Enterprise


Study Finds Quality Improvement Projects Have Lower Failure Rate

Sometimes the smartest thing an organization can do is pull the plug on an ailing project—regardless of how much time and money it’s invested in it

Evaluating the New ISO 17799 Standard

ISO 17799, the world’s most-used information security framework, gets updated.

Readers Respond

Perfection is indeed a worthy goal….and we try.

Solutions Hiring: IT Compliance Skills in Growing Demand

For years companies have been requiring more business know-how in technical positions. But demand for compliance-specific knowledge is a relatively recent development. What sorts of training should IT professionals consider to stay relevant?

IBM Revamps Flagship Storage Resource Management Suite

Support for z/OS is still gestating, however, and extending TotalStorage Productivity Center to OS/400 will be difficult, too.

Q&A: How Spyware Escapes Definition

What exactly is spyware? Just as with viruses, discussion of malware, grayware, adware, and spyware often gets hung up on definitions, and lately even legal threats over classifications.

2005 Salary Survey, Part 4: IT Attitudes

While salaries are rising, angst is also up.



The Grid/Utility Computing Connection

These days, utility computing is ascendant, and IBM Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Sun Microsystems Inc. and other vendors have positioned grid computing as an important subset of their respective utility computing visions.

Dos and Don’ts of Globalized Analytics Initiatives (Part 2 of 2)

Five mistakes to avoid when moving any operations offshore

Auto-Update for Outdated Defenses

Infrequent updates in security products themselves can be dangerous

Case Study: Polysius Takes Layered Approach to Endpoint Security

The term “endpoint security” includes new types of technology, which makes sense when Polysius’ manager of IT details the myriad, evolving threats to his corporate network, and the company's defenses.

2005 Salary Survey, Part 3: The West Rebounds

There are bright spots in our salary survey, particularly in the western U.S.

Seven Habits of Highly Successful Business/IT Aligners

There are seven ground rules for aligning business strategy with IT. Flub any one of them and you can kiss your alignment aspirations goodbye.

Storage Pain: The Consumer View (Part 2 of 2)

The mints get passed as the conversation turns to information lifecycle management.

Dos and Don’ts of Global Analytics Initiatives (Part 1 of 2)

Cost savings are only one of a host of benefits of moving operations offshore.

2005 Salary Survey, Part 2: Salaries, Bonuses for IT Executives Rise Slowly

Compensation is up in almost all of the positions surveyed, but bonuses have been wavering.

Zotob Continues to Hammer Windows 2000

Exploits are already circulating for a recently announced Windows plug-and-play vulnerability. Experts recommend better endpoint security controls.

Storage Pain: The Consumer View (Part 1 of 2)

Food to soothe the savage beast…..and maybe solve some problems.

The Mainframe Loses One: IBM Ends Development, Resale of OLAP Engine

IBM’s decision to eighty-six its DB2 OLAP Server has ramifications for mainframe and iSeries shops

Regulations, Fear Driving More-Secure Code Development

To counter security threats, developers can reverse-engineer their products, or take a less expensive and more effective approach