Unisys, creator of the first Intel “mainframe,” announced a capacity-on-demand service for the x86 and IA-64 set
IBM’s flagship xSeries server demonstrates how far Intel servers still have to go to reach feature and function parity
For the first time in years, Sun looks like the cagey, competitive, and iconoclastic competitor of old
BRM proponents want to do away with tasks many IT pros take for granted
Some business customers are organizing “shadow” IT groups to replace IT resources that have been outsourced
Officials imply that the IFL bundle will be discounted—although no terms have been disclosed
Company taps on-demand delivery model to enhance retail management application
AMD has forced Intel to abandon its decades-long marketing strategy, leaving the chip-making leader struggling to find its sea legs
IMS workloads are growing, and CA says the capabilities of its management tools are keeping pace, too
Users expecting an infusion of Ascential’s ETL expertise into DB2 may be disappointed
Some users are praising the synergies of a combined Oracle, PeopleSoft, and J.D. Edwards stack—but for others, skepticism about Project Fusion is still the order of the day.
IBM last week signed a $400 million contract to design a new on-demand IT infrastructure for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Big Blue hopes the latest release will entice fence-sitters
ILM is an emerging technology that promises to decrease the size and improve the performance of OLTP databases and data warehouses.
Companies hope to blunt the momentum of storage appliance partners EMC and Dell
Phantom users and orphaned accounts are widespread in the distributed space, but things are even worse in the mainframe world
A senior IBMer notes how the company has made the mainframe a more affordable proposition for traditional and non-traditional customers alike
The Ascential acquisition lets IBM address all of its relational database and information integration shortcomings in one fell swoop.
Opsware brings its automation-centric focus to network management
Even though HP, IBM, and Sun have monopolized the utility-computing limelight, Opsware believes it has a trump card up its sleeve