Architecture


5 Best Practices for Connecting Legacy Apps to the Cloud

How to avoid the most common and costly mistakes businesses make when integrating legacy systems with cloud apps.

Q&A: SOAP and REST 101

What are SOAP and REST? What do these Web services have in common and where is each best used? We take a closer look.

4 Steps to Successful Application Managed Services

If you're thinking about ceding control of some applications to others, this four-step recipe can help you create and enjoy a successful and safe relationship.

Q&A: Why Business Process Management and Complex Event Processing Are Better Together

Business process management and complex event processing now support a broad range of business processes. How can these two technologies complement each other to further optimize business processes?

Application Acceleration in the Cloud Age

In the age of the cloud, applications and content are only as good as the network they ride on. We explore three application acceleration options.

Analysis: Revamped NetView a Sleeper Hit

NetView 6.1 is, by almost any standard, an exciting new deliverable -- particularly for users of IBM’s Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex technology.

IT, Executives Don't See Eye to Eye on Virtualization, Cloud Computing

Business and IT executives aren't always on the same page when it comes to virtualization and cloud computing.



IT Skittish About Unified Communications Over Public Clouds

Loss of customization and IT control deters deployment.

Q&A: Wi-Fi Drives VPN Adoption at Swiss Insurer

Getting and staying connected was key to this Swiss insurance company, but Wi-Fi access meant it had to find a VPN solution.

Why Hardware-based WANs Are Obsolete

Hardware solutions are costly and time-consuming. Is it time you moved to a software solution?

IBM Bringing Windows to the Mainframe Later This Year

IT mainframe pros will have to wait until Q4 to get their first look at IBM's Windows-on-zBX offering. Will it be worth the wait?

Q&A: Best Practices for Working with Unstructured Data

What is unstructured data and how should IT search on and store it?

Putting a Total Architect to Work: Lean IT Implementation on Steroids (Part 4 of 4)

Wherever a Total Architect goes, projects get better. We explain why.

Mitigating the Limits of Your Data Center

To help data center managers understand how best to employ new energy metrics and tools, we examine five ways to optimize use of available space, cooling capacity, and power.

Does SQL Server PDW Have What It Takes for Very Large Data Warehouses?

When it comes to high-end data warehousing, Microsoft isn't promising something it can't deliver: it's been shipping a special release of its SQL Server 2008 R2 database since November of last year.

Hiring a Total Architect (Part 3 of 4)

How to ensure you don't miss the right candidate during the hiring process.

Traits of a Total Architect ... And All That Jazz (Part 2 of 4)

How a Total Architect is like a musician.

HP's HPC Server Refresh Hints at Exascale Future

Will Enterprise 2020 be hosting a substantial portion of its workloads on GPUs or on other non-traditional architectures?

How Total Architects Enable Project Success (Part 1 of 4)

Introducing the "Total Architect" and the benefits this position can bring to your enterprise.

Using Distributed Computing to Reduce Downtime, Accelerate IT Recovery

Architecture changes and technologies are emerging that enable IT professionals to provide solid infrastructures, eliminate downtime, and deliver applications with consistently high availability.