Emerging Tech


Best Practices: Building a Test-Driven Development Team

More and more code jockeys are embracing software testing as a means to accelerate development and improve overall quality levels

Indian Outsourcers Vie for Global Dominance

The worldwide market for IT services is booming—and the largest Indian services providers now threaten the market share of top global players

Analysis: IBM Takes the Opteron Plunge

With Intel finally righting itself after years of floundering in AMD’s wake, why did IBM pick now to take the Opteron plunge?

Open SOA Sells—But Microsoft Isn’t Buying

Microsoft’s absence in new initiatives troubles industry watchers

DataMirror Tweaks Mainframe CDC Tool for Performance, Reliability

DataMirror last week trumpeted what it describes as “significant” performance improvements in the latest version of its Transformation Server for z/OS

HP Bets Big on Software with Mercury Interactive Purchase

By putting $4.5 billion of its money where its mouth is, has HP finally put the lie to the canard that it isn’t serious about software?

Ozzie: "Live" Not Risky for Microsoft

Microsoft's Windows and Office Live initiative isn't risky business, says newly installed Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie.



BMC, CA Tackle Mainframe Change in the Age of Compliance

Mainframe change management in an age of compliance is a very different beast

Companies Stingy About IT Spending, Gartner Reports

If there’s an economic recovery afoot, IT budgets haven’t benefited

The Mainframe Capacity Conundrum Revisited

zLinux or Big Iron J2EE workloads perform better and are cheaper than their RISC- or Intel-based alternatives

CA Teaches Old Databases New Tricks

How many new tricks can you teach an old pre-relational database? Plenty, especially if customers are still actively banking on it.

Distributed Computing, Specialty Engines Bring Companies Back to the Mainframe

The cost of distributed complexity—which is also measured in air conditioned BTUs and kilowatts per hour—is about to get even more expensive

CA Announces Latest Milestone in the ITILization of Its Toolset

Is ITIL tailor-made for the Six Sigma Generation?

Survey Says Big Iron a Solid Bet for the Future

The mainframe is entrenched for the long haul, respondents say

Making the Business Case for Big Iron

A growing number of mainframe pros are trying to educate their colleagues and C-level executives about the business case for Big Iron.

Careers: The Incredible Shrinking Economic Recovery

When is an economic recovery not an actual recovery? When it benefits the few at the expense of the many.

IBM’s Embarks on SOA Blitz

A future of reusable services got a step closer to reality last week when IBM announced its new SOA Business Catalog

IBM and Microsoft Crank up the Pressure on Rivals

IBM and Microsoft made significant data management-related announcements last week

Careers: A Job-Seeker’s Market

Thanks to reduced unemployment and a graying workforce, we could be on the verge of a war for top IT talent. That bodes well for mainframe pros.

SHARE-ing: The Secret of Big Iron Success

With the revitalization of the mainframe and the rise of zNextGen, SHARE itself has been revitalized. (First in a series)