In this paper we will describe the nuances of clusterbased technologies and the challenges in making clusters easier and simpler to work with (more like an SMP-based approach). Finally, we will conclude by considering how Waratek, a newcomer to...

Interactive Medica's Life Sciences Application Suite offers a range of cloud-based sales and marketing applications that address the key commercial challenges faced by Life Sciences companies today. The Suite combines the cost, flexibility, and...

In the UK it is now mandatory for deposit takers (banks, building societies and other institutions) to be able to provide the authorities with a single customer view of all deposits held by the organisation for individual depositors. It is likely...

EMC Data Domain has extended the capabilities of its in-line deduplication appliances, which typically reduce data backup storage by around 95%, to gain greater savings when replicating to remote locations over a wide area network (WAN). In this...

Sybase ETL (extract, transform and load) started life as a general-purpose data integration product. However, today it is a data integration tool that has been specifically optimised to support the loading of data into Sybase IQ.

More than ever, small businesses need to efficiently control costs and optimise cash flow, but how, and what role does automation play in this process?

Midmarket businesses face many of the same IT challenges as larger businesses, trying to accommodate increasing demand for new IT capabilities and services.

The use of complex software is now part of daily business life. Unfortunately cyber criminals are taking advantage of this to spread malware and to attack systems with the aim of stealing information, money and intellectual...

There is a great deal of discussion right now about advanced analytics, predictive analytics and in-database analytics. What are these? How does advanced analytics (which we take to include, but not be limited to, predictive analytics) differ...

Data integration has sometimes been portrayed as a necessary evil, a cost centre, a time sink, or in other unflattering terms. Conversely, some vendors, consultants, pundits and analysts have positioned various integration models and...

A review of Managed Print Services (MPS) programmes for SMBs and midmarket organisations - European vendor analysis 2010

Identity Management (IdM) solutions have been evolving since their establishment in the late 90's with the purpose of simplifying the management of user identities and access rights across an organisation's enterprise. Typically, IdM...

There are three major benefits to be derived from log and event management solutions (sometimes referred to as SIEM, security information and event management). In the first case, these solutions provide real-time identification and alerting...

There are three major benefits to be derived from log and event management solutions (sometimes referred to as SIEM, security information and event management). In the first case, these solutions provide real-time identification and alerting...

This paper represents a snapshot and brief summary of the log and (security) event management market. A more detailed discussion of this market, together with overviews of each product, a discussion of the issues involved and product...