Problem identification is no longer sufficient—what's needed is the ability to diagnose and repair problems quickly before they seriously impact your customers or end users.
Does grey knight CA—“the industry’s safety net”—have a new set of priorities?
Does IBM’s new master data management pitch take SAP, Oracle, and other enterprise applications vendors out of the loop?
Behind the flashy new graphical user interface and productivity enhancements is one big impact to IT. We spotlight three key benefits -- and one big expense -- any IT department should consider in its upgrade plans.
For perhaps the first time ever, SQL Server boosters are talking about taking on the other guys’ databases—and winning
A new study makes a strong case for placing executives with IT experience at senior levels: a solid increase in a firm's economic performance.
Most organizations rely on resource-intensive and manual processes to identify and fix their application-performance woes
Logical data protection is a vital part of IT's backup/recovery plans
Savvy organizations are embracing data archiving as a means to reduce costs, improve performance, and satisfy compliance requirements
IBM’s new virtual desktop solution emphasizes a centralized, host-based infrastructure and a lightweight, terminal-esque desktop—and virtualization, too
There’s an ugly downside to many of the utility computing technologies on the market today
If the mainframe is to remain a viable platform for the next forty years, IBM Corp. may need to do more to address some of its most glaring pain points
Mainframe professionals need not despair: disaster recovery, system auditing, and enterprise application integration skills or experience are eagerly sought
Legacy design approaches complicate things for would-be service-enablers and raise questions about the viability of some mainframe applications
Are mainframe pros the victims of their platform’s strongest selling points?
If vendor interest is any indication, dashboards are hot. In fact, they're positively sizzling, which may explain why IBM is jumping into the fray.
MIPS-wise, the new z9 is among the most flexible mainframe systems IBM has ever developed.
Are the ESB visions touted by IBM, BEA, and others a new spin on an old idea: vendor lock-in?
Oracle can now lay claim to best-of-breed database, HR, CRM, and analytic software in its fight with SAP
Big Blue’s Rational Performance Tester for z/OS isn’t a technology in search of a market—it’s a reflection of market demand, IBM officials say