Successful grid services from both IBM and Sun Microsystems offer proof that grid computing is alive and well in the enterprise
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Brazil invests nearly one-third of its total IT spending in mainframe systems
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With SEC matters behind it and new management at the helm, CA seems leaner, unencumbered, and ready to compete full-force.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Though the mainframe may be cheaper to power and cool, it’s software is significantly more expensive
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Gartner thinks Microsoft isn’t so much attempting to stifle open-source innovation—although that’s one possible upside—as it is to generate more cash flow
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Companies are on a collision course in the enterprise data warehouse space
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    New feature lets coders use static SQL for scenarios in which they might otherwise depend on dynamic SQL
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
    
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM claims that its new System p p570 offers three times the performance of a comparable Superdome system from HP
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Globalization is ushering in a new era of competition – for talent. As a result, organizations will be hard-pressed to attract and retain key IT talent
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Big Blue’s Project Big Green is one of the most ambitious energy-focused IT offerings yet
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    PSI officials pledge to indemnify customers against liability and expect a return to normalcy -- post-litigation -- with Big Blue. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IT organizations must come to terms with SOA’s much more rigorous planning, testing, and management requirements
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Why Compuware’s application-lifecycle toolset helps set it apart from competitors
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Industry analysts at Gartner say forward-thinking companies must develop what they call a “Chindia” strategy 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Fundamental Software has run smack up against Big Blue’s refusal to sanction 64-bit mainframe emulation 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Even as IBM and Fundamental continue to wrangle, FLEX-ES shops are dwelling in a kind of limbo. First in a series.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The deal helps position Software AG as an ascendant SOA player in both North America and the EU
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM last week unveiled two new System i servers for the SMB market
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    BI giant SAS announced expanded System z support for its Enterprise Intelligence Platform and touted a new sub-capacity pricing option, to boot
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    There’s plenty of buzz about server virtualization, but success is not assured.