Software


Forget Improvements -- Systems Management Needs a New Approach

Most IT organizations are only performing very basic monitoring on their servers. This new approach uses concepts we learned from the consumer gadget world.

DxConsole Virtualization Solution Helps IT Control SQL Server Sprawl

DxConsole virtualizes SQL Server instances and consolidates SQL Server databases, servers and storage into manageable private cloud utilities to reduce cost, inefficiency, management complexity.

RDP Fix Shows Microsoft's Smarter about Windows Security Updates

As Microsoft's response to a recent critical vulnerability demonstrates, Windows security has come a long way -- for the better -- since the days of Code Red.

McAfee Addresses Security of MySQL Databases with Free Audit Plug-in

Downloadable plug-in for MySQL allows users to capture detailed MySQL database activity information.

Q&A: An Inside Look at a State-of-the-Art Green Data Center

IT is looking to cut costs. One way is to outsource data center tasks. We take a closer look at a state-of-the-art site in Europe to learn what features are most important to IT and how investments in renewable resources are paying off.

Nimsoft Delivers VMware vCloud Environment Monitor

Solution enables IT organizations, service providers to efficiently safeguard health of private, public, and hybrid clouds.

Personal Cloud Will Overtake PCs by 2014, Gartner Predicts

PCs fade as primary digital device for most users in just a few years.



Q&A: "Smart or Lucky" Book Analyzes Tech Successes, Failures

A long-time tech observer delves into why some companies succeed and others fail.

What Shifting IT/Business Battle Lines Mean for BI's Future

Line-of-business analysts are advancing on IT's old territory. Five thoughts on what it means for both parties.

Tibco Goes All In for Social Features

For a company that's best known as a provider of back-end plumbing, Tibco's tibbr and Spotfire solutions comprise a very visible public face.

Busting 10 Myths about Hadoop

Hadoop is still misunderstood by many BI professionals.

Q&A: Private Cloud Helps Virtualized Data Center Cut Costs in Half

How a cloud solution solved performance and complexity issues and returned an impressive ROI.

Q&A: Taming Document Storage

Tech advances are changing how physical documents are securely stored and recalled. We explore the latest trends and issues affecting document storage, including compliance, natural disasters, and data recovery.

Why Social Computing is Ideal for Collaboration

Social media is about ease, speed, and reach. We explore the benefits it can offer your organization, and why IT must not be afraid of it.

Enkive 1.0 Open Source E-mail Archiving and E-discovery Solution Released

Reduces the memory footprint and increases the speed of archival and retrieval of previous versions.

Enterprise Social Networking Underwhelms, At Least at First

The first enterprise social networks are delivering mixed results.

New IBM Tool Helps CFOs Prepare for Major Accounting Shift

TRIRIGA helps CFOs, real estate executives prepare for leased-asset compliance rule change.

MoreVRP Releases Module for Agile DBMS Analysis, Reporting

Enables high-precision database performance analysis with pinpoint drill-down granularity.

Eye on Security: Integrating Physical and Cyber Security

We explore the benefits of interconnecting physical and cyber security.