For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Managed Content Delivery Networks: Finally Becoming a Viable Alternative to Enterprise CDNs

by February 6, 2004

For Business Process & Applications Professionals

Oracle Launches Strong Customer Data Integration Offering

by Erin Kinikin, February 6, 2004

Oracle must prove that its customer data integration platform is more than a Trojan Horse for packaged application solutions and can meet the needs of heterogeneous enterprises.

For Business Process & Applications Professionals

Oracle's Higher Bid for PeopleSoft Doesn't Seal the Deal

by Paul D. Hamerman, February 6, 2004

Best Practices: Security is Not Only a Matter of Planning and Technology

by Jost Hoppermann, February 5, 2004

Best practices include explanation of a security threat, information about the current threat level, such as statistics about (defended) attacks, and ongoing activities of the security group as well as emergency action plans.

First Quarter 2004 Desktop and Laptop Configuration Recommendations

by Simon Yates, February 4, 2004

Our PC hardware recommendations fall into three categories: (1) general purpose desktop, (2) laptops as a desktop replacement and (3) lightweight laptops for mobile employees.

Top Security Threats to Financial Services in 2004

by Steve Hunt, February 4, 2004

The greatest potential for damage to banks does not stem from viruses, hackers and other internal or external threats, but the banks¿ expensive and ineffective methods of dealing with them.

M-Commerce in Japan: Teaming With Broadband

by Bernt Ostergaard, February 4, 2004

Japan has been relatively late in joining the broadband revolution (attributed to the slow pace of telecoms liberalization), but it started to show rapid growth in 2001 and now looks set to become one of the world¿s biggest broadband markets.

Two Steps Up in NAS Technology

by Bob Zimmerman, February 4, 2004

Giga has long advocated networked storage, recognizing that storage area network (SAN) and network-attached storage (NAS) technologies are converging on common solutions. Two recent vendor announcements reinforce this trend.

For Information & Knowledge Management Professionals

Live from Lotusphere 2004: Shift to J2EE Under Way

by Erica Driver, February 3, 2004

Existing Lotus Notes/Domino customers that are committed to IBM should get on the J2EE train and turn to WebSphere Portal as the bridge between Notes/Domino and Lotus Workplace.

For Information & Knowledge Management Professionals

IT Trends 2004: Digital Asset Management

by Robert Markham, February 3, 2004

The digital asset management (DAM) market suffers from widely separated functions within the enterprise that are not easily integrated to justify the investment at an enterprise level.

Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services Targets Cost-Effective and Scalable Information Delivery

by Philip Russom, Keith Gile, February 3, 2004

For Information & Knowledge Management Professionals

Results From Emerging Technology Showcase: Team Collaboration Tops Attendee Concerns

by Laura Ramos, February 3, 2004

Organizations should continue to reduce the number of existing collaboration products and repositories and rationalize their environment so they can take advantage of the new infrastructure options at a later time.

IT Trends: Patch Management Solutions

by Jan Sundgren, February 3, 2004

The market for patch management solutions has heated up quickly as the issue of security patches has become more urgent.

For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

Ironically, Most Enterprise Information Integration Implementations Require a Persistent Database

by Philip Russom, February 3, 2004

When IT implements EII technology, a common goal is to avoid copying data from multiple sources into a prebuilt persistent database.

For Information & Knowledge Management Professionals

Vignette Buys into Enterprise Content Management with TOWER Technology Acquisition

by Connie Moore, February 3, 2004

This is a highly strategic acquisition and very positive move for Vignette because it signals that the Web content management (WCM), portal and collaboration vendor is finally serious about the emerging ECM market.

H-1B Visas: It's Already Too Late

by Craig Symons, February 3, 2004

Companies relying on H-1B visas as an alternative to hiring in the US will find that this option is probably unavailable this year and will be extremely difficult in future years.

For Information & Knowledge Management Professionals

IT Trends 2004: Records Management

by Robert Markham, February 2, 2004

The records management market is influenced by several high-level drivers, including an increased number of regulations, increasing litigation risk, reduction in cost of ownership and the need for implementation models that will encourage adoption.

For Information & Knowledge Management Professionals

Don't Overlook Verity Ultraseek for Low Cost Search

by Laura Ramos, February 2, 2004

Organizations that are not satisfied with the limited feature capability bundled into enterprise middleware offerings, Web servers and portals should seek out Ultraseek for a higher-value, full-featured alternative to search-in-a-box.

Blade PCs Have Dramatic Implications for Desktop Management

by David Friedlander, February 2, 2004

The AMD Opteron Ecosystem - Pace and Proof Points Suggest It's Gaining Traction

by Brad Day, February 2, 2004

For Information & Knowledge Management Professionals

Open Source Portlet Trading Site: Vendor Hype or Good Idea?

by Laura Ramos, February 2, 2004

The site for sharing open source portlets will have a bigger impact long term if it can shed the hype patina caused by vendor-backed formal announcement and become a true developer's community instead.

Criteria for Selection: Linux on IBM pSeries

by February 2, 2004

For Information & Knowledge Management Professionals

Technologies for Capturing Scanned Images

by Connie Moore, Robert Markham, February 2, 2004

Document image capture is a well-proven technology that has seen a renaissance as organizations redouble their interest in implementing document imaging systems for improving business efficiency and complying with an increasing number of regulations. . . .

Demand for Endpoint Security Growing

by Michael Rasmussen, January 29, 2004

Endpoint security is here today, and it is more than personal firewalls and antivirus. Organizations looking for endpoint security solutions should evaluate the offerings from Sygate and Zone Labs.

European Banking: Migration of Banking Platforms

by Jost Hoppermann, January 29, 2004

Moving to a new banking platform involves not only software selection, application development, technology decisions and a one-time integration effort, but also application strategy planning, continuous integration, testing, plus communications.