Executive Briefings


Fiorina’s Ouster Shakes up Tandem, Digital Users

For former Tandem and Digital users, it’s been bumpy going for a while now, and it could get bumpier still

Improving Systems: Forget Architecture -- Look at the Buildings

If successful buildings can learn and improve, shouldn’t the same be possible for systems?

Five Steps to Data Quality in Enterprise Mergers

As merger and acquisition activity picks up this year, there will be an even heavier emphasis on the quality of data combined from the two enterprises

Putting Next-Generation Smart Cards to Work

Two trends are driving the growth of digital signatures for sign-off and revisions of digital documents

Sun Outlines Open-Source Plans

A new software license gives OpenSolaris a good foundation—even if Sun hasn’t worked out all the legalities of porting CDDL code to Linux

CICS: The Old Workhorse Keeps on Kicking

Big Blue’s durable workhorse still has plenty of kick left in it. And customers, for that matter, are increasingly willing to deploy it in support of new workloads

Top 10 Data Center Dangers

Many organizations skimp on maintaining health data centers, putting security at risk



Bridging the IT Cultural Divide, Part 2

How the thinking of a Jesuit priest can make a difference in IT/management communication.

Oracle's Integration Strategy: It's All About "Fusion"

Oracle’s roadmap still leaves some questions unanswered—particularly for J.D. Edwards users. Company spokesmen reiterate support for existing users until at least 2013.

Security Spending Trends for 2005

What's hot in security spending this year

Obsolete Software Draining IT Budgets

Almost all large organizations are paying for obsolete software that they’re not using, and some are paying a lot more than others, according to a new survey

Microsoft: Big Things in Store in 2005

An updated SQL Server ("Yukon") and Visual Studio, plus a new edition of Windows Server 2003 are among the highlights from the software giant

Bridging the IT Cultural Divide, Part 1

How the thinking of a Jesuit priest can make a difference in IT/management communication.

Lowering TCO with Proactive Performance Management and Optimization

Four techniques enterprises can implement performance and optimization solutions that reduce TCO.

Big Year Ahead for Big Iron

Existing Big Iron shops should continue to add capacity at a healthy clip, and more and more OS/390 laggards will finally make the move to z/OS

Buckle Up for a Bumpy Ride in 2005

What are the key storage trends and where they may take us in 2005? Our storage expert, Jon Toigo, claims there's a lot of upside that may help offset the post-2004 malaise.

Untangling Endpoint Security Initiatives

Two Endpoint security initiatives are underway—one from Cisco, the other from Microsoft. We take a closer look at these plus the evolution of endpoint security.

Desktop Linux Poised for Breakthrough

Novell sees a sizeable upside to Linux on the desktop—and hints that the sun might soon set on Microsoft’s Windows empire

Top Ten Security Trends for 2005

What's in store for information security

New Enterprise Tools Attack Spyware

Spyware is a moving target. Pushing out one level of filters just doesn’t cut it any more.