Infrastructure


Behind IBM’s Mainframe Market Push

The best thing IBM can do to help secure the mainframe’s future is to roll up its sleeves and get to work, says one prominent Big Bluer

Oracle Plays Both Sides of the Mainframe/Distributed Divide

Regardless of whether customers opt for Linux-on-zSeries or choose to abandon the mainframe altogether, Oracle stands to benefit

Paperless Office is Still a Far Cry from Reality

Six characteristics to look for in a solution to move your organization to the “paperless office” goal.

Improving Business/IT Efficiencies with Enterprise Architects

How an enterprise architect can help you maximize your investment in BPM and BRE tools and other technologies.

Sun’s Virtualization Push

Project Blackbox might be a gimmick, but Sun’s virtualization moves are for real

Aligning IT with Business Processes

Just as physical symptoms indicate underlying system imbalance in humans, an enterprise must be watchful of its technology and business warning signs.

Case Study: z9 Rescues University from Processing Flood While Reducing Costs

The University of Toronto implements IBM’s new z9 Business Class system to increase and improve service levels while reducing costs



Mainframe Pros Question IBM’s Spending Initiative

Some mainframers think IBM’s $100 million could be better spent addressing training, licensing, and other long-standing Big-Iron pain points

Mainframe’s Future: IBM to Focus on Ease of Use

IBM is putting its money where its mouth is—spending $100 million over the next five years to make its mainframe systems easier to use

Voice-Enabling IT Apps Gets Easier with Multi-Vendor Package, VoiceXML

Two companies have teamed up to simplify creating voice-enabled applications

Trends: SAS, SPSS Push into BI Stronger than Ever

Two mainframe number-crunching mainstays make their bids for broad BI dominance

Big Iron Front and Center in Big Blue’s SOA Push

IBM is touting a more abstract kind of workload—the mainframe-as-service-enabled hub

Analysis: Behind Big Blue’s $1.6 Billion Acquisition of ISS

What does ISS give IBM—and is it worth the $1.6 billion Big Blue paid for it? That depends, analysts say.

Microsoft Kicks Off Its Countdown to Vista

Vista includes a few amenities to which IT pros should warm, but is it enough to justify deploying it in corporate environments?

Customers Get Hip to System z Value Proposition

Are a pair of recent Intel-to-System z defections a harbinger of what’s to come?

Neon Upgrades, Extends IMS Toolset

Customers are still betting their businesses on IMS and other “legacy” datastores—and mainframe ISVs are more than happy to oblige.

Analysis: IBM Takes the Opteron Plunge

With Intel finally righting itself after years of floundering in AMD’s wake, why did IBM pick now to take the Opteron plunge?

Open SOA Sells—But Microsoft Isn’t Buying

Microsoft’s absence in new initiatives troubles industry watchers

DataMirror Tweaks Mainframe CDC Tool for Performance, Reliability

DataMirror last week trumpeted what it describes as “significant” performance improvements in the latest version of its Transformation Server for z/OS

HP Bets Big on Software with Mercury Interactive Purchase

By putting $4.5 billion of its money where its mouth is, has HP finally put the lie to the canard that it isn’t serious about software?