Infrastructure


IBM’s Embarks on SOA Blitz

A future of reusable services got a step closer to reality last week when IBM announced its new SOA Business Catalog

IBM and Microsoft Crank up the Pressure on Rivals

IBM and Microsoft made significant data management-related announcements last week

SHARE-ing: The Secret of Big Iron Success

With the revitalization of the mainframe and the rise of zNextGen, SHARE itself has been revitalized. (First in a series)

IMS at a Crossroads?

Far from expanding their use of that DBMS, analysts argue customers need to start planning their migrations now

Integration Key in CA’s Approach to Change Management

CA says it has developed a change management product family the integrated whole of which is much greater than the sum of its parts

Behind Big Blue’s SOA/Mainframe Blitz

Big Blue announced initiatives to help programmers and ISVs get that old-time mainframe religion

Outsourcing Survey 2006, Part 3: Success Factors in Selecting a Provider

We explore what factors are important when organizations choose their outsourcing partners. Price isn’t the primary consideration.



SOA: The Services Are Out There

Successful service-enablement requires a high degree of visibility into an organization’s IT inner workings.

New Budget Mainframe Targets SMEs

For a starting price of $100,000, customers get Big Iron hardware and software along with specialty processor engines

Outsourcing Survey 2006, Part 2: Why, Where, and Who

We explore why organizations choose to outsource, where they move it, their use of multiple vendors, and success factors in choosing a service provider

Outsourcing Survey 2006, Part 1: What, How Much, and How Long

We explore what IT is outsourcing, how much it costs, and the length of outsourcing contracts.

Big Blue's Intel Server Line Gets Virtualization Overhaul

How well does Big Blue's highly virtualized Intel server vision compare with mature implementations available on System z or RISC/Unix?

CA Announces Free DBMS Management Tool

CA's new all-in-one DBMS administration console can manage distributed and mainframe databases. The price is right, too: it's free.

2006: The Year of Serving Virtually

Industry watchers say we’ll soon see explosive interest in server virtualization

Why Microsoft and Oracle Want to Be Your One-Stop Shop for BI

What IBM should do to prevent their BI market dominance

Careers: IT Pros Now Outsourcing Service Providers

Some mainframe and minicomputer programming vets have embarked on a very different career path—as outsourcing services providers

Enterprise Grid Computing: Three Deployment Strategies (Last in a 7-part Series)

The advance of grid computing will bring in new capabilities, cut costs dramatically, enable increasingly ambitious projects, and offer more advanced capabilities to customers. While the implementation details are different for each industry, some strategies are common to all. We explore three strategies.

Enterprise Search: IT Faces the Google Phenomenon

Oracle enters the already-crowded enterprise search market, as IT moves to supply fast but secure search results.

Q&A: Straight Talk on Mainframe Futures

Seagull Software’s Andre Den Haan isn’t a knee-jerk contrarian—but he also isn’t afraid to call it as he sees it

Enterprise Grid Computing: Industry Verticals (Part 6 of 7)

We explore industry verticals that are are pioneers in grid adoption or illustrate significant, untapped benefits from grid adoption.