Features & News


The Reincarnation of Enterprise Applications

If SOA, modernization, and Web 2.0 are complementary IT efforts, then why are they so often viewed as separate initiatives?

Storage Innovators, Part 2

Sometimes innovation is as simple as reviewing, and replacing, a vendor service and support contract with one from a qualified third-party provider.

Microsoft Testing HD Audio for Enterprise VoIP

Could arrive in first quarter of next year

Q&A: Security for Virtual Environments

Virtualization brings a new set of security challenges.

Can Going Green Slow Data Center Expansion?

Proponents say “going green” can help companies save money, but a secondary benefit may be just as important: delaying data center expansion.

Microsoft Announces Office to be Available as a Service

Office users soon will be able to open, create, and edit files using "lightweight" hosted versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote



Windows Server 2008 R2 Previewed at PDC

No specific ship date announced

The "R" Word and BI

While Wall Street stormed, the BI industry quietly rolled along say industry pulse-takers. They say there will be effects, though, and that may make the industry leaner and more effective.

Microsoft's Cloud-Based SQL Services Redefined

Microsoft is evolving its strategy for relational data services in the cloud

BI for SMBs, Part 1: Deployment Strategies

How do the most efficient and effective companies leverage their BI solutions?

Top Data Center Issue: People

Skills, whether in distributed or mainframe computing environments, are in increasingly short supply.

Most Enterprises Unprotected Against E-mail Security Risks, Study Finds

Only 10 percent of organizations are actually using effective anti-spam technologies

Q&A: Securing Your Endpoints

Endpoints pose security risks to an enterprise, but identifying those endpoints can be IT's biggest challenge.

Q&A: Virtualization and Rigorous Testing

We examine how virtualization can benefit developers, the drawbacks of the technology when it comes to testing, and best practices developers can use to exploit the capabilities of virtualization.

z10 BC: A Thoroughly Modern Mainframe for the Rest of Us

The z10 BC isn't as big or brawny as its beefy sibling, but it has lots of power and is priced to move. Call it a mainframe system for the rest of us.

Organizations Cutting Back on IT Security Staff

Despite growth in overall IT staffing across such functions as database administration and application development, staffing levels for security pros have been in steady decline over the last three years

Microsoft Calls New Cloud Computing OS Turning Point for Company

Keynote touches on new service-based OS, Windows Azure