What is cloud integration, and what dangers can you avoid by following best practices?
Microsoft updated some of its free tools to help users move to Microsoft SQL Server and released a new Oracle MySQL migration tool.
Planning for a merger or acquisition can be tricky, but it's a bullet that most CIOs will have to bite.
Why service providers must take steps to implement a monitoring strategy that continues monitoring legacy network technologies and establishes the path for converged network monitoring.
Due to macroeconomic conditions, nearly every vendor promotes its products as offering cost savings, but the ROI calculations for IT process automation are overwhelming and simple.
Improving IT efficiency is a prime driver in these times of tight budgets. Unified Computing can help. We explore what the technology is, what benefits it offers, and where it’s headed.
MapReduce can help spread the computational chores between many computers. But what if the technology could be unleashed for all data, not just file-based data processing?
Mainframe management has come a long way, as the latest fruits of CA's Mainframe 2.0 initiative demonstrate
In a tough economic climate, IT organizations will look to virtualization to reduce TCO, slash their energy costs, and keep up with competitors
According to Gartner, cloud computing still has some maturing to do
Both NetMaster and SysView boast GUI and usability improvements. Along with a lower-cost software licensing option and you have pair of old tools reborn.
It was a pretty good year, for IT spending at least.
We look at where software-as-a-service is heading.
Adopters cite OSS' low-cost licensing, flexibility, and -- crucially -- freedom from a Microsoft lock-in as its most attractive features.
Azure amounts to Microsoft's "most significant coordinated shift in strategy" since it got come-to-the-Internet religion in 1995.
Why are hardware and database behemoths focusing so much attention on a segment that -- just 18 months ago -- was a relatively sleepy niche?
In the new version of CONTROL-M, BMC is trumpeting a job rollback and auditing feature, along with virtualization-friendly amenities
IBM's InfoSphere data integration platform is brimming with mainframe goodies
Visionary companies will push project and portfolio management from the top down to develop basic management skills at all levels
Putting the cart before the horse: does cloud computing sell, and -- if so -- who's buying?