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  • BladeLogic Looks to Unify the Data Center

    BladeLogic is looking to bring greater integration of management software in the data center. At the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo Oct. 9 in Orlando, Fla., the company is unveiling its BladeLogic Orchestration Manager, which is designed to work as the bond that ties the disparate software products from different vendors that many customers run in their data…

  • Peering Into the Wireless World

    Enterprises that need a clearer view of their wireless environments are getting help from Cisco Systems and Cognio. The two companies are teaming to bring new RF (radio frequency) monitoring capabilities to Cisco’s WCS (Wireless Control System) by integrating Cognio’s Spectrum Expert. The move will give administrators a way to view their RF environment as…

  • E-Mail, IM Are in the Hot Seat Again

    It seems as if we hear every week about another organization that has failed to manage both its communications and its people. The latest incident, concerning former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley’s inappropriate communications with congressional pages, illustrates failure of governance at many levels. One question that immediately comes to mind: How can an organization that…

  • Back in the Doghouse

    As rivals complain ever louder over Microsoft’s move into the security applications space, antitrust analysts predict that the company may soon be defending its business practices to government regulators once again. European regulators have already begun to warn Microsoft against trying to thin competition in the security market via the addition of security measures in…

  • Massachusetts CIO Change Worries ODF Supporters

    Massachusetts has a problem. The Commonwealth can’t keep its CIO or pass an IT budget. Louis Gutierrez, the of CIO Massachusetts’ Information Technology Division, resigned earlier this week. Does this mean the end of the state’s pioneering ODF rollout? First let’s look at why Gutierrez is leaving. As he said in his resignation letter, it’s…

  • Oracle Buys Data Integration Software Maker Sunopsis

    Oracle announced Oct. 9 that it has purchased Sunopsis, a Burlington, Mass.-based company that produces data integration software. Oracle will integrate Sunopsis’ data integration products into its Fusion Middleware offerings, the Redwood Shores, Calif. company said in a statement. That integration will support both Oracle and non-Oracle data sources, according to the company. Sunopsis offers…

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