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Database Activity Monitoring Part 5 - A Brief for Business Decision Makers

Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100

Database Activity Monitoring for Business Decision MakersInformation security is now an accepted cost of doing business.� Irrespective of the size of organisation, the protection of data, be it... [Read More...]

Sustainable Business Practice: A Guide

Mike Bonaventura, CuttersPool — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100

Generally Accepted Sustainability Principles [GASP] are emerging as a counterpart to GAAP in finance for good reason: sustainable business practice is just plain common sense. This article begins to map the terrain. [Read More...]

Cloud Computing: What is it really?

Simon Holloway, Bloor Research — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100

There is a noise going about that cloud computing can cut costs, speed implementations, and scale quickly. However, the noise may be slightly off-the mark-particularly in product pitches!Just... [Read More...]

Major new report Accessible ICT -- Benefits to Business and Society

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100

Bloor Research is a member of the OneVoice for Accessible ICT coalition and is delighted to announce the availability of an accessible PDF version of the coalition's report Accessible Information and... [Read More...]

The Craziness of Passwords

Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100

For many users, one of their only interfaces with information security is via their passwords. Once successfully logged into a system little of the security infrastructure that surrounds them is - or... [Read More...]

Cloud computing: Understand proprietary risks

John Brand, Hydrasight — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:05:00 +0100

As cloud computing matures, Hydrasight foresees that proprietary enterprise cloud infrastructures will become increasingly attractive to vendors, as a point of competitive differentiation. [Read More...]

Virtual conference speakers focus on cloud, value to enterprises, how to get started

Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100

A panel of industry analysts, practitioners, and HP experts outlined the value proposition of moving to the cloud, the danger of inaction, and how companies can get started on their cloud journey. [Read More...]

IBM Announces Latest Offerings in eX5 Portfolio

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100

IBM has announced three new servers that are based on the fifth-generation IBM Enterprise X-Architecture chip (eX5). [Read More...]

Database Activity Monitoring Part 4 - Compliance and Technical Architecture

Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100

This article explores the role of database activity monitoring in an overall compliance solution. Database Activity Monitoring and ComplianceOrganisations deploy DAM solutions for a number of... [Read More...]

TIBCO rolls out Spotfire 3.1 with spotlight on predictive analytics

Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100

The company says its software is not just for analytics gurus but also marketing professionals, business development managers and others who need forward-looking business intelligence in a hurry. [Read More...]

Cast Iron launches integration platform to help pull hybrid cloud models together

Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100

Integration can get complex in a hurry with a growing number of applications in the enterprise, such as Salesforce, Google Apps, WebEx and ADP. Companies could take a do-it-yourself approach but it won't scale over time. [Read More...]

Inspiring Launch of Apps for Good

Peter Abrahams, Bloor Research — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100

On Wednesday 3 March 2010 I attended the inspiring launch of Apps for Good in Tulse Hill, Lambeth, South London. Apps for Good is a project that will provide an environment for young people in the... [Read More...]

Survey: IT executives experimenting with mostly 'private' cloud architectures

Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100

Some 95 IT executives across a number of fields offered insight into how organizations are experimenting with cloud computing and how they view the value of private clouds. Nearly 85 percent intend to keep their clouds within the firewall. [Read More...]

Database Activity Monitoring Part 3 - Other Common Attacks

Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100

This article will explore how database activity monitoring deals with other types of data attacks. Temporary Accounts Temporary accounts have a perfectly legitimate part to play in any... [Read More...]

Cloud Security Alliance research defines top threats and best paths to secure cloud computing

Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100

As Cloud Security Alliance Founder Jim Reavis sees it, cloud services are the next generation of IT that enterprises must master - and it's imperative that companies understand and mitigate security threats that accompany the cloud. [Read More...]

Mutual embrace of SOA and cloud computing builds into productivity waltz across the IT landscape

Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100

Three years ago, the IT transformation poster child was SOA, and now we're well into the hype curve around cloud computing, but has one actually given way to the other? [Read More...]

HP rolls out data center services aimed at boosting IT ROI for global SMBs

Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100

The SMB IT services and support market is ripe for efficiency and lower total costs. And the SMB arena is also a prime user for upcoming cloud and hybrid-sourced services. So now everything as a service can go anywhere. [Read More...]

Citrix Online acquires Paglo, launches GoToManage

Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:05:00 +0100

Citrix Online is positioning the latest addition to its online services portfolio as an affordable alternative to premise-based IT management software. [Read More...]

HP 'trims' SharePoint web doc management risks, builds advanced workflow tools

Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:00:00 +0100

The latest version of HP's advanced records management solution aims to help organizations transparently manage Microsoft SharePoint Server records in a single environment. [Read More...]

Print revival at HP as it builds strategic enterprise MPS and midmarket focus

Louella Fernandes, Quocirca — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:00:00 +0100

Signs of a rebound in printer sales were evident from HP's latest Q1 2010 results which saw its imaging and printing business revenue grow by 4% year-on-year to $6.2 billion. [Read More...]

Electric Cloud updates software production offerings

Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:00:00 +0100

With Electrify, developers can conduct parallel testing or data modeling on their desktop, in a private cloud or on a dedicated server. Meanwhile, the subbuild technology works to help developers avoid unnecessary or broken builds. [Read More...]

Smart Grid for data center from HP

Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:00:00 +0100

Very little energy capacity analysis and planning is being done on data centers that are five years old or older. It's now time for IT leaders to gain control over energy use -- and misuse -- in these enterprise data centers. [Read More...]

Aster Blossoms

Andy Hayler, The Information Difference — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:00:00 +0100

Version 4.5 of Aster Data's data warehouse appliance has just been released. It has specialized in near real-time analysis of large data sets, and has some highly credible customers in this challenging niche. [Read More...]

Improved data center productivity, private clouds

Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:00:00 +0100

This latest BriefingsDirect discussion explores how converged infrastructure provides more business results productivity and offers a stepping stone to private cloud implementations. [Read More...]

Mobile applications development - out of WAC?

Rob Bamforth, Quocirca — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:00:00 +0100

Lack of standardisation fragments markets, but too much might stifle innovation - in the reflected glow from Mobile World Congress 2010, what now for mobile applications? [Read More...]

BriefingsDirect analyst panelists peer into crystal balls for latest IT growth and impact trends

Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:00:00 +0100

We ask our distinguished panel of analysts and experts for their top five predictions for IT growth through 2010 and beyond now that the IT spending recession appears to have bottomed out. [Read More...]

Database Activity Monitoring Part 1 - An Introduction

Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:00:00 +0100

We are inundated with new technologies and products designed to help make our organisations safe from hackers and other malcontents. One technology that has gained ground over the past few... [Read More...]

Seeing a golden lining around efficiency, HP expands cloud consulting services portfolio

Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:00:00 +0100

Dubbed HP Cloud Design Service, the new offering advises organizations how to quickly design and deploy scalable, cloud-based infrastructures. [Read More...]

ISM3 brings greater standardization to security measurement across enterprise IT

Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:05:00 +0100

BriefingDirect assembled a panel this week to examine the need for IT security to run more like a data-driven science, rather than a mysterious art form. It turns out, rigorously applying data and metrics to security can dramatically improv [Read More...]

IBM to Put Billions upon Billions of Files in the Cloud

Clay Ryder, Sageza Group, Inc. — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:00:00 +0100

Storage solutions have traditionally retained more of the traditional siloed approach than their server brethren, yet part of the challenge lies in the fundamental difference between how storage is consumed and how applications are. [Read More...]