Rigorous security and high cost of ownership have kept mainframes safe from hackers. But as they become key players in e-business, mainframes could be at risk.
Vendors, integrators and service providers still have much to learn from CRM systems. As the technology evolves, so should your appreciation of how it can affect the bottom line.
The federal Jet Propulsion Laboratory is porting old VMS software onto new PC hardware running Linux, extending the life (and value) of legacy programs.
In the days before desktops, when IT was MIS and the words computer and mainframe were synonymous, non-MIS employees weren't supposed to understand, let alone attempt to learn about, anything digital. They weren't supposed to ask, and MIS wasn't supposed to tell.
With the growth of distributed systems, companies aren't adequately planning for business continuity or disaster recovery across the enterprise. Is your firm guilty?