Enterprise


Quarterly Results Cast Shadow over Sun

Despite Sun’s poor economic showing recently, the atmosphere at last week’s JavaOne conference was surprisingly festive

Why Business Rules Matter

'What mainframe shop doesn't have business rules? In an age of draconian compliance and governance, the case for rules is stronger still. You can, however, benefit by implementing a BRMS.

SOLA Promises Rapid SOA-fication for Big-Iron Environments

SOLA purports to be a one-stop shop for mainframe service enablement -- complete with design studio, testing workbench, and registry support

Dashing to Dashboards for Business Continuity

If you need to augment your continuity strategy testing and management capability, RecoverGuard is worth a look.

Podcast: Appliance Virtualization

Can virtualization and appliance technology mix?

Using Integration Appliances to Maximize SaaS Value

If you need to integrate legacy systems with SaaS applications, your smartest approach may be to use an appliance.

Careers: Economic Uncertainty Prompts Companies to Consider Offshoring

Offshore providers could do a booming business as U.S.-based firms try to cut costs by shifting application workloads and IT labor costs overseas



Security: Batten Down the (IM) Hatches

IM attacks are on the rise, in part because organizations are deploying unified communications platforms without first hardening them against attacks

De-duplication and the Allure of the One-Stop Shop

Is IBM's purchase of a de-duplication process tactical or strategic?

Bugs Are Up, Microsoft Security Report Says

Report, covering late 2007, found a 300 percent increase in Trojan bugs.

Monitoring SOA and Application Performance

In the rush to adopt SOA, don’t forget SLAs.

Web Attacks on the Rise; E-mail Attacks Decline

During the first three months of 2008, security researcher Sophos identified about 15,000 freshly infected Web pages every day

Five Best Practices for Enhancing IT Development with Virtual Lab Automation

Software test and development labs play a key role in testing, validating, benchmarking, and evaluating new and emerging technologies.

What’s Really Driving Application Modernization?

IT shops don't always embrace application modernization as a means to ratchet up efficiencies. They're mostly looking to cut costs.

IBM's iDataPlex: Making Web 2.0 Safe for the Data Center

IBM touts its new iDataPlex Web 2.0 servers as nothing less than game-changing

Backup and Recovery for Virtualized Environments

How to overcome challenges in protecting your virtualized environment

Virtual Servers and Storage: Truth or Dare

How many shops are really using server virtualization?

Oracle, Apple Issue Security Fixes

Microsoft isn't the only vendor issuing security "<em>mea culpa</em>"s lately. Oracle and Apple got into the action last week, too.

Automation's the Name of the Game

Automation makes all the difference in a data center, which is why BMC, CA, HP, and IBM are spending heavily to get in on the action.

Analysis: Why Big Blue's Power Systems Consolidation Matters

One expert explains why last month's Power systems consolidation is so important.