Lumigent upgrading SQL Server problem tracker

LUMIGENT TECHNOLOGIES ON Monday plans to release Log Explorer Version 3.0, which allows users to identify causes of problems in Microsoft SQL Server databases and recover data. The product uses the SQL Server transaction log to audit database activity and…

CTOs prepare for an economic upturn

Craig Goren has two things that top his to-do list — when the economy picks up. First, he wants to “throw a big ‘we survived’ party for the team,” and second, he wants to “initiate some of the technology ‘science…

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Mastering the moment

In a pressure-cooker economy, CTOs are being paid well to maintain control over IT spending and to align technology and business goals About two months into his job as CTO of Oxygen Media, Curtis Brown made a dramatic presentation to…

A title by any other name

Recruiters go head to head on the CIO-CTO debate THE DOT-COM ERA saw the growth of the CTO title, because Internet technology was so clearly entwined with the prevailing business model. Post-meltdown, CTOs are still in demand because corporate executives…

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Tough times

The recession hit the IT industry hard, making for a difficult year. Still InfoWorld readers have held fast and are cautiously preparing for a better, but not stellar, IT job market JEFF SKRYSAK FEELS pretty lucky these days. He’s two…

The next big thing: Tools IT can use

Vendors need to produce enterprise software that is easy to deploy and maintain EVERYBODY IN THIS industry seems to be waiting for something that may never happen again. That thing, of course, is a general turnaround in the economy that…

Draconian DMCA

In practice, the law shuts down ISPs instead of offering protection against copyright infringement by their users IN SPITE OF the many controversies surrounding the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act), its defenders continue to insist it works the way Congress…

Now search this

There?s a new way to query Window Manager columns, and that?s just the beginning IN A FAMOUS fable, Goldilocks found that a big bowl of porridge was too hot, a little bowl was too cold, but a medium-sized bowl was…

SMS standing tall

Short messaging service is aptly making the transition from a consumer service to a business solution A COUPLE OF pubs in Dublin, Ireland, sending free drink vouchers to their customers using SMS (short messaging service) may not sound like big…

Stop the war

Hollywood and Silicon Valley need to stop digging deeper trenches and figure out where they have mutual interests IT’S THE NEW Hatfields and McCoys — the entrenched monopolists vs. the disruptive technologists. Up in the Hollywood Hills sit the content…