Features & News


SOA: The Rewrite-vs.-Replace Dilemma

Legacy design approaches complicate things for would-be service-enablers and raise questions about the viability of some mainframe applications

Legacy Systems: Why History Matters

Do you understand the history that shapes the systems and technology in your organization and your industry?

When Standards Aren’t

Now you see it,now you don't. New products bear a startling resemblance to what you may already have.

Business Objects Acquires Medience

The folding of EII into BI continues as Business Objects grabs Medience

Careers: For BI Pros, the Work Is Often Its Own Reward

Expertise in BI doesn’t automatically translate into job security, practitioners say—although it certainly doesn’t hurt.

Reading the Oracle-Siebel Tea Leaves

Oracle could leverage its acquired analytic and performance management capabilities to become a formidable business intelligence power

Under-the-Radar Danger

How do you stop stealth endpoint malware not even your antivirus vendor knows about?



Careers: Big Iron's Catch-22

Are mainframe pros the victims of their platform’s strongest selling points?

On the Road Again: Multipathing and More

Products and technology uncovered in recent travels that piqued the interest of our storage commentator.

Is CMDB the Key to IT Service Management?

Looking to embrace configuration management database (CMDB) technology? We offer two best practices for defining your CMDB strategy.

Big Blue Gets Dashboard Fever

If vendor interest is any indication, dashboards are hot. In fact, they're positively sizzling, which may explain why IBM is jumping into the fray.

Bot Networks and Modular Code Target Enterprises

Increased attacks are driven by money and modularity.

Improving Automated Vulnerability Remediation

Given the incredibly small window afforded IT managers for patching vulnerable systems, security experts recommend getting help in categorizing vulnerabilities as well as in determining which are actually present.

Case Study: PerkinElmer Eliminates BI Babel

PerkinElmer tapped a BI solution from Business Objects SA to consolidate its disparate BI holdings

SQL Server 2005: Coming Down to the Wire

With slightly more than a month to go until launch, it looks as if SQL Server 2005 is finally a done deal—and that’s a big deal for BI pros.

Anti-Climax? Siebel and Teradata Expand Technology Partnership

In the wake of Oracle’s stunning Siebel gambit, is there a future for a Teradata-friendly Siebel Analytics suite? Teradata officials say so.

How to Get the Best Network Traffic Reports

Probes give you the visibility to effectively monitor the network and boost troubleshooting power to ensure optimal traffic patterns.

Q&A: Harnessing Trusted Computing Modules

Planning identity management or authentication rollouts? Don’t forget to factor in the Trusted Computing Modules now built into many PCs.

The New ECM Crowd: Little Guys with Big Ideas

Is enterprise content management the right tool for data management?

IBM’s z9 Stirs Up Mainframe Market

MIPS-wise, the new z9 is among the most flexible mainframe systems IBM has ever developed.