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• Enterprise: SOLA Promises Rapid SOA-fication for Big-Iron Environments
  Service-enabling your mainframe assets can sound intimidating, especially as many mainframe shops are just now dipping their toes into the SOA water. SOA Software Inc. says it doesn't have to be that complicated -- provided you're using the right tools.   (5/6/2008)
• Security: Security: Batten Down the (IM) Hatches
  Just because you’ve deployed an enterprise-grade instant messaging (IM) solution from a well-known vendor doesn’t mean you’ve mitigated -- let alone completely licked -- the threat posed by rogue, unsanctioned, or illicit IM use in your enterprise environment.   (5/6/2008)
• Storage: Dashing to Dashboards for Business Continuity
  One of the challenges of contemporary disaster recovery/business continuity is getting a handle on the various data protection processes in your organization. It is not uncommon to find multiple storage arrays from different vendors, each supporting an application (or set of applications), and each using its own behind-the-array replication process to mirror data to another storage array at a backup data center. Add application-level data replication processes from Oracle, Microsoft, and others, and the problem for the DR/BC planner is like herding cats.   (5/6/2008)
• Enterprise: Careers: Economic Uncertainty Prompts Companies to Consider Offshoring
  Amid tough times (that may get even tougher), at least one technology sector seems poised for growth -- the outsourcing industry.   (5/6/2008)
• Enterprise: Using Integration Appliances to Maximize SaaS Value
  It’s no wonder IT has found software as a service (SaaS) attractive: it simplifies application implementation and maintenance and minimizes costs and staff time for both IT and business users. SaaS enables rapid deployment of enterprise applications such as customer relationship management (CRM) using fewer IT resources while providing comprehensive functionality using an intuitive Web-based interface.   (5/6/2008)
• Enterprise: Podcast: Appliance Virtualization
  Virtualization is no mystery to IT professionals, who also are familiar with how appliances can connect to their infrastructure. What happens when you combine the two? Are there special benefits or tradeoffs to mixing these two technologies?   (5/6/2008)
• Enterprise: What’s Really Driving Application Modernization?
  To listen to some industry analysts tell it, organizations are rushing to embrace SOA, Web services, and other application integration or application modernization technologies.   (4/29/2008)
• Security: Web Attacks on the Rise; E-mail Attacks Decline
  According to a recent study from security and antivirus specialist Sophos, servers in the U.S. and China host the lion's share of malware-infected Web sites. Meanwhile, Web attacks surged to an all-time high in the first quarter of this year, according to Sophos -- with no sign of dropping off any time soon.   (4/29/2008)
• Storage: De-duplication and the Allure of the One-Stop Shop
  IBM has announced a third storage acquisition in as many months. They have purchased Diligent Technologies, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based provider of de-duplication and virtual tape library technology.   (4/29/2008)
• Enterprise: IBM's iDataPlex: Making Web 2.0 Safe for the Data Center
  Last week, IBM Corp. unveiled iDataPlex, a new server platform it claims is designed from the ground up for Web 2.0 workloads. One analyst believes it is the Web 2.0 powerhouse Big Blue says it is.   (4/29/2008)
• Security: Bugs Are Up, Microsoft Security Report Says
  New attack vectors and methods for hacker intrusion, it seems, are popping up every few months. Physical theft and inside jobs are on the rise and the Internet is increasingly the playground for incursions using trusted Web Sites.   (4/29/2008)
• Enterprise: Five Best Practices for Enhancing IT Development with Virtual Lab Automation
  Information technology is the environmental lifeblood of any globally distributed enterprise, and software test and development labs play a key role in testing, validating, benchmarking, and evaluating new and emerging technologies, helping to drive business growth and productivity.   (4/29/2008)
• Enterprise: Monitoring SOA and Application Performance
  In the rush to adopt SOA technologies, IT may forget their ability to meet service level agreements. There are a host of performance issues that IT has to consider, then determine how it will address them.   (4/29/2008)
• BI: Microsoft Sets Sights on Data Mining Dominance
  Microsoft hopes to challenge established powers SAS and SPSS for data mining and predictive analytic bragging rights   (5/7/2008)
• BI: Data Warehousing on a Shoestring Budget (Part 1 of 3)
  You can implement data warehouse solutions on a small budget by focusing on system, database, ETL, and reporting technologies that work in concert with requirements gathering, development, testing, and training. In the first part of our series, we look at how to keep technology costs low.   (5/7/2008)
• BI: TDWI Audio Report: Three Data Quality Trends for BI and Performance Management
  In a world where data, and the need for data-driven decisions, is growing rapidly, business intelligence is fast becoming the most strategic use of information across organizations, according to Jennifer Schmitz, product marketing manager for Cognos.   (5/7/2008)
• BI: BI's Future: Learning How People Think
  Former TDWI education director Dave Wells has peered into the future of BI and he sees actual intelligence, not just technology.   (5/7/2008)
• BI: BI Industry Bucks a Downward Trend
  While the bottom might drop out of other technology segments this year, the business intelligence industry appears poised for healthy growth   (5/7/2008)
• BI: Xactly Unveils Analytics Service that Helps Customers Cut Costs
  In a world of economic uncertainty, Xactly officials say the company's value proposition has never seemed more attractive to potential customers.   (4/30/2008)
• BI: Informatica Taps Identity Systems for Identity Resolution
  Infrastructure boundaries are fast disappearing, says data integration specialist Informatica, and organizations are scrambling to manage data as an asset   (4/30/2008)
• BI: TDWI Audio Report: Trends in Product Data Quality
  We talked with Martin Boyd of Silver Creek Systems, about product data quality.   (4/30/2008)
• BI: Emerging Technologies Will Marginalize IT's Role in BI, Gartner Predicts
  End users will gain control thanks to give emerging technologies   (4/30/2008)
• BI: Brighthouse Data Warehouse Works Smarter to Accelerate Queries
  Infobright says its Brighthouse data warehouse works "smarter, not harder" to accelerate query performance   (4/23/2008)
• BI: Best Practices in MDM: Cross-System Data Analysis
  Cross-system data analysis is part of the critical path of any MDM project.   (4/23/2008)
• BI: TDWI Audio Report: Overcoming Obstacles to Pervasive BI
  What are the barriers to making business intelligence truly pervasive in your organization? In this interview, Bob Abernethy of Strategy Companion discusses methods to help spread BI not only throughout your company, but beyond -- to partners, suppliers, and customers.   (4/23/2008)