Datamation Staff

A big part of disaster recovery is copying data and storing it away from the main data center. But where should one squirrel that second data center where it will be both safe and readily accessible? In other words, how far away is far enough? It is, by all accounts, a tricky question. The question […]

BMC: A survey of 400 IT managers reveals that their top priority for 2010 will be cost control or reduction. Other key priorities include incident and problem management, change management, virtualization, and capacity planning. However, IT departments are increasingly being asked to meet objectives in each of these areas with limited budgets, limited staff, and […]

Klocwork: In order for agile development processes to succeed, you’ve got to create software that actually works for the end user. And that means dealing with your “bug debt” along the way. In this white paper, Klocwork explains that its source code analysis solution can help agile development teams Reduce bug debt, with the vast […]

Conformity: With the growing popularity of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), many enterprises are finding that they have separate user authentication procedures for each application. However, companies that already use Microsoft Active Directory (AD) for access control can extend its capabilities to control access to Salesforce.com, Google Apps and other SaaS applications. This white paper details best practices […]

BOSTON (Reuters) – Hundreds of computer geeks, most of them students putting themselves through college, crammed into three floors of an office building in an industrial section of Ukraine’s capital Kiev, churning out code at a frenzied pace. They were creating some of the world’s most pernicious, and profitable, computer viruses. According to court documents, […]

McAfee: During the month, a number of e-mail scams threatened e-mail users. Two of the most notable types of relatively new spam messages included e-mail soliciting donations in response to the Haiti earthquake and Chinese spam offering Russian mail order brides. The paper also highlights some successful efforts to combat spammers and the “ham” (legitimate […]

IBM: Experts say that 75 percent of attacks now occur at the application layer, and 67 percent of all Web apps are vulnerable. In this white paper, IBM provides an overview and examples of the current threats facing Web applications. It also details a strategy for end-to-end application security that includes solutions to help you: […]

Microsoft: Given a choice, most agile development teams would choose to share space, but economic realities mean that development teams are often separated into different offices within the same building or even in different cities. In this white paper, Microsoft outlines the challenges faced by those teams and details some of the practices it has […]

SAP: This white paper explains how to create a mater-data management strategy that works. It covers the importance of accurate product information, data barriers to growth priorities, and the high cost of disparate data sources. In addition, it outlines a plan for creating a master-data management strategy and highlights the benefits of having such a […]

Infor: This white paper explains how extending the capabilities of an existing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution can help distributors better capture and serve demand, maximize inventory performance, optimize their supply chain, and increase operational efficiency. It offers an overview of the current state of the distribution industries and offers strategies for achieving each of […]

BOSTON (Reuters) – Hackers have flooded the Internet with virus-tainted spam that targets Facebook’s estimated 400 million users in an effort to steal banking passwords and gather other sensitive information. The emails tell recipients that the passwords on their Facebook accounts have been reset, urging them to click on an attachment to obtain new login […]

InformationWeek/CA: In this white paper, InformationWeek covers the basics of application performance management (APM) and suggests 10 questions to ask that will help determine whether an APM solution will deliver true business value. They are: Which applications can be monitored? How does the product discover the root cause of a performance problem across application, system […]