IT Management


Making Your Data Center Energy Efficient, One PUE at a Time

After all, if your company doesn't know what data center components waste energy, how can you change it?

Three Considerations for Cloud Adoption in 2011

Why are IT departments turning to cloud computing rather than its alternatives and what makes the technology so compelling?

CA Education, IBM Server News among SHARE Conference Highlights

IBM rides System z to server-market bragging rights and CA tees up $1 million in mainframe-related training.

Using Social Technologies to Streamline Internal IT Operations

Social technologies are now an essential tool for bolstering internal IT services and communications. We explain how to get started with this powerful, new approach to IT collaboration and support.

Five Tips for I/O Consolidation and FCoE in Your Data Center

The path to a successful FCoE deployment is not as daunting as you might think.

Q&A: How IT Departments Can Optimize Business Processes

Business transaction management can optimize business processes and performance.

App Development Survey Shows Most Projects Still Running Late

Application development delays of a few weeks are common. On the other hand, the vast majority of projects wrap up within three weeks of their target dates.



5 Best Practices for Web Application Performance and Accessibility

More data means heavier workloads for servers and networks. These five tips can help you stay ahead of performance issues.

Where is IBM's zBX?

IBM still hasn't made good on the most intriguing aspect of its zBX vision -- an extension to the x64 world.

Next-Gen Solutions for Your Mobile Workforce

This year could be a tipping point for enterprise mobile applications.

Q&A: Application Delivery Priorities Revealed in Survey

What do enterprises want most when it comes to application delivery?

Q&A: Managing Explosive Network Growth in Education

How one University tackled rapidly growing network traffic.

Careers: IT Jobs -- A Safe Harbor of a Sort

With contract and services work all the rage, recruiting, retaining, or promoting full-time employees isn’t a high priority for most IT organizations at this time.

Remotely Manage Hardware with Embedded Technology

Organizations must be cautious to ensure they can manage their embedded devices as their population grows.

The Seven Deadly Sins of Managing an ERP Rollout

Visibility of entire system via automated structural analysis the key to being "sin-free."

Extending Business Continuity beyond the Data Center with Application Availability

Application availability is critical in an always-on world in which businesses compete.

Ten Ways to Avoid Performance Black Holes in Data Center Build Outs

Emerging technologies in the data center place organizations at a unique crossroads.

Web Data Centers: Big QoS and TCO Opportunities Require Innovation

Realizing the potential benefits for large-scale service deployments presents difficult challenges. We discuss these opportunities and challenges and recommend solutions.

Careers: A Job-Seeker’s Market?

Some jobs -- particularly in network administration, security, and software development -- are always in demand and hard to fill.

Q&A: Windows 7 Deployment

Challenges, mistakes, and best practices for moving to Windows 7.