Embedded analytics: The next wave in business intelligence?

Business intelligence software has many strategic benefits to offer organizations. However, it is often not used to its fullest potential. In his latest column, expert Wayne Eckerson reviews the benefits of embedded analytics and how they will take BI to the next level.

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CRM easier, sales harder, study shows

An annual sales performance study shows that the lengthened buying cycle has made selling more difficult, but CRM technology is becoming more user-friendly.

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Is telepresence mature enough to be Cisco’s next named top technology?

Cisco is continuing a pervasive campaign to stay the stalwart No.1 course, continuing its aggressive market strategy and pinning short-term hopes on "telepresence," a cutting-edge videoconferencing technology.

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Malware authors eyeing Web-based applications

The recent attacks against Yahoo and Google are only the beginning, experts say, as malware authors seek out vulnerable Web applications that are often hard to secure.

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Security Bytes: University data breaches leads to IT suspensions

In other news, Panda spots a fast-spreading worm; Gartner reports growth in the antivirus market; and IBM fixes a WebSphere flaw.

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Subpar signatures embolden call for antivirus SLAs

With antivirus signature quality becoming an increasingly troublesome problem for businesses, the industry says SLAs are needed to hold vendors accountable when things go wrong.

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Sun quits IBM-backed standards group, Aperi

Sun has withdrawn from IBM's storage management software initiative, Aperi, preferring to develop standards under the governance of the SNIA.

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Microsoft desktop manager improves update features

IT managers get some help keeping third-party applications updated and diagnosing possible configuration problems with the release of SMS 2003 R2. And, for minding the overall health of applications, there's the upcoming beta of System Center Operations Manager 2007.
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