The ideal cloud provider should be an enabler, not an inhibitor. These five strategies will help you choose wisely.
ODBC was a revolutionary technology 20 years ago. We look at its past and present, and suggest where it's headed.
How standards are driving organization value and how they benefit IT.
Cloud computing isn't just "with us" -- it's here to stay, and IT spending on cloud services is expected to explode.
A new intelligent cloud network between data center and cloud is needed for efficient workload mobility.
How B2B processes became so complex and why IT should consolidate them.
Social media, security, and customization all play a role in your choice of a cloud supplier.
Three key moves for Linux this year will impact enterprise IT.
We explore what the Scala programming language can do for your organization with the language’s inventor.
Is Java dead? What's ahead for programming languages running on the Java Virtual Machines such as Scala, JRuby, and Clojure? We take a closer look.
From Windows on the mainframe (almost) to Big Iron and tablet growth, plus leadership changes at major tech companies and the passing of a trio of tech titans, it was an interesting year for IT professionals.
Can the gulf between development and operations be bridged?
What you need to know about moving to virtual desktops.
IT can evolve gradually to cloud-scale patch and update management. You can prepare for the future and still make things better today by applying these four principles.
The V-party may be a grassroots movement energized by widespread anger against the predatory behavior of storage and system vendors, but it seems to have followed the pattern of many movements -- technological and political.
Microsoft's Build conference wasn't just focused on Windows 8. Agile software development and ALM also earned their place in the spotlight.
VMware’s Rob Juncker offers a strategy for safe and effective virtualization: strong governance and even stronger IT architecture.
Our final set of recommendations for avoiding analysis paralysis in your cloud computing project.
New workloads account for almost one-third of MIPS growth, and mainframers are as optimistic as ever about the future of Big Iron.
If your COBOL application isn't broken, it probably hasn't been Web-enabled.