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Rational Unified Process Pioneer Aligns with Microsoft

Ivar Jacobson Consulting said on Monday that it has joined Microsoft's Visual Studio 2005 Team System through the Microsoft Visual Studio Industry Partner program.

Company Gets Brainstorm for an SOA Institute

BrainStorm Group has launched The SOA Institute and Web site, which it says will make it possible for IT pros to share with each other what they know about service-oriented architecture. Membership in the organization is complimentary for individuals.

HP Helps Customers Modernize their IT Applications with Suite of Services

HP announced last week a suite of services designed to help customers modernize their legacy IT applications as they shift to infrastructures based on Web services and SOAs.

Google Hands Off Free Web Analytics

Google on Monday said its hosted Web analytics service, Google Analytics, is now free.

Industrial Buyers Don’t Always Find What They’re Looking For on the Web

Industrial buyers seeking everything from nuts and bolts to sophisticated manufacturing equipment are turning to the Internet nearly twice as often as offline information sources, according to a study of industrial buying and selling behaviors. However, many industrial suppliers do not ensure potential customers can find their sites nor provide the kind of information buyers are seeking, the research indicates.

Informatica’s Zeus on Track for Year-End Release

The upgrade of Informatica’s flagship data integration platform, PowerCenter 8, previously code-named Zeus and due at the end of the year, is “the most innovative release in the company's history,” the company says. It’s also a sign that the company’s strategic shift from data warehousing into the burgeoning data-integration market is on track.

IBM Software Cruises Web and Blogs to Capture Noise About Businesses

IBM on Monday introduced software that enables businesses to find out what their reps are like on the social networks, blogs and other sources on the Web.

CA and Nexio Offer IT Service Management Best Practices

Computer Associates International and Nexio Technologies announced on Wednesday a new best practices library dubbed CANEXION that provides ITIL processes and implementation procedures mapped to CA Service Management products.

Managed Objects Tosses Out Lifeline to Mercury Customers

Managed Objects hopes to capitalize on the management changes at Mercury Interactive with its Lifeline Program, which aims to provide an alternative to Mercury customers who use that company’s solutions for business availability and business service management.

Network Appliance Intros a Security Initiative for Enterprise Storage

Network Appliance on Wednesday unveiled the Uncompromised Security Initiative, a program the company claims challenges the status quo of data security and promises to deliver industry-best solutions to the enterprise.

BEA Beefs Up its Java Toolbox

BEA Systems is beefing up its Java toolbox with a persistence engine from newly acquired SolarMetric. BEA announced the acquisition of the company and its Kodo engine last week.

Sun: Preparing for Disaster

Disaster recovery planning is on just about every company's to-do list these days. Prompted a few years ago by 9/11, spurred by new regulatory requirements and amped up by images of hurricane-ravaged coastal communities on the 11:00 news, a lot of organizations have implemented disaster planning and assessment projects. But planning for trouble is one thing, says Jim Sangster, director of marketing for Sun Microsystems' Cluster and N1 products, putting those plans into action is another.

Java Code Quality Bugs Dev Managers Most

Things that worry Java development managers who oversee teams of five or more developers are code quality and the inability to minimize bugs before code is released. That’s the upshot of a survey released this week by Clear Horizons, a technology research company.

Mobile Security Driving Need for Security and Device Management

A survey on mobile security released on Monday by Good Technology, a handheld computing software and service provider, suggests enterprises are seeking new ways to address handheld device and security management.

Evergreen Offers Tips for Internal Audit Frameworks

In its latest IT management tip, Evergreen Systems, an IT technology and process consulting firm, advises IT departments to take the lead in mapping business audit standards to IT operations.

Identity Engines Delivers Platform for Network ID Management

Identity Engines on Monday introduced an enterprise-grade platform designed to deliver highly reliable, centrally-managed network identity management services.

On Track with Seapine’s Defect and Management Software

Seapine Software announced last week the availability of TestTrack Pro 7.5, a new version of the defect tracking and issue management software, featuring cross-platform user and administrator clients, full Unicode character support and expanded workflow functionality.

Dashboards Represent the New Face of Business Intelligence

TDWI’s Fall Conference kicked off on Monday with a keynote presentation on performance dashboards, delivered by research and services director, Wayne Eckerson.

Red Hat Reveals Upcoming Tech Focus and Strategies

Red Hat said on Tuesday it plans to focus on reducing IT infrastructure costs for customers in 2006 and 2007. Enterprise savings will come from developer enablement, virtualization and stateless Linux because they increase organizational efficiency and agility, according to the company.

Deloitte Consulting and iRise Announce Software Dev Alliance

Deloitte Consulting, a professional services organizations, and iRise, an app definition software and services company, announced on Tuesday that they have signed a new alliance agreement. The alliance aims to help clients reduce the cost and effort associated with software development projects, while helping improve the effectiveness of these initiatives, the two companies say.