MS SQL beats Oracle in benchmarks, COBOL for Linux on zSeries, server and storage provisioning solutions grow, and Orbix Mainframe update
Sun remains tops in the Unix server market
SunONE and Solaris to be available in unified subscription package
Identity management and Web services key, says IDC; Gartner foresees emergence of security platforms
First study guide available for new security certification
The popular encryption format gets a new lease on life, but can it finally reach critical mass in the enterprise?
Study finds professional certifications more likely to bring larger raises
Big Blue to push small servers as alternatives to competitors' larger SMP systems
Outsourcing IP VPNs, IBM's Rational Software acquisition, and BEA's updated Tuxedo for Web Services
A spring storm forced the state of Connecticut to undergo a $15 million move to a new data center with Voice over IP, improved network performance, and better mainframe and server maintenance.
HP, IBM, and Sun market competing infrastructures for utility computing
After assuming the mantle of “mind share leader” in application-centric storage management, BMC After assuming the mantle of “mind share leader” in application-centric storage management, BMC Software has pulled the plug on its storage business unit. Lamentations aside, the company is owed a few parting kudos for steering the storage industry a couple of degrees toward the direction of end user requirements.
HP and IBM separately disclosed chip technologies that will double the capacity of their current server offerings
Botched IE update disrupted browser authentication and help
This year, as security incidents meet last year's level, e-mail administrators will finally fight back against spam and companies will kiss their first-generation intrusion detection systems (IDS) goodbye. Those are just a few of the trends in Boston-based analyst firm Aberdeen Group's security predictions for 2003.
IT managers craving a simple way to trade compressed and encrypted files usable on almost any platform, take note. PKWare Inc. recently announced a range of compression products that can trade “zipped” files with 256-bit AES (Advanced Encryption Standard)—an encryption algorithm—across a range of operating systems, including Windows, Unix, MVS and AS/400.
"Pre-OS environment" can launch security and recovery applications that boot before Windows
Avoid these weak spots in your Web applications.
Automated monitoring key to HIPAA compliance; Symantec fields questions from worried users
Integration Architect builds upon Data Junction’s ETL expertise