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Best Practices in SAS 9 Security Configurations

SAS 9 provides many enhancements in the area of single sign-on technology. This paper presents several best-practice configurations for systems that are based on Windows and systems that are based on other operating systems. These configurations maximize the use of single sign-on technology and minimize the necessity to store and...

Tags: SAS Institute, Best Practice, Single Sign-on, Security Configuration, SAS 9, Authentication/Encryption, Security

White papers 2008-04-02

SAS9 on the IBM System Z Mainframe: The Path to Mainframe Modernization That Preserves Your Application Investment

SAS 9 is the result of a multi-year project to revise and extend SAS architecture to meet the demands of enterprise-class applications and solutions. As a result of this project, SAS offers its customers the SAS Business Intelligence BI Architecture. This paper focuses on the role of the mainframe in...

Tags: Investment, SAS Institute, IBM Corp., SAS 9, Mainframes, Servers, Hardware

White papers 2007-04-02

Beyond Business Intelligence: SAS 9 Redefines the Possibilities

SAS 9 expands the definition of business intelligence, enabling enterprises to break through to a higher level of understanding, beyond the hindsight offered by traditional BI tools. SAS 9 is the only BI software that delivers advantages like expanded access throughout the organization to legendary SAS analytics, for understanding an...

Tags: SAS Institute, SAS 9, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management

White papers 2004-03-01

Additional Resources

IBM: The mainframe is back

The company claims the mainframe is finding its way into emerging markets and holding strong globally, despite a shortage of related skills among IT workers The mainframe is finding its way into emerging markets and is still holding strong globally, according to an IBM executive. ...

Tags: IBM Corp., Servers, Hardware, Vivian Yeo ZDNet Asia, mainframes, IBM, datacenters, emerging markets

News items 2008-08-18

Google adds two new features to Gmail for Google Apps

Google adds two new features to Gmail for Google AppsSimple but helpful.Yes, the new feature should have been there a long time ago but its better late than not at all. A simple feature yet definitely helpful. Thanks Google guys!RE: Google adds two new features to Gmail for Google AppsOh...

Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Google Inc., Google Gmail, Google Apps

Discussion threads 2008-08-13

(Eight excellent PC upgrade ideas)

Eight excellent PC upgrade ideasThree Samsum Spinpoint HD's in raid configurationThree Samsum Spinpoint HD's in raid configuration is supported by many motherboards.Go for it. If a disk crashes you can replace it rapidly without data loss.VelociRaptor the fastest desktop HD?My one year old 300GB Seagate ST3300555SS SAS drive is faster:...

Tags: Desktops, Serial ATA, SAS Institute, VelociRaptor, PC Upgrade, PC, desktop

Discussion threads 2008-08-01

FireWire 1600, 3200 approved: Now, USB 3.0 or FireWire?

FireWire 1600, 3200 approved: Now, USB 3.0 or FireWire?My choice: USB 3.0At least for mainstream computing.USB has used a single main interface since it was first introduced. Being able to use an old-but-still-functional USB device like a mouse, webcam, or cable to a digital camera in a USB 3.0...

Tags: FireWire, USB

Discussion threads 2008-07-31

Intacct reports record growth: the analysis

The other week, I started compiling a spreadsheet that shows the relative pricing for SaaS accounting style applications. It's not meant to be sophisticated but provide an indication of the range of solutions and pricing models offered in this segment of the SaaS market. To my eternal shame, I omitted...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Solution, Finance, Pricing Strategy, Analysis, Intacct, Software As A Service (SaaS), Pricing, Cloud Computing, Marketing Research, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-07-30

My Sunday Afternoon: Fun with VMWare ESX 3i

My Sunday Afternoon: Fun with VMWare ESX 3iI dove deep dude ...... and in Table 11 came to 'iSCSI with Broadcom GB NIC'. Might give that a try before buying a RAID card.How about an expo from you/Robin H. on iSCSI? Some free offerings out there for iSCSI targets these...

Tags: IP storage, Storage area networks (SAN), Network technology, SATA Chipset, VMware Inc., iSCSI, Serial ATA, RAID, VMWare ESX, ESX, storage

Discussion threads 2008-07-28

My Sunday Afternoon: Fun with VMWare ESX 3i

As soon as I heard the announcement from  bright and bushy-tailed VMWare CEO Paul Maritz that the company was shortly going to be releasing their ESX 3i enterprise-class embedded hypervisor for free, I was absolutely thrilled. Given the pace of technology reporting, I knew that I had to get it...

Tags: VMware Inc., VMWare ESX, Ip storage, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-07-27

Ticking bombs in enterprise land

I believe the enterprise software industry is heading for major problems. It started when I read Francine McKenna  where she talks about what she sees as a doomsday scenario for at least one of the Big Four audit businesses. Francine's focus is on questioning the effectiveness of current methods for...

Tags: Software, Audit, Francine, Tools & Techniques, Financial Accounting, Management, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-07-07

SOA Meets Situational Applications, Part 3: Examples and Lessons Learned

In this paper, one examines three SAs. These applications were selected to represent a wide variety of business challenges that SAs can be leveraged to solve. Some of these commonly occur across Lines Of Business LOBs and are of general interest. Others are LOB-specific, yet with typical challenges that can...

Tags: Application, SAS Institute, SOA, IBM Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2008-07-03

HP StorageWorks MSA2000sa Configuration: Best Practices White Paper

The MSA2000sa is a direct attach 3 Gb SAS connected 2U Storage Area Network SAN solution designed for small to medium size deployments or remote locations. It comes in two models - a basic single-controller model for low initial cost with the ability to upgrade later and a model with...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, SAS Institute, Model, Best Practice, MSA2000sa, Serial ATA, Storage, Hardware

White papers 2008-07-01

What programming language should we teach?

I had a discussion shortly before the end of the year with one of our exchange students regarding a programming class I wanted to teach. My goal was simply to introduce programming concepts and algorithmic thinking. Heck, I'd be happy if the kids could walk out of the...

Tags: Java, Programming Language, Programming, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-06-27

Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Jun/Jul 08

Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Jun/Jul 08The CaseI own the case that you show here. I've had it for several months and let me tell you, it's GREAT. A few thing other thing that you don't mention that's worth noting are the built-in cable routing ability, included...

Tags: Cable, Construction, Enermax, Hardware 2.0, hardware

Discussion threads 2008-05-28

High-end disks dead in 2 years

Dave Donatelli, a senior exec at EMC - the largest data storage vendor - predicted that high-end flash drives will replace high-end hard drives in 2 years. Is this the beginning of the end for disk drives? What is a high-end hard drive? Unlike the...

Tags: Notebook, Disk, USB Flash Drive, Chip, PC Board, Notebook Disk, Serial ATA, Storage, Hardware, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-05-20

6 Gbit drives coming

6 Gbit drives comingAll this high speed interface is limited...by the transfer rate internally in the drive. This improves burst rates only and data that can be cached in the drives buffers. It does nothing for extended read/write function that are larger than the drives buffers.RE: 6 Gbit drives...

Tags: GBit, Serial ATA

Discussion threads 2008-05-14

6 Gbit drives coming

Chip vendor PMC-Sierra and Seagate announced that they've . . . achieved interoperability between PMC-Sierra's end-to-end 6Gb/s SAS chipset and Seagate's early development 6Gb/s SAS Hard Disk Drives HDDs. This successful demonstration of 6Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI SAS interoperability provides server and storage system equipment...

Tags: Disk, PMC-Sierra Inc., Serial Attached SCSI, Seagate Technology LLC, Serial ATA, Chipsets, Storage, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-05-13

Mowser purchased by dotMobi; is there a need for a .mobi domain?

Mowser purchased by dotMobi; is there a need for a .mobi domain?.mobi is UsefulI like developed .mobi sites, and have a blog and showcase of .mobi sites at http://mobienthusiast.mobi. It's true that there are many mobile optimized .com sites, but I like the simplicity of being able to type in...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, DotMobi, mobi site, mobi, mobile, mobi domain, dotMobi, Visit BofA.mobi, domain

Discussion threads 2008-05-09

Geek Sheet: Bare-metal backup and recovery

Tired of the same old punditry and OS wars? Want to read something practical you can actually use and apply to your real job? Or perhaps you need some light reading material to help you get some sleep on the plane between consulting engagements – either way, welcome to the...

Tags: Recovery, Network File System, File System, Photovoltaics, Backup, Volume, Partition, Machine, System Rescue CD, LVM, Volume Group, Linux, Manufacturing, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-05-07