CA touts ongoing initiative to modernize, simplify, and integrate its Unicenter mainframe software line
Big Blue announces new offerings that retrofit CICS for new and emerging workloads—such as Web services and SOAs
A pSeries system anchored by IBM’s new Power5 processor obliterates the competition in a standard industry benchmark
It might sound like a long shot, but a recent price/performance showdown between IBM’s Power system and an x86 server suggests otherwise
Intel is abandoning the low-end 64-bit space to compete against RISC chips from IBM and other vendors in the high-end
We examine how to value a portal investment, examining both the tangible and "soft" benefits of the technology. We'll also look at the buy-versus-build debate, and factors to consider in determining a portal's ROI.
If you're a mainframe booster, there have been plenty of reasons to smile lately. But the announcements aren't just for existing customers.
As the portal market becomes increasingly more competitive, the vendor choices grow to be even more complex. We discuss the value of an enterprise portal and methods for determining its return on investment.
The service-oriented architecture vision in practice may not be quite the slam dunk it looks like on paper
When is iSCSI a more appropriate solution for your data center than fibre channel?
IBM says its new iSeries i595 and pSeries p595 systems are the largest and most powerful non-mainframe systems it has ever delivered
iSCSI isn't just for small data centers. To understand how iSCSI fits in your data center, we look at the four important tiers of servers. (Part 1 of 2)
Big Iron was once again in vogue last week as IBM made a raft of new mainframe-related announcements
Few users seem excited about PeopleSoft falling into Oracle’s hands—except those who use Oracle’s database software
Partnership with IBM gives BI users a single view of data stored in DB2, VSAM, and IMS sources
The ARM standard is designed to help simplify transaction performance monitoring for Web applications
New product exploits scorecard analytics to present information in a way that’s intelligible to executive decision-makers.
Sun may be on a comeback, but its inability to articulate a Linux vision that’s all things to all people could continue to dog it
The latest SmartDBA tool lets DBAs manage IMS from the same console they use for Oracle or DB2
A set of guidelines from an industry-leading organization finally put numbers and measurement techniques to the question—how hot is too hot?