Aster targets mid-market with budget-conscious, massively parallel data warehousing appliance Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions | 3rd July Aster is seeking to level the playing field on the data warehousing entry front, and that message should resonate well with companies that need an entry-level solution that doesn't compromise on power.
	Oracle closes in on 'any'-ware with debut of middleware behemoth 11g suites family Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions | 2nd July With the spoils of the BEA acquisition now baked into the mix -- and with anticipation for what the pending Sun Microsystems buy brings -- Oracle is well on its way to obviating the middleware moniker. Perhaps we should call it anyware.
	Podcast: SaaS delivery of IT lifecycle and quality management functions Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions | 1st July As interest in cloud computing ramps up, the ability to deliver more aspects of IT lifecycle and quality management, along with broader project and portfolio oversight values, is also ramping up. Yet there are missing ingredients.
	Web data gains some due respect Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions | 30th June More than ever, web-based content plays an essential role in many business processes and analytical presentations. Doing operational and business ecology business intelligence (BI) requires fast an easy integration of web-based content.
	Cloud and upgraded computing future brightens despite overcast economy. Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions | 29th June Seeing the downturn as an opportunity to upgrade, nearly two-thirds of 1,200 IT professionals surveyed in the U.S., U.K., Germany, and Japan plan to invest in new infrastructure technology.
	Mixed enterprise environments could make FCoE a winner Peter Williams, Bloor Research | 29th June Is Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) just another standard that will not take off? Some have dismissed it and others have said going down the FCoE route is a bad move. I disagree.
	Eclipse plug-in puts TOGAF 9 into IDE collaboration mode for architects Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions | 26th June The customizer contains the content of TOGAF 9 in a structured and editable form, including guidelines, concepts, and checklists, as well as detailed work breakdown structures for the framework's new and improved architecture details.
	Platform applies HPC lessons to 'private' cloud creation, operations, efficiency Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions | 25th June Platform ISF, which becomes the centerpiece of Platform Computing's cloud computing strategy, creates a shared IT infrastructure from physical and virtual resource pools, to deliver application hosting environments.

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