Jim Rapoza

Ralph Waldo Emerson famously said, “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.” If you read my column regularly—especially when it deals with the intersection of technology and politics—then youve probably decided that I dont have to worry about hobgoblins too much. Or maybe you just think Im a hypocrite. Its a good thing […]

One problem with many rights management systems is that they never work with all the applications a company uses to create sensitive content. Liquid Machines Document Control 5.0 is no exception, but it does go a little further than most products of its kind, extending rights management tools to some applications that have previously lacked […]

Given recent history, weve come to expect Microsoft service packs to be significant revisions—on the order of a major new release. SP1 for Windows Rights Management, however, is much more typical of a standard service pack, with many of the new capabilities and updates on the back-end and development side, where they will be invisible […]

If there is such a thing as a classic rights management platform, then Authenticas Active Rights Management would qualify. Click here to read the full review of Authenticas Active Rights Management. 2 If there is such a thing as a classic rights management platform, then Authenticas Active Rights Management would qualify. Like many older DRM […]

As companies continue to grapple with regulatory compliance issues—as well as with their corporate-governance initiatives—rights management platforms can help garner control of content inside and outside the corporate firewall. Through high-level policies and individual permission restrictions, a good enterprise-class rights management system makes it possible for a business to control how documents, e-mails and even […]

During tests, we had a love-hate relationship with Adobes LiveCycle Policy Server 7.01, which was released in April. Click here to read the full review of LiveCycle Policy Server 7.01. 2 During tests, we had a love-hate relationship with Adobes LiveCycle Policy Server 7.01, which was released in April. We loved that LiveCycle Policy Server […]

My recent column on the disconnect between the claims of large technology companies that there is a shortage of qualified IT workers and the simple fact that there are tens of thousands of qualified and experienced workers out there looking for jobs received a ton of responses. I heard from readers who have lost jobs […]

Sonic Software is one of the earliest pioneers in the ESB space, and its portfolio of products has proved to be a powerful, flexible platform for building an SOA. Sonic clearly recognizes this, as it has continually moved to integrate and extend its platforms to provide a seamless and unified SOA solution. Click here to […]

For enterprises, especially those building a service-oriented architecture, getting connected means making it possible for different applications, databases, transport mechanisms and Web services to talk and interact seamlessly. However, these things usually dont speak easily to one another, which has led to a lot of unwieldy APIs, application integration and code wrapping. One solution to […]

Artix 3.0, released in March, is such a massive and major revision of the product that Artix customers who make the upgrade may feel as if they are moving to a completely different product. Click here to read the full review of Artix 3.0. 2 Artix 3.0, released in March, is such a massive and […]