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A new survey of CIOs shows staff problems may lie ahead, especially in a stagnant and do-more-with-less environment with little innovation or investment.
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GUI and PowerShell enhancements, a boost to virtual machine memory, and improvements in security and self-updating cluster options among the highlights.
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Operating systems available for x86/x64 hardware in 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
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By David Stodder
Facebook's IPO has drawn attention to the importance of social media data.
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Configuration analyzer and calendar-checking tool aid help desk personnel in proactively finding problems.
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By Stephen Swoyer
There's plenty of competition in the fractious data integration market.
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By Linda L. Briggs
Semantics helps bring data management down to the user level.
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By Stephen Swoyer
Open source business intelligence player Pentaho has had a lot to crow about.
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By Stephen Swoyer
A new report from TDWI helps users understand the basics of Hadoop and MapReduce.
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Just how much of a problem is the RSA key kerfuffle? Two research teams weigh in about encryption schemes.
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Although relational databases will continue to be used for high-speed online transaction processing, conventional relational databases have clearly exhausted their usefulness for business analytics. What’s ahead for database technology?
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Why backup software, as we know it, is dead and how virtualization is a game-changer.
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Although Big Iron had a bad quarter, the long-term indicators -- bolstered by several mainframe product cycles' worth of data -- suggest System z is just tracking through its life cycle.
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How can IT do more with less? By automating tasks. We explore the financial and productivity benefits, look at the downsides of automation, and examine how Big Data, virtualization, and cloud computing benefit from automation.
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One way to do more with less is to outsource tasks, including some components of your data center. What help and benefits can you expect from third-party providers, and what work should remain on premises?
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Users often disregard SharePoint’s built-in security to get their job done.
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By Stephen Swoyer
IBM asks the not-so-obvious question: If you already have a mainframe in-house, why not make it the centerpiece of your business intelligence and data warehouse efforts?
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BI teams need to focus on what business users want most.
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By Stephen Swoyer
Phasic Systems touts a combination of software, services, and even naysaying as an effective solution for effective enterprisewide governance.
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By Linda L. Briggs
Sophisticated e-mail archiving solutions can generate business intelligence from stored e-mail messages.
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A best-practices approach and advice for securing your Windows 7 environment.
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Mobile devices are just one of a number of assets that must be managed. Fortunately, the cloud can help.
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New servers deliver real-time power data, but it’s difficult to uncover.
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HTML5 has emerged as the lingua franca for mobile application development, and companies of every size are racing to respond to the mobile revolution.
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In the current economic climate, IT must align itself closer to the business needs of its users to achieve success. We explain how this IT/business alignment can occur as IT becomes a marketer of business services to its user base.