Managers of IT professionals have a lot on their plates these days: limited budgets, undersized staffs, cybersecurity threats. But their relatively low popularity among peers and subordinates might be the largest, most ubiquitous obstacle.
Looking for something hefty to smack down on the boss's desk the next time he or she starts talking about moving more of the datacenter to open systems or even—gulp—Windows?
It seems that over the past few years, XML's mindshare has moved from "Interesting idea, but will it ever catch on?" to "Absolutely the way to go for any kind of data interchange."
Despite a tough year in the enterprise server market, big systems continue to show growth—thanks largely to IBM's zSeries. Sun and HP, among others, are in hot pursuit.
Halloween is upon us once again and plenty of parents are girding themselves for that familiar unease at seeing their children dressed up to panhandle candy from relative strangers. Allowing your kids to roam outside in the dark, of course, is increasingly worrisome. As a parent, my pulse beats a bit faster until all of my kids are home safe in their beds.
Datacenters are leveraging maturity and turbulence in the high-end server market to wring more from enterprise data while stretching IT dollars for additional MIPS.
Virtual Private Networks, or VPNs, are hot these days, and vendors know it. Here's a look at the trends and technologies shaping these private networks that use the very public Internet.
Avoid RFP nightmares with three simple but effective project-management best practices: Communicate, Coordinate, Cooperate.
Is your security plan working? A study suggests that whatever your company is doing right now, it probably isn't enough.
Mention the phrase "enterprise modernization" and you might think of cars with long tail fins. The phrase is IBM's latest way of describing its tools and services for redeploying legacy applications into new e-business-type environments. Recently I talked with IBM executives about the meaning of modernization at IBM and its implications to the vendor's huge base of mainframe, midrange and large Unix sites.
HATS facilitates Web browser access to host applications.
BrightStor Portal centralizes the administration of CA and third-party storage management applications.
IIS 6.0 security features look good, so far.
LaGrande Technology promises to stop viruses and hackers.
Analyst firm offers advice for mitigating vulnerabilities.