More and more code jockeys are embracing software testing as a means to accelerate development and improve overall quality levels
The worldwide market for IT services is booming—and the largest Indian services providers now threaten the market share of top global players
With Intel finally righting itself after years of floundering in AMD’s wake, why did IBM pick now to take the Opteron plunge?
Microsoft’s absence in new initiatives troubles industry watchers
DataMirror last week trumpeted what it describes as “significant” performance improvements in the latest version of its Transformation Server for z/OS
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?
Microsoft's Windows and Office Live initiative isn't risky business, says newly installed Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie.
Mainframe change management in an age of compliance is a very different beast
If there’s an economic recovery afoot, IT budgets haven’t benefited
zLinux or Big Iron J2EE workloads perform better and are cheaper than their RISC- or Intel-based alternatives
How many new tricks can you teach an old pre-relational database? Plenty, especially if customers are still actively banking on it.
The cost of distributed complexity—which is also measured in air conditioned BTUs and kilowatts per hour—is about to get even more expensive
Is ITIL tailor-made for the Six Sigma Generation?
The mainframe is entrenched for the long haul, respondents say
A growing number of mainframe pros are trying to educate their colleagues and C-level executives about the business case for Big Iron.
When is an economic recovery not an actual recovery? When it benefits the few at the expense of the many.
A future of reusable services got a step closer to reality last week when IBM announced its new SOA Business Catalog
IBM and Microsoft made significant data management-related announcements last week
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.
With the revitalization of the mainframe and the rise of zNextGen, SHARE itself has been revitalized. (First in a series)