For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

Modernization Decisions: Should Client Leave Adabas When It Leaves The Mainframe Platform?

by Phil Murphy, October 28, 2009

Applications professionals at a government agency had been operating a suite of custom Adabas applications for decades. The agency was facing mounting economic pressures, it was seeking avenues for cost reduction, and the large bill for the agency's shared-services . . .

For Business Process & Applications Professionals

Trends In Data Quality  (582 KB PPT)

by Rob Karel, October 23, 2009

This set of data charts will examine key trends in data quality gleaned from Forrester's August 2009 Global Master Data Management/Data Quality Online Survey.

For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

Test Data Privacy Is Critical To Meet Compliances

Data Masking Can Help Protect Test Data

by Noel Yuhanna, October 13, 2009

Using customer, employee, or other confidential data straight from production for testing or developing applications violates data privacy laws and regulations and makes that data a soft target for attacks. Data privacy is not just a concern for production . . .

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

TechRadar™ For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals: Cloud Computing, Q3 2009

As Much Diversity Of Maturity Across Categories As Confusion Among Them

by James Staten, October 2, 2009

The No. 1 challenge in cloud computing today is determining what it really is. What categories of services exist within the definition and business model, and how ready are these options for enterprise consumption? Forrester defines cloud computing as . . .

For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

Your Enterprise Database Security Strategy 2010

Stronger Measures Have Become Essential To Defend Against Growing Attacks

by Noel Yuhanna, September 28, 2009

With increasingly sophisticated attacks and rising internal data theft, database security merits a stronger focus that goes beyond traditional authentication, authorization, and access control (AAA). A single intrusion that compromises private data such . . .

For Business Process & Applications Professionals

Warning: Don't Assume Your Business Processes Use Master Data

Synchronize Your Business Process And Master Data Strategies

by Rob Karel, Clay Richardson, September 21, 2009

Business process management (BPM) professionals understand the need for data but often only pay it lip service, doing little to take responsibility for ensuring data quality within their processes. Data management professionals, on the other hand, drive . . .

For Business Process & Applications Professionals

Refresh Your Information Management Strategy To Deliver Business Results

by Rob Karel, James G. Kobielus, August 11, 2009

Many enterprises lack a framework to ensure business alignment with their information management (IM) strategies. Yet sound strategy is critical for prioritizing IM investments. Business issues driving the urgency for a revitalized strategy include: 1) . . .

For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

Sybase Raises The Bar On Database Replication

Offerings Focus Strongly On Performance, Reliability, And Heterogeneity

by Noel Yuhanna, July 31, 2009

In the past year, Forrester interviewed 27 Sybase customers who are using Sybase Replication Server to investigate their implementations. Most customers found that Sybase met or exceeded their data movement requirements by offering a reliable, high-performance, . . .

For Business Process & Applications Professionals

Fit Your Data Architecture To Your Analytical Needs

Forrester's Business Intelligence Data Architecture Decision Tool Helps You Make The Right Choice

by Boris Evelson, Rob Karel, July 9, 2009

Delivering business intelligence (BI) effectively depends on a data management architecture that fits your reporting and analytical requirements. Unfortunately, many data warehousing (DW) and BI professionals overlook the need to optimize an end-to-end . . .

For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

Why Data Masking Should Be Part Of Your Enterprise Data Security Practice  (1.5 MB PPT)

by Noel Yuhanna, July 9, 2009

This presentation discusses data security trends and drivers; current data security challenges; why data masking is critical; data masking approaches; selection criteria for data masking implementation; and recommendations.

For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Database Management Systems, Q2 2009

Oracle, IBM, And Microsoft Lead, With Sybase Following Closely; Ingres Tops Open Source Databases In Current Offering

by Noel Yuhanna, June 30, 2009

In Forrester's 153-criteria evaluation of enterprise open source and closed source database management systems (DBMSes), we found that Oracle, IBM, Microsoft, and Sybase lead the pack because each offers mature, high-performance, scalable, secure, and . . .

For Vendor Strategy Professionals

TechRadar™ For Vendor Strategy Professionals: Database And Server Data Security, Q2 2009

How Vendor Strategists Should View A Critical But Complex Segment Of Security

by Jonathan Penn, Andrew Jaquith, June 9, 2009

The risks of theft, corruption, and abuse have made securing data stored on servers and in databases not only more important and relevant to businesses than ever — but also much harder. To help vendor strategy professionals properly time their investments . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

TechRadar™ For SRM Professionals: Database And Server Data Security, Q2 2009

Database Monitoring Tools Thrive; Classification Tools Try To Survive

by Andrew Jaquith, June 9, 2009

The risks of theft, corruption, and abuse have made securing data stored on servers and in databases much harder. To help security and risk professionals plan their next decade of investments in server data security, Forrester investigated the current . . .

For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

DBMS Selection: Look Beyond Basic Functions

Advanced Features, Application Requirements, And Cost Play A Larger Role

by Noel Yuhanna, June 3, 2009

Application development and information and knowledge management professionals evaluating database management systems (DBMSes) will find that comparing basic features and functionality is unlikely to provide a clear picture of the best solution. DBMS . . .

For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

JAVA Under Oracle: Seven Things You Need To Know

Java Standards Will Narrow; MySQL, ADF, And JDeveloper Will Expand

by John R. Rymer, Noel Yuhanna, Jeffrey S. Hammond, Mike Gualtieri, May 8, 2009

Oracle's proposed purchase of Sun Microsystems (ticker symbol: JAVA) will give it control over two of the most widely used application development technologies in the industry: the Java platform and MySQL. Oracle can't say exactly what it intends to do . . .

For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

Behind "Cloud" Is Your Future Application Environment: Ultra Modular Computing

Shift Cloud Excitement To Your Own Data Centers

by Charles Brett, Jeffrey S. Hammond, April 6, 2009

Cloud computing is all the rage, but its greatest benefit may be to teach IT organizations how to build flexible and cost-efficient private data centers. The technical foundations of cloud computing — commodity hardware, virtualization, elastic workload . . .

For Business Process & Applications Professionals

How Are Recruiters Affected By This Year’s Trends In US IT Occupations?

by Zach Thomas, April 3, 2009

It's no surprise that with the current economic conditions we will see a decrease in total IT jobs and IT salaries will see almost no growth in 2009. What does this mean for human resources (HR) professionals? First, that it's critical to identify and . . .

For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

Platform-As-A-Service Is Here: How To Sift Through The Options

The Rewards And Risks Of PaaS For Application Development Shops

by John R. Rymer, April 1, 2009

The term platform-as-a-service describes many different approaches to developing applications that run in Internet data centers, and each of these approaches is suited to a limited number of application scenarios. These scenarios are evident in the developer . . .

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Don't Panic! The IT Jobs Picture Isn't As Bad As You Think

Where The Jobs Are: 2009 US IT Occupation Trends

by Simon Yates, March 19, 2009

The economic slowdown is affecting everyone, including infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals. With all the news of layoffs and bailouts, you couldn't be blamed for worrying about how safe your job might be. A quick look at the current . . .

For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

Base Your Oracle "Red Stack" Negotiations Strategy On Your Oracle Adoption Strategy

Preparation And Product Expertise Are Key To Winning

by R "Ray" Wang, John R. Rymer, Noel Yuhanna, March 13, 2009

Amidst worsening economic conditions and a rapidly consolidating vendor landscape, applications professionals will have the opportunity to consolidate their own landscapes by committing to single-vendor "platform stacks." IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, . . .

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

TPC Benchmarks Don't Matter Anymore

Features And Cost Are Key Factors When Choosing A DBMS

by Noel Yuhanna, March 6, 2009

Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC) benchmarks, once widely accepted as the standard DBMS benchmark, are becoming obsolete. Why? First, all top-tier DBMS vendors such as IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Sybase, and Teradata are delivering high performance . . .

For Vendor Strategy Professionals

Where The Jobs Are: 2009 US IT Occupation Trends

A Profile Of IT Department And IT Vendor Use Of IT Occupations

by Andrew Bartels, March 5, 2009

The US market for jobs in information technology will not escape the US recession, with total jobs in IT occupations down by 1.2% in 2009. While the recession will be painful for those in IT occupations, the pain will be relatively mild compared with . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

Market Overview: Database Security

DBMS Security Technology Continues To Evolve, With Independent Vendors Filling Gaps

by Noel Yuhanna, February 27, 2009

Attacks on enterprise databases continue at an all-time high despite security professionals taking measures to protect them. Although database management system (DBMS) security continues to improve, gaps remain in providing real-time protection, proactively . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

IT Security Remains An Integral Part Of The Enterprise

The State Of Enterprise IT Security: 2008 To 2009

by Simon Yates, January 29, 2009

Forrester's recent security survey of North American and European enterprises shows hope for the current state of IT security. Thankfully, we found that the IT security organization continues to be a strong and important part of the business, as is demonstrated . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

SMBs Struggle To Keep Pace With IT Security

The State Of SMB IT Security: 2008 To 2009

by Simon Yates, January 29, 2009

Forrester's recent security survey of North American and European SMBs provides some insight into the current state of IT security. We found that the IT security organizations for small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) are becoming more similar to those . . .