What role can -- and should -- free tools play in an IT environment?
When should enterprises consider public and private clouds, and what should they consider when deploying the technology?
Software upgrades offer your enterprise an opportunity to enrich more than just application features.
If you think your data center power and cooling issues are bad now, just wait.
Thanks to SAP's acquisition of Sybase, the last of the best-of-breed data replication tools -- Sybase Replication Server -- faces an uncertain future.
Although efforts by mainframe boosters to recruit and train new technologists are bearing fruit, there are not yet enough newly-minted pros to offset concerns about brain drain in most shops.
We examine the connection between business continuity and disaster recovery, explore what business impact analysis is and who's involved, and the tools available for this analysis.
Microsoft plans to make a splash by announcing new 2010 products on Wednesday, but IT organizations should check the fine print.
Before you leap into the cloud, look at these challenges and best practices of managing performance of cloud-based services and applications.
No one seems to know just how pervasive virtualization is, but everybody seems to agree that at some point -- perhaps very soon – it' will be ubiquitous.
Dealing with multiple job schedulers can be a challenge. We explore the problems, how IT goes about solving them (and how to avoid the typical mistakes), and the solutions available.
IT organizations don't yet have software vendors by the tail, but they do have new leverage, thanks to disruptive technologies such as SaaS and virtualization.
How to improve laptop management and the benefits of hosted virtual desktops.
Enterprise IT organizations are no longer forced to choose expensive, proprietary storage solutions to run their most important applications.
With its new Converged Infrastructure pitch, HP wants to be all things to all enterprises. How is it different from Adaptive Enterprise, HP's previous program?
Microsoft's decision to drop support for Intel's Itanium chip was anticlimactic. Nevertheless, it's the kind of non-event Itanium fans couldn't have envisioned a decade ago.
IT can begin to do more with less once it gets out in front of problems. Here's how one firm became proactive about its network.
What is infrastructure-as-a-service and how can you maximize its benefits?
IT chiefs are increasingly deploying blades in strategic roles. In addition, blades -- more than any other server kit -- have emerged as hotbeds of virtualization.
The IT job outlook looks better than it did last year, but 'we're not in the black yet. CIOs are optimistic, and you should be, too.