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Beyond reporting: requirements for large-scale analytics.(DATABASE AND NETWORK INTELLIGENCE)
Executive Summary To increase the value of their data investments, many organizations are eager to move beyond the delivery of basic reporting capabilities. They want to empower business analysts- . . .

How to pick the best master data management solution for your organization.(WHITE PAPER)
Picking a master data management (MDM) solution that's right for your organization can be a daunting task. This paper will educate you on several key aspects of MDM technology so you can gain the kn . . .

A million English words and it security what's the connection.(OPINION)
Apparently we have hit the million word mark in English, according to some American organization that monitors such things. Now I know that most of you will probably be inclined to make some dispara . . .

New IPSec beats SSL.(DATABASE AND NETWORK INTELLIGENCE)
Teleworking is firmly part of the modern business communication mix as the trend towards mobile computing continues. The established technology protecting a company's network against internet-based . . .

Tips for software tooling in a down economy.(OPINION)
If you are one of the very few IT Directors or Line of Business Owners on the planet lucky enough not to be affected by the current down turn in the economy, and you haven't had your budget slashed . . .

The devil in the detail: the explosion in BlackBerry and smartphone use is posing a real challenge for businesses trying to enfo
Failure to sign off emails properly can be costly. As of 1 October 2008, new rules came into force concerning the trading disclosures that incorporated companies must make to demonstrate their legal . . .

"Virtualisation and the other green computing initiative".(Storage Expo 2009: Olympia, London from 14- 15 October 2009)
Green IT within organisations has to be an initiative that results in positive bottom line impact, or it is doomed to failure as a strategy. Reducing power consumption and management expenses, as we . . .

Off-shore IT software development--does it still make sense?(IT News and Products)
For the past ten years it has been assumed that off-shoring IT software development to supposedly cheaper locations such as India or Asia makes good business sense. However, according to research by . . .

Eastern Europe & Russia survey.(IT News and Products)(Eastern European information technology market)(Industry overview)
Expectations for the Eastern European IT market in HI 2009 have not been high since the end of 2008 and the financial, economic, and often political crisis, has frozen an important part of the IT ma . . .

CA seeks to Ensure CMDB success.(IT News and Products)
CA, Inc. have announced its participation in a newly approved industry-wide specification for sharing information between Configuration Management Databases (CMDB) and other management data reposito . . .

Rysigo launch.(IT News and Products)
Pioneers of Oracle Projects(TM) and Oracle CRM(TM) applications, have announced the formation of Rysigo Technologies Corp. Rysigo provides technology and services for enterprise risk management enab . . .

Sourcefire launch.(IT News and Products)
Sourcefire, Inc. have announced its Virtual 3D Partner Program, providing cloud computing companies and OEMs the ability to leverage the new Sourcefire Virtual 3D Sensor[TM] and Sourcefire Virtual D . . .

UKTI Connects UK and China technology companies.(IT News and Products)
A delegation of Chinese Government officials and technology companies will spend a week in the UK looking for British technology expertise for future trade and business partnership opportunities. Th . . .

BCS Book release.(IT News and Products)(British Computer Society)(A Pragmatic Guide to Business Process Modelling)(Brief article
As organisations scrutinise their businesses for operational savings the BCS (British Computer Society) has published a second edition of its book to help IT managers hone business processes and sys . . .

Datanomic signs global partnership agreement.(IT News and Products)(Brief article)
Datanomic have announced a global partner alliance with Initiate Systems, Inc. Initiate will resell Datanomic's dn: Director software platform as part of its data quality suite. The partnership enab . . .

New IT study.(IT News and Products)(information technology cost)
Managers are finding it increasingly hard to find savings in IT costs without harming their operations, according to new research. A study by Compass Management Consulting suggests that as a resul . . .

The open world forum.(IT News and Products)
Oct 1-2, 2009 The Open World Forum, the global forum for Free, Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) worldwide, aims to bring together all the key players in the open software ecosystem. The Op . . .

Argonne development.(Security News and Products)
U.S. Department of Energy laboratories fight off millions of cyber attacks every year, but a near real-time dialog between these labs about this hostile activity has never existed--until now. Scie . . .

Security by compliance is no longer working.(Security News and Products)
At ISACA's International Conference in Los Angeles recently, security professional John Pironti called for a sweeping change in how enterprises deal with information security. "Security by complianc . . .

Data Protection System 5.(Security News and Products)
Protegrity Corporation have announced the release of the Protegrity Data Protection System (DPS) 5, the latest version of Protegrity's data protection platform. It supports enterprises in their driv . . .

Sophos reports.(Security News and Products)(trends in spam email)
Sophos recently published its latest report on the latest trends in spare, revealing the top twelve spare-relaying countries for the second quarter of 2009. By scanning all spam messages caught in S . . .

June monthly malware.(Security News and Products)
As in previous months, this malware rating is compiled from data generated by the Kaspersky Security Network (KSN). However, slightly different methods have been used to select and analyse the data. . . .

Finjan prevents zero-day exploit.(Security News and Products)(Brief article)
Finjan discovered a new 0-day exploit "in the wild". This time, cybercriminals are exploiting a vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Reader and Flash player. The zero-day vulnerability found (CVE-2009-186 . . .

Webroot launches FreSAAS.(Security News and Products)(Brief article)
Webroot have recently launched an advanced technical training programme to support its existing channel partners. The free programme will enable partners to respond to the demand for software-as-a-s . . .

The handbook of statistical analysis & data mining applications.
Robert Nisbet, John Elder, IV, and Gary Miner ISBN: 9780123747655, Pub Date: May 29, 2009 Price: $89.95/57.95 [euro]/45.99 [pounds sterling]. Page Count: c864 Excert Section: Chapter 2 Theoret . . .

Penetration testing as a business enabler: making the case.(DATABASE AND NETWORK INTELLIGENCE: COMPANY VIEWPOINT)
When it comes for penetration testing I don't think I've ever met an IT Security Manager who's not had the problem of justifying their internal spend. Like most areas in IT security traditionally th . . .

The importance of standardising methodology in penetration testing.(DATABASE AND NETWORK INTELLIGENCE)
They say people are a company's greatest asset but when it comes to penetration testing people are still the weakest link. When an organisation commissions a penetration test, should it be shocked t . . .

Virtualisation, storage and backup--consider the issues: Jon Ashford-Clark principal consultant of independent ICT consultancy 4
The speed of technological advances brings many advantages--but it can be a double edged sword. Whilst the tools that companies have access to for data storage, virtualisation and backup can bring g . . .

Blue sky thinking with the cloud: Erik Van Ommeren, analyst for Sogeti, and co-author of 'Collaboration in the Cloud', explains
We are on the verge of a revolution. The viability of cloud computing has opened up many possibilities for businesses to both streamline costs, and improve the way they collaborate, internally and e . . .

AT&T study: business continuity planning evolves with emerging technologies: despite economy, study finds investment in new tech
The dramatic rise in social networking and mobility trends is presenting new challenges and considerations to companies' network security, disaster planning and business continuity programs. The goo . . .

Web security 3.0: how the IT security industry views Web 2.0: Launchpad Europe survey of Infosec attendees compares & contrasts
A recent survey of 100 IT professionals at major IT security exhibition Infosecurity Europe revealed surprising trends in individual and corporate use of social media. The Launchpad Europe IT Securi . . .

The market for speech applications in mobile computing expected to triple by 2014.(DATABASE AND NETWORK INTELLIGENCE: MOBILE TEC
As individuals around the world become more accustomed to using mobile computing devices in hands-busy, eyes-busy environments, the market for speech recognition technologies within these devices is . . .

Using your mobile? Is it compulsion or obsession?(MOBILE TECHNOLOGY)
Anytime, anywhere technology has obvious benefits, enabling home and remote working and ensuring staff are constantly available. But its use needs to be controlled. In an era of 24/7 communication, . . .

Open World Forum.(IT News and Products)
Paris, September 28th - 2nd October 2009. As the leading global forum for free, libre and open source software (FLOSS) worldwide the second Open World Forum will welcome all the key global players t . . .

SIIA releases report.(IT News and Products)
The Education Division of the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) have announced the release of its most recent report on the postsecondary education market for technology--officially . . .

SME business technology report.(IT News and Products)
ERP and CRM consultancy, Ardent Solutions have announced the result of the Ardent Solutions SME Business Technology Report; a survey conducted in April 2009 across 250 decision makers in UK SMEs acr . . .

CA acquires Cassatt.(IT News and Products)
CA, Inc. have announced the acquisition of certain data center automation and policy-based optimization expertise and assets from Cassatt Corporation, a provider of cloud computing software that mak . . .

Multi-touch developer kit.(IT News and Products)
3M Touch Systems, a division of 3M, have announced a "true multi-touch" LCD developer kit that tracks up to 10 individual fingers and is compatible with the Microsoft Windows 7 platform. The 3M Mult . . .

Forrester forecast.(IT News and Products)
Fuelled by a need for marketing organizations to be more accountable to the business and a shift in marketing budgets' allocation for interactive channels, in order to match consumers' migration onl . . .

Symantec study.(IT News and Products)
Symantec Corp. have announced the findings of its 2009 Green IT Report, a follow up to the Green Data Center report released in late 2007. According to survey data, senior-level IT executives report . . .

Vizioncore launch.(IT News and Products)
Vizioncore Inc. have announced the general release of updates to two of its key products: vOptimizer Pro 2.2, Vizioncore's storage and VM optimization tool, and vFoglight 5.2.6, an updated version o . . .

Fanfare launches iTest 3.4.(IT News and Products)
Fanfare recently announced the latest release of iTest[R], the company's test automation product. iTest 3.4 is a comprehensive testing solution for device and heterogeneous system testing. It offe . . .

Enterprise Data Cloud platform.(IT News and Products)
Greenplum have unveiled its Enterprise Data Cloud(tm) (EDC) initiative, a new product for bringing the power of self-service to data warehousing and analytics, encompassing three primary areas: * . . .

Software Mining agreement.(IT News and Products)
Software Mining Ltd and IPROS Software Ltd have announced that they have signed a global licensing agreement establishing IPROS as the exclusive distribution entity for the legacy modernization tech . . .

Triple Point survey.(IT News and Products)
Triple Point Technology[R], global provider of multi-market commodity and enterprise risk management software solutions, announced today that according to its survey of energy and commodity executiv . . .

Trojans prevail in top e-threats list.(Security News and Products)
BitDefender have released a list of the top ten e-threats detected in May. It's trojans all the way (almost) with these simple, user-interaction driven pieces of malware occupying no less than six o . . .

Sophos new release.(Security News and Products)
IT security and control firm Sophos have released a new solution that incorporates encryption and data protection capabilities across endpoint, email and web. The new Sophos Security and Data Protec . . .

[(ISC).sup.2][R] survey.(Security News and Products)
The final results of a survey conducted by [(ISC).sup.2][R] ("ISC-squared"), suggests that information security professionals can look forward to a future with new jobs coming onto the market and fe . . .

Monthly malware statistics from Kaspersky Lab: May.(Security News and Products)
The first Top Twenty is based on data collected by Kaspersky Lab's version 2009 antivirus product. The ranking is made up of the malicious programs, adware and potentially unwanted programs most fre . . .

Imperva Firewall.(Security News and Products)
Imperva[R] have announced new insider abuse protection capabilities for its SecureSphere Data Security Suite and Database Firewall solutions. In addition to its existing network-based monitoring and . . .