What do the PlayStation 3 and IBM’s next-generation blade system have in common? A single Cell, you might say.
Some mainframe pros say that next-generation workloads (such as zLinux and J2EE) point the way to false destinies
Some IT jobs are more outsourcing-resistant than others
Organizations may see service-enablement, and the next generation of SLAs, as a chance to improve the responsiveness and dynamism of their IT departments.
New processor could reduce the cost of exposing Big Iron DB2 to CRM, ERP, and other workloads
In spite of their differences, mainframers seem to agree on a few important points, although even these may surprise you.
It’s worth remembering how much the employment outlook has improved in the last half decade—and how far we have still to go
In light of IBM’s purchase last year of Ascential, SAP and Oracle could be contemplating blockbuster data integration acquisitions of their own.
What can we expect from IBM’s zSeries team in 2006? If history is any indication, it could be an eventful year.
With so many major events last year in the mainframe arena, why are so many Big Iron pros still pessimistic about the future?
In today’s compliance-crazy climate, data profiling is all but essential
From acquisitions to outsourcing, it was a very busy year
Does grey knight CA—“the industry’s safety net”—have a new set of priorities?
UltraSPARC T1 is a marvelous achievement, to be sure—but will its cutting edginess translate into market success?
A new appliance acts as a meta-broker to the wild profusion of competing network access control schemes
If you think you’ve got a lot more on your plate these days, you’re probably right
IT has experienced relatively healthy job growth in the U.S. during a period when job growth as a whole remained stagnant
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.