Architecture


Training: Commitment to IT Pros Still Low

Even companies that have embraced next-generation mainframe workloads often give short shrift to the question of training. What gives?

Enterprise Grid Computing: The Value of Resource Pooling—A Transportation Analogy (Part 2 of 7)

A great way to understand the power and benefits of grids is to look at the philosophy and two key properties they share with large transportation systems.

Imaging: Simple Data Protection in a Complex IT World

Adding an imaging solution to your data-protection strategy can protect you from any type of data or server calamity.

IBM BladeCenter Changes Chip and Chassis

What do the PlayStation 3 and IBM’s next-generation blade system have in common? A single Cell, you might say.

State of the Mainframe, Part II: The Capacity Conundrum

Some mainframe pros say that next-generation workloads (such as zLinux and J2EE) point the way to false destinies

SOA’s Impact on SLAs: Trouble Ahead

Organizations may see service-enablement, and the next generation of SLAs, as a chance to improve the responsiveness and dynamism of their IT departments.

State of the Mainframe (First in a Three-Part Series)

In spite of their differences, mainframers seem to agree on a few important points, although even these may surprise you.



zSeries: Big Plans Ahead?

What can we expect from IBM’s zSeries team in 2006? If history is any indication, it could be an eventful year.

Big Iron Pessimism Persists

With so many major events last year in the mainframe arena, why are so many Big Iron pros still pessimistic about the future?

The Enterprise Year in Review

From acquisitions to outsourcing, it was a very busy year

Sun’s UltraSPARC T1 Redefines the Rules of the Game

UltraSPARC T1 is a marvelous achievement, to be sure—but will its cutting edginess translate into market success?

Trouble Brewing Between SAP and Big Blue?

Does IBM’s new master data management pitch take SAP, Oracle, and other enterprise applications vendors out of the loop?

Is SQL Server 2005 an Irresistible Proposition?

For perhaps the first time ever, SQL Server boosters are talking about taking on the other guys’ databases—and winning

Management's IT Experience Increases Company Performance, Study Shows

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.

IBM Offers New Take on Thin-Client Computing

IBM’s new virtual desktop solution emphasizes a centralized, host-based infrastructure and a lightweight, terminal-esque desktop—and virtualization, too

An Rx for Mainframe Viability

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

Careers: In-Demand IT Skills for 2006

Mainframe professionals need not despair: disaster recovery, system auditing, and enterprise application integration skills or experience are eagerly sought

SOA: The Rewrite-vs.-Replace Dilemma

Legacy design approaches complicate things for would-be service-enablers and raise questions about the viability of some mainframe applications

Careers: Big Iron's Catch-22

Are mainframe pros the victims of their platform’s strongest selling points?

IBM’s z9 Stirs Up Mainframe Market

MIPS-wise, the new z9 is among the most flexible mainframe systems IBM has ever developed.