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Marathon Technologies: This white paper incorporates three separate articles into a single document. The first article, “High Availability’s Spectrum of Cost and Capabilities,” discusses recent trends and offers guidance on determining ROI. The second article, “Matching High-Availability Technology with Business Needs,” discusses particular technologies in more detail and offers suggestions about which ones might be […]

HP: As companies begin to change their focus from survival to revival, they will turn their attention to business intelligence. Here are some of this year’s top trends in BI according to HP: Increased data and business intelligence program governance Enterprise-wide data integration: A good investment The promise of semantic technologies Expanding use of advanced […]

Jaspersoft: Over decades, the term “analytics” has evolved to encompass a wide variety of technologies. In this white paper, Jaspersoft provides an overview of those technologies. It covers: Presentation layer technologies, including reporting, analysis, dashboards, mash-ups and portals Data store technologies, including OLTP, RDBMS with analytic extensions, analytic databases, and NoSQL systems Middleware technologies, including […]

JBoss/Forrester: This Forrester report for JBoss exposes the errors in conventional wisdom about app servers. Specifically, it debunks the following myths: Myth No. 1: There Are Big Quality Differences Among App Server Products Myth No. 2: Bugs Are More Important Than Configuration Errors Myth No. 3: Microsoft Windows Server Is An Inferior Option To Java […]

SoftwareDeveloper.com: Experts say that 70 percent of security breaches occur at the application level. While Microsoft has incorporated additional security features into the .Net framework, developers continue to make mistakes. The most common of those mistakes include not integrating security into development process, cross-site scripting, enabling debug options in the web.config file, and others. RELATED […]

BMC: With 75 percent of CIOs facing budget cuts, CIOs need solutions that offer real cost savings. IT automation can help reduce costs by: Reducing application support efforts Cutting outage costs Improving integration Consolidating vendors Minimizing skill requirements In fact, workload automation helped one BMC customer save more than $5 million a year. RELATED NEWS […]

With competition for open positions fierce, the pressure is on for job seekers to have flawless interview skills. Sometimes that pressure can cause candidates to make unusual, and sometimes unfavorable, interview mistakes. A new CareerBuilder survey of more than 2,700 hiring managers reveals the outrageous and common mistakes that some candidates have made in job […]

Cenzic: Scouring data from Mitre, OWASP, SANS, OSVDB, Symantec, US-CERT and their internal research, Cenzic details the top vulnerabilities for the last quarter of 2009. The most severe vulnerabilities uncovered during this time included the following: Adobe Flash Media Server Directory Traversal Vulnerability Juniper Networks JUNOS J-Web Multiple Cross Site Scripting And HTML Injection Vulnerabilities […]

Zenoss: As more enterprises embrace virtualization, more IT managers face the challenge of managing the new complexities that these environments bring. This white paper discusses best practices for: Reducing tool and process sprawl Controlling virtual server sprawl Effectively managing network stress Reliably delivering application services Comprehensively managing performance and availability RELATED NEWS AND ANALYSIS Ethics […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp is aiming to launch two phones that will be sold by top U.S. mobile operator Verizon Wireless in late spring or early summer, a person briefed on the matter said on Thursday. The phones would be targeted at heavy users of social network sites, according to the person who […]

BlackBerry/Ovum: Today, businesses view mobile devices, applications, and services much the same way as they did a decade ago, but Ovum believes that is about to change. Current economic conditions and technological improvements are encouraging businesses to view–and manage–their mobile infrastructure as an asset. This white paper describes: “the barriers to managing mobility and the […]

Microsoft is still seeing a lot of interest in its Windows 7 computer software launched last year and a new budget cycle will help a gradual recovery in business spending, its chief operating officer said. “We have a lot of interest in the Windows 7 refresh,” Kevin Turner told an audience at the London School […]