Executive Briefings


Reading the IBM-DoJ Tea Leaves

Does the U.S. Justice Department's inquiry into IBM's activities mean Big Blue is too dominant in the mainframe market?

Outsourcing's Impact on Network Security Still Uncertain

Despite IT pros' concerns about outsourcing's net effect on network security, the true impact is still unclear.

Thriving on a Smaller Budget: Tips for IT Success

How can you make IT run smoothly with less money while you continue to resolve the daily glitches and problems that must be addressed?

Are Financial Industry Security Administrators Losing the War?

In the online banking segment, some industry watchers warn, the bad guys are winning the war against unsuspecting account holders.

Three Hidden Costs of Backup

Backup is a necessary evil whose hard costs (including disk, bandwidth, and software) are easy to calculate. Beware these three not-so-obvious costs that can cost IT thousands of dollars.

Survey Says: Big Iron Remains Cornerstone of Enterprise Computing

If installed capacity is any indication, the mainframe isn’t going anywhere any time soon. Most mainframe shops have a huge MIPS footprint.

Eliminate Hidden IT Costs in Under 100 Days

Replacing error-prone deployment scripting with intelligent automation can positively impact your IT operations in no more than 100 days.



Enabling a High-Performance Organization

What does it take to achieve a performance culture that drives growth and profitability? We explore the key characteristics an enterprise needs for success.

July DDoS Damage Could Have Been Contained

Far from being exemplary of the state-of-the-art in cyber warfare, July’s DDoS attacks were exemplary of something else: the state-of-the-mundane.

Data Protection Guidelines for the Obama Administration

Although considerable sweat and tears have gone into data protection standards, it's time to spur discussion about how our data protection thinking and schemes might benefit from new ideas and technologies.

Why Enterprise Clouds Are Inevitable

Cloud model is an inevitable consequence of pervasive virtualization -- call it applied virtualization with a business-centric focus.

Developer Access: The Threat Within

Creating a holistic, enterprise-wide security approach is a daunting task. These tips can make it easier.

Careers: IT Hiring Steady but Salaries Down, Surveys Report

The overwhelming majority of CIOs don't plan to make any changes to their staffing levels, but salaries are falling across the board.

Chilling Outlook for High-End Servers

Sales of high-end servers have entered a period of protracted decline. It's unclear, however, what this will mean for mainframe market fortunes.

Business Executives Don't Tie Disaster Recovery Efforts to Business Success, Study Reveals

There's a significant disconnect between IT and business executives when it comes to disaster recovery preparedness.

Stephen Swoyer

IT Budget Strategies: Doing More with Less

How IT can continue to offer the same (or similar) levels of service on severely restricted budgets?

Stephen Swoyer

Big Iron in the Clouds, Revisited

The mainframe already embodies a viable proof-of-concept for cloud computing in the enterprise. Is it a cloud platform par excellence?

Jon Toigo

Virtualization: Where's the Business Value?

How did IT ever fall for the vendor's business value proposition for server virtualization?

Challenges and Opportunities Facing Today’s Data Center

The job of doing more with less can be divided into two distinct but related tasks: achieving IT efficiency and maximizing existing resources.

Stephen Swoyer

Enterprise Architecture in a Tough Economy

Gartner offers an prescription for enterprise architecture ROI