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Virtualization: Five Key Decisions You Must Make

You can increase your chances of success by answering these five questions early in your virtualization project.

Careers: Have Talent, Will Travel

With leading economic indicators sagging, you'd think the hiring outlook would be similarly bleak. Strangely enough, it may not be

Is Cloud Computing the Next Disruptive Technology?

We could be on the cusp of another revolution: a c-business paradigm shift, driven by cloud computing.

Firefox's Auto-Update is Model for Safer Browsing, Report Concludes

As attackers increasingly target browser flaws, the Firefox update scheme serves as a model for the industry

Modernization with a Twist: Keeping an Organization’s DNA Intact

Could replacing core systems cause an organization’s identity to unravel?

Global CEOs Endorse Green IT

Gartner looks at an open letter destined for next year’s G-8 summit

Closing the Loop on SLA Shortcomings

By now, IT and its line-of-business customers should have perfected the art of service level management. The opposite is the case, however.



Attacks Target Firefox 3.0 Web Browser

Firefox 3.0 release highlights the perils of information technology celebrity

Careers: IT Hiring Limited to Replacing Employees

Salary growth is flat, and IT hiring is primarily limited to plugging gaps. Shops are cutting back on -- or eliminating -- discretionary spending, too.

HP Touts NonStop Perfection

If you're in the market for a non-mainframe mainframe replacement, HP might have just what you need….

Analysis: A Closer Look at IBM's Green Software Push

If Green Software is to have an impact, the software industry as a whole needs to get onboard

Outsourcers Turn to Multisourcing to Reduce Risk

Outsourcing megadeals appear to be on the decline; does this mean that outsourcing itself is on the way out?

Network Visibility: The Key to Risk Management

These three steps can help you establish a "reality-based" risk mitigation plan

Enterprise OS Segment Braces for Upheaval

The enterprise OS-scape could experience disruptive shocks during the next five years

HP Touts Blades Ready for Web 2.0 and Cloud Computing

Putting the cart before the horse: does cloud computing sell, and -- if so -- who's buying?

Mainframe Reseller Market Consolidates

A prominent mainframe reseller gets absorbed by one of its competitors. What does the acquisition mean for its customers?

Survey Says Insider Theft Tops CIO's Worry List

Why the threat of theft-from-within is keeping enterprise CIOs up at night

Analysis: IBM's POWERful New System

The data center impact of the new POWER 575 systems that IBM announced last month could be nothing short of radical

SOA: It's the People, Process, and Orientation

Disputes between rival IT factions can stop an SOA project dead in its tracks

Gartner Warns about Problems in Outsourcing Help Desk

Outsourcing to cut IT costs may be a worthy goal, but not for your help desk, Gartner warns.