Software


Oracle Sweetens Bid for PeopleSoft

Oracle attracts attention of state attorneys general, ups the ante, and takes its case to PeopleSoft customers in full-page newspaper ads

Microsoft vs. Network Appliance: Full of Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing

Longhorn changes the rules of the NAS game, but performance and price still matter most when shopping for NAS devices.

Briefs: NetLedger/HP initiative for business operations, Captiva ForeWare and InputAccel

HP/NetLedger online solution for small business management; Captiva updates its flagship input management software

ETL: Tools Get Closer to Real Time

New tools emphasize drive for near-real-time enterprise data access, include data quality components

CA Announces Integrated Content Security Management

Product offers single console for viewing security policy compliance and enterprise-wide content-related security trends.

Briefs: Resetting passwords, antivirus deal

Getting colleagues’ permission to reset passwords; Central Command offers jilted Linux users antivirus discount

Unsolicited E-mail: No Problem Come 2006?

An analyst's road map to a (mostly) spam-free existence



Sybase Revamps Large Data Warehouse Solution

IQ designed to be economical, scalable for terabytes of storage

Briefs: IBM revamps Shark storage for disaster recovery; BMC strengthens DB2 expertise

IBM upgrades TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server Model 800; BMC acquisition improves its position in the performance management segment of the enterprise data management market

Utility Computing Dark Horse

CA proposes to leverage management expertise for On Demand dominance

Monitoring Change With An Intranet

Timely monitoring of critical information is key to a company's success. Dashboards offer one approach.

Successful Project Management: Best Practices of World-Class Companies

Researchers shed light on what companies with successful projects do right

Revivio Takes on Mirror-Splits

Time Addressable Storage writes block-level changes in real time, letting you go back in time

IBM, Oracle Tout XQuery API

Move signals that Xquery standard could be finalized by year's end

Protecting Data From Events Firewalls Can't Catch

TippingPoint releases Peer-to-Peer control, intrusion prevention devices

Briefs: DataFlux, Connotate

DataFlux enhances data management suite; Connotate revamps content management tool

Analysis: A Tale of Two BI Strategies

IBM and Oracle approach BI from two different perspectives

Microsoft Entering Antivirus Market

Company may use assets of takeover target assets improve Windows

Briefs: IPv6 attacks, updated iQ.Suite

Guarding against IPv6 attacks; iQ.Suite strengthens Exchange 2003 e-mail security features

Security Basics: Database Access Controls

How privileges, roles, views, and row-level security are used to protect your data