Software


OLAP Wars: Hyperion Strikes Back

With a quartet of Itanium 2-based HP Integrity servers and the 64-bit edition of its Essbase OLAP, Hyperion beats Oracle’s market-leading score in a key OLAP benchmark by 39 percent.

Q&A: Data Profiling for Quality Assurance

Costs associated with poor data quality aren't immediately obvious to many companies, and current approaches (such as data cleansing) to improving quality fall short. Data profiling may be the answer.

Q&A: One IDE to Rule Them All

The Eclipse Project, an open source development initiative, is growing by leaps and bounds.

The New Document Specialist?

IBM makes its third document-management acquisition as retention regulations spur market growth.

SCO Fine Tunes Its Claims; Court Deadline Looms

A preliminary ruling in December sets this week as the deadline for providing specific Linux code misappropriation examples to IBM. "Derivative works" is the focus of SCO's argument.



IBM's Tivoli Intelligent Orchestrator Makes Data Centers More Efficient

IBM dusted off its May acquisition and relaunched Think Dynamics ThinkControl, renamed the Tivoli Intelligent Orchestrator. The product is at the center of a radical transformation of Tivoli to the new IBM mantra of “On Demand," where data centers should be more efficient with less staff and, potentially, less wasted hardware.

Setting Up Policies the Arkivio Way

While many products today talk a good game about policy-based data management, Arkivio is once again ahead of the pack.

IBM Moves Into Regulatory Compliance Arena

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act has created a busy cottage industry for technology and professional services firms that market solutions designed to help companies meet certain aspects of compliance.

Q&A: ETL Dead and Done With?

Ascential Software says it has moved from an ETL provider to a data integration company. Will 2005 be the year of metadata?

Counteroffensive: Actuate Unveils Analytics Offering

Product is designed for users who need analytics functionality but don't want a power-user tool.

Alerts: Linux Vulnerabilities, Security Spending, Symantec's List of Top Threats in November

From Linux synchronization and denial of service attacks to some good news about spending on security—a quick look at this week's other security news.