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?
Big Blue also discloses plans to integrate its DB2 and Informix Dynamix Server product lines in future versions of both products
IBM’s move could drive down the cost of entry for many potential adopters—and stimulate additional sales for BladeCenter
A cooler, more flexible, and more powerful Itanium design may yet succeed where brute force alone hasn’t been enough
Controversy highlights the way an ambitious Big Blue competes with many of its long-time partners
Novell, Red Hat, Sun make waves
Computer Associates positions open source Ingres as a natural for Big Iron Linux; IBM's Cloudscape will become Apache's Derby
Freshly certified for Linux, Unisys’ ES7000 supports mainframe-like features such as dynamic partitioning
IBM releases two new and three updated CICS tools
Financial services giant finds happy medium between performance and availability with Big Blue’s new DR service for zSeries
SLAs have traditionally relied on operating system utilities to determine process availability -- but their accuracy isn't assured. Measuring the availability of business processes may hold the key to correct application performance assessment.