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Business intelligence on demand

The recent arrival of a Paris-based BI company and its new online service may disrupt the current U.S. business intelligence market.

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PCI compliance woes

Visa spins lack of PCI compliance as "growth."

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Demographic shift changes services thinking

With a younger generation replacing Boomers, service companies need to rethink their approach to customers

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Secure IP-based intersections

Stoplight data at intersections may be the next security vector. Just ask Bruce Willis.

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Vertica database tuned for analytics

Old-fashioned relational databases don't cut it for analtics, says one vendor.

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White House CIO lacks credibility

If the CIO in the Executive branch fails to comply with federal law, why should other government CIOs bother with a White House mandate?

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Are malware writers targeting Macs?

One vendor says organized crime has discovered OS X. Maybe. Maybe not.

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Brands online face more assaults

Corporate brands are being tarnished on the Web and a new scam looms that could make things even worse.

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Vignette updates Web tools

A trio of new products get released

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Google vs. Salesforce.com?

In the battle for IT to adopt an Internet-based application "platform," the real struggle may be between Google and Salesforce.com

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Convert PDFs like a pro

Working with PDFs gets a little easier for business types

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Hypermesh speeds streaming media

An Atlanta-based start-up uses a multipath, P2P style architecture to boost streaming media performance

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Kerio bridges Windows, Linux and Macs

Kerio updates its MailServer so Mac and Linux users can collaborate with Windows colleagues, assuming they'd want to

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SaaS: No recession here either

SaaS providers should do well in the coming economic downturn, predicts one SaaS executive

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"Recession proof" MSP readies new service

In good economic times managed service providers (MSPs) get business when their customers are expanding too fast for in-house IT staff to keep up. In bad times, customers often need to cut capital expenditures and staff, bringing more business to MSPs. And because MSPs cover all business segments, not all vertical markets dip simultaneously. As Christopher Assif says, "When the financial segment goes down, the health care sector goes up.

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