Enterprise


CA Revamps CICS Testing Tools

In the face of mounting pressure from IBM, CA officials say their revamped tools still provide plenty of value-added bang for the buck.

Seven Key Questions for Achieving Master Data Governance Success

Answer these seven critical questions to achieve greater success with a new master data governance program.

Signal to Noise in Storage Management

Symantec Veritas CommandCentral is building a strong infrastructure monitoring and management approach that is worth a look.

Rethinking TCO and ROI

TCO and ROI efforts can be misleading -- in part because they tend to over-generalize the needs of particular customers and apply them to the market as a whole.

IBM Announces Ambitious Distributed-to-Mainframe Consolidation Project

At $250 million over five years, the projected savings are real and substantial -- and the PR benefits, especially for System z, are even more important.

Paying For Vulnerabilities -- A Disquieting Trend?

Rowing though the backwaters may keep you more secure

Sizing Up Cybercrime

How cybercriminals are changing the way they target IT assets



IBM’s Next-Gen i5 OS Touts New POWER6 Server

There’s still plenty of life left in Big Blue’s midrange server line

The Changing Face of Disaster Recovery

SHARE recently announced a list of five disaster recovery and business continuity recommendations that it says all mainframe shops would do well to follow.

A Paler Shade of Green Storage

A greater use of the "delete" key may be the greenest data strategy of all.

Hiring Challenge: Finding Candidates that Fit to a T

The future of business demands more than just links between IT and business.

Oracle 11g, AppSecInc a Go?

Security isn’t a current stumbling block for Oracle 11g and Applications Security Inc. represents a breed plugging database security gaps

Job Scheduling: JCL Emulation Products

In the conclusion of our three-part series, we examine JCL emulation products and review the status of job scheduling products for the Windows platform.

Postini and Google: An Intriguing Combination

The Fortunes may soon smile on the combination of Postini’s communications security and Google’s SOA.

Job Scheduling: Product Capabilities and Market Trends

In the second part of our three-part series on workload automation, we compare mainframe- and distributed-based job schedulers.

IBM Acquires Key Mainframe, System i Integration Technology

IBM’s acquisition of DataMirror’s technology will likely find its way into the company’s DB2 database

Analysis: Behind Big Blue’s System i Reshuffle

The reorganization could revitalize a System i business that is in need of a jumpstart, analysts say.

E-Mail Archives: Keys to Message Classification and Retention

How intelligent archiving utilizes intelligent classification and retention technologies while reducing storage costs and simplifying management.

Storage Security, Part 7: Confusing Encryption with Security

Confusing encryption with data storage security can be dangerous to your storage protection strategy.

Podcast: Agile Development

Agile development’s benefits are considerable, but the approach may not be right for every project.