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
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    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 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    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?