Hardware


CA Revamps, Refocuses Unicenter Mainframe Line

CA touts ongoing initiative to modernize, simplify, and integrate its Unicenter mainframe software line

CICS Gets an Overhaul

Big Blue announces new offerings that retrofit CICS for new and emerging workloads—such as Web services and SOAs

pSeries Grabs Performance Crown

A pSeries system anchored by IBM’s new Power5 processor obliterates the competition in a standard industry benchmark

IBM Pushes Power as an x86 Alternative

It might sound like a long shot, but a recent price/performance showdown between IBM’s Power system and an x86 server suggests otherwise

Itanium Dealt Setbacks by Microsoft, HP

Intel is abandoning the low-end 64-bit space to compete against RISC chips from IBM and other vendors in the high-end

Determining the Value and ROI of an Enterprise Portal, Part 2

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.

Big Blue Keeps Big Iron Out Front

If you're a mainframe booster, there have been plenty of reasons to smile lately. But the announcements aren't just for existing customers.



Determining the Value and ROI of an Enterprise Portal, Part 1

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.

SOAs: Too Good to Be True?

The service-oriented architecture vision in practice may not be quite the slam dunk it looks like on paper

Tiered Access: iSCSI for the Enterprise, Part 2

When is iSCSI a more appropriate solution for your data center than fibre channel?

Big Blue Introduces 64-way Systems

IBM says its new iSeries i595 and pSeries p595 systems are the largest and most powerful non-mainframe systems it has ever delivered

Tiered Access: iSCSI for the Enterprise, Part 1

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)

IBM Touts Mainframe Resurgence

Big Iron was once again in vogue last week as IBM made a raft of new mainframe-related announcements

PeopleSoft Users Resigned to Oracle Takeover

Few users seem excited about PeopleSoft falling into Oracle’s hands—except those who use Oracle’s database software

Business Objects to Offer Single View of Mainframe Data Sources

Partnership with IBM gives BI users a single view of data stored in DB2, VSAM, and IMS sources

Big Blue Trumpets ARM With Help from Siebel

The ARM standard is designed to help simplify transaction performance monitoring for Web applications

SAS Puts a BI Spin on Time-Tested IT Management Practices

New product exploits scorecard analytics to present information in a way that’s intelligible to executive decision-makers.

Sun Issues Mixed Message on Linux

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

BMC Brings IMS Into the SmartDBA Fold

The latest SmartDBA tool lets DBAs manage IMS from the same console they use for Oracle or DB2

Standards Finally Emerge for Data Center Temperatures

A set of guidelines from an industry-leading organization finally put numbers and measurement techniques to the question—how hot is too hot?