Hardware


Survey Reaffirms Mainframe's Staying Power

IT shops are holding steady on the mainframe. A new survey from BMC also examines how IT shops are employing systems and how workloads are growing.

Unisys' Updates to Libra, Dorado Lines Keep Mainframes Vibrant

Specialty engines and a new virtualization facility are keeping Unisys mainframes in the spotlight and customers interested.

Treat Energy as a Key IT Asset

Treat energy with the same care and attention that your other data center assets receive.

Lower Costs Pushing Adoption of High-Performance Computing

Lower HPC costs make it possible for more companies to be cutting edge in their market.

HP's Just Right IT Targets Neglected Market

Although efforts to reach the "neglected" or "untapped" mid-market shops are nothing new, HP's Just Right IT seems to have most of its ducks in a row.

Q&A: A New Approach to Tape Discovery

The benefits and best practices of using tape discovery.

Analysis: Intel's McAfee Acquisition

What was Intel thinking? Was a vision of a hyper-connected future -- powered by hyper-secure embedded microprocessors -- a big factor?



Hurd Resurfaces at Oracle

Oracle has hired former HP CEO Mark Hurd as co-president.

Q&A: Will Intel's Jasper Forest Revolutionize Storage?

Do Intel's new processors signal a seminal moment in storage innovation?

IBM Refreshes System P Line with POWER7-based Products

Big Blue's refresh includes the gargantuan POWER 795, which it pits against top-shelf systems from HP and Oracle.

Mainframes: Lifting the Hood on zEnterprise

zEnterprise services 125 different capacity settings, but small mainframe shops may be best served by IBM's existing z10 BC system

IBM Unveils zEnterprise "Server of Servers"

zEnterprise debuts at a critical time for IBM, which is the subject of unwelcome attention from would-be mainframe market regulators.

IBM Announces zEnterprise System

New zEnterprise mainframe and systems architecture lets mainframe, Power, and x86 systems share resources, be managed as single, virtualized system

Securing Multi-Tenancy and Cloud Computing

How to ensure security is part of the cloud adoption strategy.

Why IT's Future Must Include M&A Planning

Planning for a merger or acquisition can be tricky, but it's a bullet that most CIOs will have to bite.

Dell Faces Scrutiny After Court Documents Alleging Deceit Released

Case stems from sales of faulty servers made from May 2003 to July 2005.

Cloud Computing Set to Soar, IDC Predicts

Is it possible that cloud computing might actually be an underhyped technology?

Q&A: Mobilizing System i Data

IBM's System i has long been a trusted computing platform, but it's 24 x 80 column data layout is out of touch with today's Internet and mobile devices. Here's how to bring its data into the 21st century.

Report: Worldwide Server Market Earnings Finally on Upswing

Server market earnings grow on the back of strong sales in the bladed market sector.

Distinctive Sybase Offerings Face an Uncertain Future

Thanks to SAP's acquisition of Sybase, the last of the best-of-breed data replication tools -- Sybase Replication Server -- faces an uncertain future.