Scott Bekker

1 month ago | itpro.com | Scott Bekker

A major focus of the second day of the RSAC Conference was sharing intelligence on what attackers are actually doing with emerging capabilities like AI, as well as quantum computing. In separate keynote sessions Tuesday, senior executives from Google offered different perspectives about what threat actors, including nation-states, are doing with artificial intelligence tools.

1 month ago | itpro.com | Scott Bekker

Artificial intelligence dominated as an opening day theme of the RSA Conference, commanding attention from established security vendors and startups alike. "AI [has] changed everything," Hugh Thompson, the conference's executive chairman, said in opening remarks for the annual security event.

Oct 31, 2023 | redmondmag.com | Scott Bekker

News Of the dozens of feature sets that Microsoft added or improved since its last SQL Server release, one area that received a particularly significant overhaul is data mining. So much so that Microsoft executives contend data mining could go mainstream when SQL Server 2005 ("Yukon") ships in the second half of this year.

Oct 31, 2023 | redmondmag.com | Scott Bekker

News BI Consolidation Continues as Hyperion Acquires Brio By Scott Bekker07/30/2003 Less than a week after Business Objects acquired enterprise-reporting specialist Crystal Decisions, Hyperion Solutions countered by snapping up Brio Software. Hyperion announced last week that it was acquiring Brio, a developer of enterprise reporting software, for $142 million.

Oct 31, 2023 | redmondmag.com | Scott Bekker

News Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday rolled out a tool for making business intelligence projects easier and quicker to develop on its SQL Server database platform. The SQL Server Accelerator for Business Intelligence consists of a technology wrapped in a partner and consulting program. "It's a downpayment on our goal and vision to make business intelligence for the masses a reality," says Don Petersen, product manager for SQL Server.