TCO and ROI efforts can be misleading -- in part because they tend to over-generalize the needs of particular customers and apply them to the market as a whole.
At $250 million over five years, the projected savings are real and substantial -- and the PR benefits, especially for System z, are even more important.
There’s still plenty of life left in Big Blue’s midrange server line
SHARE recently announced a list of five disaster recovery and business continuity recommendations that it says all mainframe shops would do well to follow.
IBM’s acquisition of DataMirror’s technology will likely find its way into the company’s DB2 database
The reorganization could revitalize a System i business that is in need of a jumpstart, analysts say.
IBM wouldn’t just give mainframe capacity away, would it? The short answer is: yes, it would—and it has.
Can the combined will of Microsoft, Cisco, and EMC overcome the ingrained inertia of government bureaucracy?
China is fast rising up the rungs of the global outsourcing ladder.
IT can choose from a variety of techniques to reduce its mainframe software costs
A new survey sheds light on the high cost of downtime, and reveals how IT departments are struggling to manage complex environments
Successful grid services from both IBM and Sun Microsystems offer proof that grid computing is alive and well in the enterprise
With SEC matters behind it and new management at the helm, CA seems leaner, unencumbered, and ready to compete full-force.
Though the mainframe may be cheaper to power and cool, it’s software is significantly more expensive
Gartner thinks Microsoft isn’t so much attempting to stifle open-source innovation—although that’s one possible upside—as it is to generate more cash flow
Globalization is ushering in a new era of competition – for talent. As a result, organizations will be hard-pressed to attract and retain key IT talent
Big Blue’s Project Big Green is one of the most ambitious energy-focused IT offerings yet
PSI officials pledge to indemnify customers against liability and expect a return to normalcy -- post-litigation -- with Big Blue.
IT organizations must come to terms with SOA’s much more rigorous planning, testing, and management requirements
Why Compuware’s application-lifecycle toolset helps set it apart from competitors