In IT circles, the term "disintermediation" usually means removing the middleman—the dealer or wholesaler—from the distribution chain, thanks mostly to e-commerce. When Daniel Loranger uses it, he's talking about changes that have removed the middleman standing between users and the information they seek.
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Scrubbing your data too soon or too late is a waste of effort—plan carefully to make your quality checks at the right time.
Increasing numbers of organizations are turning to Software Asset Management (SAM) to help manage and control their software costs
The price of software has risen dramatically, especially for large systems. Today, software costs can quickly consume the average IT budget. That's why increasing numbers of organizations are turning to Software Asset Management (SAM) to help manage and control their software costs. Yet according to IDC, less than half of 250 companies it recently surveyed actively practice asset management.
Imagine if the fundamental protocols that make Web services work were suddenly exposed to claims of intellectual property and, in extreme cases, royalty payments.
IBM Corp. announced today it had added functionality to its TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server, nicknamed “Shark,” to better serve the needs of its enterprise customers. The features improve the management and performance of the high-end storage cabinet.
Taking a page from IBM’s playbook, Sun Microsystems Inc. launched two entry-level servers yesterday as consolidation solutions. Sun believes enterprises will be interested in moving two or more commodity servers onto a single Solaris Unix server.
Last week, IBM Corp. subsidiary Tivoli Systems Inc. rolled out three new security products to help enterprises create an umbrella security system. Tivoli Identity Director, Tivoli Policy Director, and Tivoli Intrusion Manager each address specific security issues within complex computing environments.
Although Windows XP is a desktop OS and many of the flashiest new features target home users, it still offers compelling reasons to move from older client versions, particularly Windows 95 and 98.
United Devices, Inc., a startup from Austin, Texas, today launched a new way for companies to deploy distributed computing technologies in the enterprise. Companies can use existing desktop machines for performing technical calculations that would ordinarily require a supercomputer.
Today, IBM Corp. completed its launch of its new Unix server line with the introduction of the p610 server. The p610 is a two-processor Unix server, positioned in a market space long dominated by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Confirming its devotion to the Linux platform, IBM Corp. made available a version of the Websphere application server for the open-source operating system. Websphere Commerce Suite V5.1, a version for creating e-commerce sites, now operates on Linux.
Computer Associates International, Inc. announced yesterday the updated version of its BrightStor CA-Vantage SRM product for mainframes.
Today, IBM Corp. completed its launch of its new Unix server line with the introduction of the p610 server.
Microsoft’s epic struggle against the United States Department of Justice presents perhaps the single greatest obstacle to its dominance of Web services.
According to a new report by market research firm Cahners In-Stat, business IT spending is expected to drop this year, the first down year in over ten years.
Big Blue was less than blue as it announced its earnings yesterday. Although earnings per share were down 17% from a year ago, the company remains wildly profitable.
Yesterday, Compaq Computer Corp. took the wraps off its new AlphaServer, introducing the first 1GHz Alpha processor. The AlphaServer ES45, a four-way server, and the AlphaServer SC45, a clustered version, are midrange Unix servers designed for technical computing.
Most monitoring and management tools target system administrators, meeting their needs by showing high-level information about what’s up and running. Database administrators have a different set of concerns to keep their systems healthy, and BMC Software Inc. takes DBA needs into account with DBXray.
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. is expected to release details today concerning its forthcoming 64-bit “Hammer” architecture. Unlike Intel Corp’s Itanium, Hammer chips will continue to use the x86 instruction set, allowing full interoperability with software written for current 32-bit processors
At its Gartner Symposium last week in Orlando, Fla. Gartner, Inc. said it expected to Storage Networking to rise in numbers, as administrators need better ways to manage storage.
Enterprise managers, your end users are teenagers now; they’re running amok and defying authority simply because they can. They’re doing it subtly by playing on the Internet and by obscuring their non-business use of your systems, and aggressively by destroying property when disgruntled. Ignoring these threats from within will only encourage them.
Even today, storms and other factors make predicting ship arrivals an inexact science. That means data that tracks ship movements is golden, especially if your business depends on it.
IBM Corp. and Hummingbird have launched portal applications to improve access to corporate data and end-user customization.
Microsoft Corp. is expected to release Beta One of its Visual J# .NET language and development environment. It is designed to bring Web Services and other .NET technologies to Java developers.
SAP AG said yesterday it was integrating Crystal Decisions Inc’s data reporting tools into some of its mySAP products. The integration gives the software a ready-made way to look at data, obviating the need for a third party tool.