desire to move administration and accountability closer to end users, drove Toro to invest in record-level enterprise application monitoring software from Prodigen.

Briefs

Using investigations to satisfy Sarbanes-Oxley requirements; learning from 2003's vulnerability onslaught

BI Leaders Drive Java Standards

A group of BI powerhouses have joined forces in two competing organizations with the same goal: to reduce the pain of building BI solutions with Java and Java-related technologies.

Business Objects Announces Integration Strategy, Product Road Map

Analysts say the combined company looks like a winner.

SCO/IBM: Readers Respond

Strong responses mostly positive



IBM's Latest Blades Show Slim Is In

All grown up, blade servers are seen as a complement to mainframe and large Unix systems. Now they're slimmer than ever—just one of recent trends in this hardware.

Apple Joins Big Unix Server Race with Xserve G5 and Xgrid

Apple claims the new server packs about 60 percent more punch that the previous G4.

Resolutions for 2004: My Suggestions for Storage Vendors

Our storage columnist offers vendors four simple goals for the year ahead.

BRIEFS: Network Storage Rules; Anti-Virus Software; Choosing a Mail Filter

Learn Network Storage Security Rules; Free Anti-Virus (For A Year)

Report: Last Year Was Worst Ever for Viruses

Last year was the worst year ever for vulnerabilities, says anti-virus software maker F-Secure, in part because virus writers and spammers got together. Here's what you can do to prepare.

Which Bugs Will Bite? Vulnerability Predictions for 2004

Heterogeneous attacks, voice over IP shakedown, and prime time Web services easing security: predictions from an eminent security researcher for 2004 and beyond.

Microsoft CRM Gets Refresh

Version 1.2 is the company's first international release of its flagship CRM product