Vendors scramble for top spot
New pressures on the IT enterprise
Simplify storage management
Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, HP, SAP unite
Storage Market and Linux get a boost
Joint venture releases beta integrated develpment environment
Allows systems to upscale while in use
Cost cutting generally starts with the low-hanging fruit, i.e. costly inefficiencies that are easy to fix. But low-hanging fruit has a tendency to grow back, says Kathy Burkle, and sometimes the only solution is to cut down the tree and start over.
Hard to believe, but it's 10 years already since 21-year-old Linus Torvalds made public version 0.02 of the Linux kernel to a few eager usenet groupies. Today, there are an estimated 10 million users worldwide. IDC estimates that by 2004, Linux will be an accepted part of most markets' enterprise computing environments.
On its tenth anniversay, Linux continues to push into the enterprise
A bankruptcy doesn't occur in a vacuum, and there are distinct and important impacts a supplier's or service provider's misfortune can have on your business, whether you buy or sell IT products or services. This month I'll focus on the two types of business bankruptcies and explain the differences.
As I hope you've noticed, Enterprise Systems has a new, spruced-up look for 2002—we've redesigned to make it more open and easier to read, and to make information easier to find. In addition, in our first few issues of 2002, we're introducing new voices to the magazine.