New product exploits scorecard analytics to present information in a way that’s intelligible to executive decision-makers.
The latest SmartDBA tool lets DBAs manage IMS from the same console they use for Oracle or DB2
Now, more than ever, IT departments are selling themselves to business leaders—and tapping new software tools to help them do it
The gap between top-performing and middling companies is widening. Could some organizations be left permanently behind?
A new report says CEOs do, and disproportionately at that
Call-services specialist Rockwell tapped an outside QA specialist to nip potential application performance issues in the bud. It’s a growing trend.
In the second article of our two-part series, we look at four additional principles to help you effectively manage your RFID data.
Instant decision-making on high-volume, high-velocity data streams isn't a new challenge. We examine seven principles to help manage RFID data.
CIOs talk up employee retention strategies; the return of travel, training, and table tennis
To gain control of data and systems, IT consolidated their environment. A better solution is emerging: optimization tools.
SLAs have traditionally relied on operating system utilities to determine process availability -- but their accuracy isn't assured. Measuring the availability of business processes may hold the key to correct application performance assessment.
NLayers' Insight creates application behavioral models to help organizations optimize and cut costs
Proactive desktop support has become an important corporate initiative. Here's why.
Blade server success founded on key mainframe concepts
Study says process changes and best practices are key, regardless of which ERP software you’re running
Datacenters are leveraging maturity and turbulence in the high-end server market to wring more from enterprise data while stretching IT dollars for additional MIPS.
Avoid RFP nightmares with three simple but effective project-management best practices: Communicate, Coordinate, Cooperate.
If you're in the enviable position of having your project funded, congratulations. The rest of us must learn to use IRR, PV, NPV and the time value of money to our advantage.
To be an effective IT manager, you must take the time value of your precious budget dollars into account. This is especially important in large systems computing, where project time is measured in months and years, not days and weeks, and costs can run into the millions. Time value of money can become an important strategic factor in planning and presenting project proposals.
It's not always enough to assume that "the financial people" are keeping a close eye on things. As a project leader, you should be able to read between the lines of a company's financial report to spot potential problems.