Software


How the iPad Experience Will Change the Face of BI

The iPad-like user experience promises to wholly transform the way information is presented and consumed in the enterprise. To their collective credit, many BI players get this. Why they get it is another matter.

Q&A: As Enterprises Mature, Data Governance Remains Challenging

As enterprise data management has matured, companies are beginning their data governance programs with a better understanding of what the term means, but plenty of questions and confusion remains.

What Do the Watson Computer and Network Security Have in Common?

Are you still writing rules for old firewalls? Dealing with ports and protocols is no longer sufficient. Next-generation firewalls drill into traffic to identify the applications traversing the network, and automation can help you build and manage the rules you need to exploit this technology.

New rPath Cloud Engine Provides Application Automation for Private, Hybrid Clouds

New software gives cloud technology vendors and managed service providers an edge with fast and reliable application delivery.

Six Steps to Overcoming Resistance to ERP in Government

Organizational change management and benefits realization can help to reduce risk in ERP implementations. These steps can help your ERP project succeed.

Optimizing and Accelerating the Cloud

Does moving to the cloud mean you give up control of your application's performance?

MySQL Database Added to Google App Engine Cloud

Free preview of Google Cloud SQL announced; MySQL database Web service added to Google's cloud-based App Engine development stack.



Microsoft Updates SQL Server 2012, Hadoop Plans

Microsoft inches closer to Hadoop; Denali becomes SQL Server 2012.

NEC Announces “Mini-HYDRA” Enterprise-Grade Storage Solution for SMBs

Provides up to 60 percent higher throughput, lowers power usage by as much as 45 percent than previous models.

4 New Principles of Change Management

IT can evolve gradually to cloud-scale patch and update management. You can prepare for the future and still make things better today by applying these four principles.

A Tea Party in Storage?

The V-party may be a grassroots movement energized by widespread anger against the predatory behavior of storage and system vendors, but it seems to have followed the pattern of many movements -- technological and political.

Are Private Clouds More than Just Vapor?

Cloud is a big, fluffy subject. We get a firm handle on the subject by looking at three specific cloud use cases.

A New Option for Getting Data In and Out of Mainframes

IBM and Oracle aren't the only games in town when it comes to getting data into -- and out of -- mainframe environments.

Survey Finds SharePoint Meets IT, Business Needs

Results surprised even Forrester Research, the survey's creators.

New F5 Networks Professional Services Eases IPv6 Transition

Provides support, best practice guidance

Numara Software’s Track-It Adds Mobility Features

New version of Numara Track-It! provides help-desk access to smartphones, tablets, and PCs.

SmartBear Software Updates Application Life Cycle Management, Test Management Solutions

Streamlines software delivery process by providing software development and QA teams with more granular control over agile test management and release management activities while enhancing test reuse.

Data Integration Goes 3D

What is Wherescape 3D and why is it free? One industry watcher say it's unlike anything he's aware of in the market.

Nuxeo IDE Plug-in Accelerates Content Management App Development

Accelerates content management app development.

6 Conditions for the Rise of Business Analysts

The lack of well-qualified business analysts dampens the value of data. A Stanford University professor has found keys to help.