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Reader Feedback: Management's Web-Services Push Meets IT Resistance

Many IT pros remain skeptical about service-enablement, but—as a growing number are finding out—they don’t have a choice in the matter

The Devil Is In the Details

Is it true that the storage world is upside down in the southern hemisphere, too?

In Brief

Targeted Trojan Attacks Increase, Security Zaps Productivity, Spyware Distributor Settles

CSO Worries High, Actions Lax

CSOs worry about infected or unknown PCs logging onto their networks, but only one-third of companies are doing something about it

Denetworking, Anyone?

Reducing computing systems’ exposure to attack may be the goal, but unhooking network connections—or “denetworking”—is rarely feasible. A network endpoint appliance may be the answer.

Q&A: Ignore Holistic Performance Management At Your Own Peril

Cognos announces an ambitious partner program and gives customers a glimpse of its forthcoming Cognos 8 BI suite, now in beta

Enterprises Struggle with Identity Management Roles

Identity management software adoption is increasing, but many organizations still rely upon too many group permissions to effectively manage their implementations.



Executive Decision-Makers Increasingly Hip to BI

Executives are increasingly hip to the importance of business intelligence as an aid to decision-making

IBM’s Data Integration Strategy Coming Into Focus

IBM tries to keep current Ascential customers happy while satisfying the needs of new adopters attracted by the promise of its all-in-one data integration move

Integrating Outsourced Projects

Integrating teams is the key to outsourcing success

CA Takes Measured Workload Pricing into VSE Territory

CA last week announced a sub-capacity pricing initiative for VSE that helps bring that platform up to speed with its flashier sibling z/OS

IBM’s Data-Integration Strategy Takes Shape

With canned ETL already on tap from Microsoft and Oracle, what—if anything—does IBM have planned for DB2?

Outsourcing: IBM May be Planning Large Expansion in India

Big Blue might have plans to hire at least 14,000 additional workers this year—in India

The Big Gulp Theory

Who does the second-guessing is not always who pays the piper.

In Brief

Beware Standalone Patch Products, Banks Adopt More Security, Improving Can-Spam

Q&A: How to Get and Keep a Security Job

Focus on social networking, ongoing analysis of today’s most-needed information security skills, and a diverse training regimen.

Q&A: Crystal Reports As Autonomous As Ever

Business Objects’ James Thomas dismisses Microsoft’s Reporting Services as just another in a line of Crystal “clones”

Ipedo Offers a New Take on EII

If EII is indeed on the cusp of going mainstream, technology pure-play Ipedo is a name you might want to remember

Guarding Against Esoteric Security Leaks

Analyzing esoteric attacks highlights where security can succeed and how secure devices can fail in unforeseen ways.

CSI Prescribes an Rx for Data Quality Woes

CSI plans to leverage its professional services expertise to address data quality shortcomings