Project Management

Tools used to monitor Unix-based servers have been around for more than a decade. During this time, we have seen many products come and go, with successful tools adapting and maturing as their customer base drove new features and functionalities.

At the U.S. Department of Agriculture, to cite one telling example, inspection findings and other data now are reported in a matter of seconds rather than days or weeks. Trends, potential problems and correlations are spotted quickly, enabling the agency to make more efficient use of time and resources.

IBM Corp. is rolling out modeling software that it boasts can deliver a bird's-eye view of complex business processes and help boost their execution.

IBM Rational gives developers a glimpse into the next major version of its tools portfolio, code-named Atlantic.

Refraining from opening e-mail attachments from unknown senders is the number one way companies can stop the spread of viruses and worms. But one survey shows that 78 per cent of top-level employees plead guilty to double-clicking on unknown files.

Joseph Hagos may not be a doctor, but the population at Canada

The ultimate goal of many IT projects today is increased employee productivity. But in many cases organizations are in danger of having too much technology, which is not only overwhelming end users and creating confusion, but is also affecting IT workers, according to some experts.

With identity theft on the rise, consumer trust of the Internet eroding and the number of passwords users need to remember growing, the battle cry for an integrated approach to manage electronic identities is resounding. Meeting that need is the Liberty Alliance federated network identity architecture, which lets users sign on with one ID and manage their identities across multiple organizations, choosing what information they share with others.