Up and coming technologies including in-memory processing and column–based databases, combined with advances such as inexpensive memory and 64-bit operating systems, are finally promising affordable BI to small and medium-sized businesses.
If recent market research is correct, computing in the clouds could achieve a breakthrough of sorts in 2010.
Experts report the Unix market is slipping by between one-fifth and one-quarter in Q3 -- at a time when other server segments seem to be stabilizing.
In the age of virtualization and cloud computing, administrators need a holistic approach.
When faced with the building an ad network, traditional systems couldn’t satisfy the requirements. The secret: distributed systems.
Today’s cybercriminal is especially aggressive about penetrating networks to gain access to valuable data. We explain what steps you must take now to protect your systems.
A new zero-day Internet Explorer bug awaits IT pros returning from the holiday break.
Consultant and TDWI instructor Steve Dine talks with BI This Week about some of the ins and outs of cloud computing for business intelligence.
The goal of EIM is to help locate and transform an organization’s data into meaningful information while managing its distribution so everyone can perform their jobs more efficiently and effectively. The key to success: search capabilities.
Exadata V2 seems tailor-made for big Oracle shops and C-level executives.
Unspent 2009 budgets unlikely to be spent this year.
How performing a software update can hijack your system.
Tape continues to deliver reliability, flexibility, and sound support of a multilayer data protection strategy.
Health-care providers are once again racing to ensure compliance with another set of information security safeguards.
IT must balance the need for reducing costs while keeping data secure, meeting compliance requirements, and improving services to business users.
Truths and myths about private clouds.
Google, Microsoft, and Amazon pitched their respective cloud offerings during the keynote panel session at Interop New York Thursday.
Enterprise customers starting to use cloud services will also host applications and/or data on premises.
Many shops are still sitting tight on aging -- and potentially obsolete -- MDM implementations, at their peril.