From acquisitions to outsourcing, it was a very busy year
UltraSPARC T1 is a marvelous achievement, to be sure—but will its cutting edginess translate into market success?
Does IBM’s new master data management pitch take SAP, Oracle, and other enterprise applications vendors out of the loop?
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.
The enterprise application developer’s lot has long been an unenviable one—until now, that is
IBM’s new virtual desktop solution emphasizes a centralized, host-based infrastructure and a lightweight, terminal-esque desktop—and virtualization, too
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.
Is the way most enterprises develop software fundamentally flawed?
Are the ESB visions touted by IBM, BEA, and others a new spin on an old idea: vendor lock-in?
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
Sometimes the smartest thing an organization can do is pull the plug on an ailing project—regardless of how much time and money it’s invested in it
Support for z/OS is still gestating, however, and extending TotalStorage Productivity Center to OS/400 will be difficult, too.
There are seven ground rules for aligning business strategy with IT. Flub any one of them and you can kiss your alignment aspirations goodbye.
Instead of making big-bang investments, customers can reap the benefits of utility computing in more affordable ways.