Even before green got hot, it was apparent to many IT mavens that storage was actually consuming the most power and generating the most heat in their shops.
Adopters cite OSS' low-cost licensing, flexibility, and -- crucially -- freedom from a Microsoft lock-in as its most attractive features.
Mainframe pros have joined with IBM to tout the virtues of Big Iron-based cloud computing.
Some manufacturers are buying so much of the advertising in magazines that articles critical of certain products never see the light of day.
Big Iron ISVs maintain the mainframe is hot. In the current economic climate, they suggest, it could really sizzle.
How to keep IT systems running during the post-Thanksgiving shopping rush
Azure amounts to Microsoft's "most significant coordinated shift in strategy" since it got come-to-the-Internet religion in 1995.
Many mainframe customers -- perhaps as many as 80 percent -- lease their Big Iron hardware. How will economic uncertainty affect them?
Networks are vital to your organization. We offer suggestions for moving from reactive to proactive network management.
Proponents say “going green” can help companies save money, but a secondary benefit may be just as important: delaying data center expansion.
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.
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.
With as much as two-thirds of the average IT budget devoted to fixed costs, trimming expenses is difficult.
Why are hardware and database behemoths focusing so much attention on a segment that -- just 18 months ago -- was a relatively sleepy niche?
Data center managers have their hands full, from compliance costs (including the threat of fines and imprisonment for Sarbanes-Oxley violations) to front-office interference.
Keeping changes under control is vital to keeping business services available.
Why traditional enterprise software is in disarray, and what technology can be of greatest assistance.
Using a hosting provider and new ADC technology can help small and mid-size businesses compete with their larger rivals.
Ignore these myths at your peril.
IBM says SMB-focused storage consolidation is an idea whose time has come. Its new shared storage option for BladeCenter S aims to deliver on that promise.