Architecture


Microsoft: Big Things in Store in 2005

An updated SQL Server ("Yukon") and Visual Studio, plus a new edition of Windows Server 2003 are among the highlights from the software giant

Big Year Ahead for Big Iron

Existing Big Iron shops should continue to add capacity at a healthy clip, and more and more OS/390 laggards will finally make the move to z/OS

Desktop Linux Poised for Breakthrough

Novell sees a sizeable upside to Linux on the desktop—and hints that the sun might soon set on Microsoft’s Windows empire

CA Revamps, Refocuses Unicenter Mainframe Line

CA touts ongoing initiative to modernize, simplify, and integrate its Unicenter mainframe software line

Evaluating the Success of the Novell/SuSE Merger

Has Novell’s acquisition of SuSE been a success? Twelve months later, the jury is still out.

pSeries Grabs Performance Crown

A pSeries system anchored by IBM’s new Power5 processor obliterates the competition in a standard industry benchmark

BMC Bets on a Big-Iron Future

BMC doesn’t think the reemergence of Big Iron is a fluke—and it’s putting its money where its mouth is



IBM and BEA Court Enterprise Developers

Vendors tout new products and services designed to appeal to their bread-and-butter application server constituencies—enterprise developers

SOAs: Too Good to Be True?

The service-oriented architecture vision in practice may not be quite the slam dunk it looks like on paper

Tiered Access: iSCSI for the Enterprise, Part 2

When is iSCSI a more appropriate solution for your data center than fibre channel?

Q&A: Strategies for Automating Software Development

Programming automation gives developers more freedom to do their jobs

Big Blue Introduces 64-way Systems

IBM says its new iSeries i595 and pSeries p595 systems are the largest and most powerful non-mainframe systems it has ever delivered

Tiered Access: iSCSI for the Enterprise, Part 1

iSCSI isn't just for small data centers. To understand how iSCSI fits in your data center, we look at the four important tiers of servers. (Part 1 of 2)

Developing a Long-Term Archiving Architecture, Part II: Using Metadata to Store Data with Context

Metadata architecture is the lynchpin of the overall archive architecture. We explore three types of metadata: contextual, descriptive, and audit/control.

Big Blue Opens Up BladeCenter

IBM’s move could drive down the cost of entry for many potential adopters—and stimulate additional sales for BladeCenter

Q&A: Itanium – Succeeding Where Brute Force Alone Isn’t Enough

A cooler, more flexible, and more powerful Itanium design may yet succeed where brute force alone hasn’t been enough

IBM zAAPs z/OS Upgrade with Speed, Improved Scalability

Big Blue also previews z/OS version 7, due out next year

Microsoft Tool to Repackage Host Apps Nears Release

New tool lets developers repackage host applications as XML Web services or .NET server components.

Case Study: zLinux Cuts Costs at Controller's Office

The state of Idaho has tapped a zLinux solution to achieve immediate ROI of nearly half-a-million dollars annually