Phantom users and orphaned accounts are widespread in the distributed space, but things are even worse in the mainframe world
A senior IBMer notes how the company has made the mainframe a more affordable proposition for traditional and non-traditional customers alike
The Ascential acquisition lets IBM address all of its relational database and information integration shortcomings in one fell swoop.
Workloads are coming back to the mainframe, as BI powerhouse Informatica demonstrated last month
Opsware brings its automation-centric focus to network management
Even though HP, IBM, and Sun have monopolized the utility-computing limelight, Opsware believes it has a trump card up its sleeve
How one hospital tapped DB2 Content Manager to drastically reduce its paper and printing costs—and realized other savings to boot
A raft of new security enhancements helps bring Cisco to feature parity with other vendors—but the networking giant isn’t yet a security innovator
Utility computing isn’t a rip-and-replace proposition, says CA
For former Tandem and Digital users, it’s been bumpy going for a while now, and it could get bumpier still
These days, Sun has a pronounced bounce in its step—enough to give many Solaris administrators that old late-1990’s feeling again
Long-time Notes and Domino customers regard Workplace with suspicion—and IBM is still having trouble positioning the relationship between the two platforms
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
Compuware’s Vantage Analyzer lets customers identify and isolate J2EE performance problems—including troublesome memory leaks
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.
Chip giant Intel last week announced a reorganization of its business units, while HP announced new Itanium solutions and updated software for OpenVMS
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
An updated SQL Server ("Yukon") and Visual Studio, plus a new edition of Windows Server 2003 are among the highlights from the software giant
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
Microsoft pulls processor support in some O/Ss