Many IT pros remain skeptical about service-enablement, but—as a growing number are finding out—they don’t have a choice in the matter
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    CA last week announced a sub-capacity pricing initiative for VSE that helps bring that platform up to speed with its flashier sibling z/OS
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With canned ETL already on tap from Microsoft and Oracle, what—if anything—does IBM have planned for DB2?
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Up to now, service enablement has largely been the baby of C-level executives and line-of-business managers.  Many IT professionals see the promise of the technology, but warn that the reality is several years away.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Unisys, creator of the first Intel “mainframe,” announced a capacity-on-demand service for the x86 and IA-64 set
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Few users think Sun’s stewardship will be a good thing for StorageTek or its customers
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM’s flagship xSeries server demonstrates how far Intel servers still have to go to reach feature and function parity
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
    
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    For the first time in years, Sun looks like the cagey, competitive, and iconoclastic competitor of old
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    BRM proponents want to do away with tasks many IT pros take for granted
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Some business customers are organizing “shadow” IT groups to replace IT resources that have been outsourced
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Officials imply that the IFL bundle will be discounted—although no terms have been disclosed
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Company taps on-demand delivery model to enhance retail management application
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    AMD has forced Intel to abandon its decades-long marketing strategy, leaving the chip-making leader struggling to find its sea legs
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IMS workloads are growing, and CA says the capabilities of its management tools are keeping pace, too
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Users expecting an infusion of Ascential’s ETL expertise into DB2 may be disappointed
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Some users are praising the synergies of a combined Oracle, PeopleSoft, and J.D. Edwards stack—but for others, skepticism about Project Fusion is still the order of the day.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM last week signed a $400 million contract to design a new on-demand IT infrastructure for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Big Blue hopes the latest release will entice fence-sitters
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    ILM is an emerging technology that promises to decrease the size and improve the performance of OLTP databases and data warehouses. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Companies hope to blunt the momentum of storage appliance partners EMC and Dell