Emerging Tech


CA Revamps, Refocuses Unicenter Mainframe Line

CA touts ongoing initiative to modernize, simplify, and integrate its Unicenter mainframe software line

IT Spending Poised for Modest Rebound, Analysts Say

Managers laud expanding budgets, but say they’re under more pressure to cost-justify new projects and stretch IT dollars

Emerging Trends in Managing IT Service

Financial Services is an application-intensive industry uniquely reliant on end-user system availability.

Managing the Application Lifecycle to Reduce Risk and Trim Costs

Organizations embrace outsourcing without thinking about how they’re going to manage external applications and services

IT Budget Survey Results Released

From next year’s growing (or shrinking) budgets to hot spots for new investment, our survey shows how IT will be spending 2005’s funding.

Evaluating the Success of the Novell/SuSE Merger

Has Novell’s acquisition of SuSE been a success? Twelve months later, the jury is still out.

pSeries Grabs Performance Crown

A pSeries system anchored by IBM’s new Power5 processor obliterates the competition in a standard industry benchmark



IBM Pushes Power as an x86 Alternative

It might sound like a long shot, but a recent price/performance showdown between IBM’s Power system and an x86 server suggests otherwise

BMC Bets on a Big-Iron Future

BMC doesn’t think the reemergence of Big Iron is a fluke—and it’s putting its money where its mouth is

Itanium Dealt Setbacks by Microsoft, HP

Intel is abandoning the low-end 64-bit space to compete against RISC chips from IBM and other vendors in the high-end

PeopleSoft’s Fate Up to Shareholders

Oracle’s “best and final offer” has left PeopleSoft’s fate in the hands of stockholders.

Careers: IT Salaries Expand…Slowly

Starting salaries will increase only modestly in 2005, although in-demand specialties should see much bigger increases

Big Blue Keeps Big Iron Out Front

If you're a mainframe booster, there have been plenty of reasons to smile lately. But the announcements aren't just for existing customers.

IBM and BEA Court Enterprise Developers

Vendors tout new products and services designed to appeal to their bread-and-butter application server constituencies—enterprise developers

Careers: IT Hiring Forecasts Still Too Close to Call

There’s little agreement about the prospectus for IT hiring—but there’s also little doubt that outsourcing is a hit

Testing the Waters: HP and SAP Launch Hosted ERP

The two partners will provide software, services, and support for less than $500 per user per month

IBM’s Mainframe Data Access Offering Is Moving on Up

Big Blue says its Classic Federation product boasts several advantages over existing mainframe data-access products

SOAs: Too Good to Be True?

The service-oriented architecture vision in practice may not be quite the slam dunk it looks like on paper

Outsourcing in Reverse: Foreign Companies Send Jobs to the United States

Not all outsourcing activity is a net loss for American workers

Q&A: Strategies for Automating Software Development

Programming automation gives developers more freedom to do their jobs