IT Management


IT Avoids Spending Freeze Despite Weakening Economy

When will IT budgets feel the effects of the ongoing economic crisis?

Getting Application Development Back on Track with SaaS

Why traditional enterprise software is in disarray, and what technology can be of greatest assistance.

How Leveraging Application Delivery Can Optimize Your Data Center Infrastructure

Using a hosting provider and new ADC technology can help small and mid-size businesses compete with their larger rivals.

Virtualization for High-End Computing Environments

Why aggregation is ideal for high-performance computing

Optimizing Your Data Center

Data centers are mission-critical in today's information-driven business environment, but they've also become overcrowded, overheated, and expensive.

Profile: The Original Business Process Optimizer

Issues that efficiency experts wrestled with decades ago -- chiefly inertia, in the form of internal resistance to people and process changes -- still vex business process optimizers today.



Get Ready to Web 2.0-ify Your Mainframe

You don't typically think of Big Iron as a locus of Web 2.0 activity -- but IBM is trying to recast it as such

Q&A: Open Source Backup and Data Protection

Protecting your data doesn't have to break your budget, thanks to open source options.

Small Increase Predicted in Demand for IT Workers

In a jittery economic climate, companies seem to be hedging their bets when it comes to hiring new IT workers.

BMC Announces "Significant" Overhaul of Job Scheduler

In the new version of CONTROL-M, BMC is trumpeting a job rollback and auditing feature, along with virtualization-friendly amenities

Q&A: VM Evolution and Systems Management

System complexity is burdening systems managers. We look at the landscape.

With InfoSphere, Big Blue Touts Mainframe-Ready Integration Features

IBM's InfoSphere data integration platform is brimming with mainframe goodies

Best Practices in IT Governance

Five steps in a unique process that visionary CIOs can use to meet their company’s strategic goals

Virtual Systems of Tomorrow Could Take Cues from Today's Mainframes

The Big, Fast virtual systems of tomorrow might look a lot like today's Biggest, Fastest, and most eminently Virtual system: IBM's System z mainframe.

Q&A: Virtualization -- From ROI to Optimization

From determining the ROI to ensuring you're getting the most from the technology, an infrastructure architect offers tips for IT professionals.

IT Spending Rises Despite Tough Economic Times

IT spending should eclipse $3.4 trillion this year -- a year-over-year growth rate of 8 percent

Five Keys to Successful Change Management Maturity

IT must implement an effective, mature method of change management or experience significant downtime and negative impact on productivity and profits.

IT Escapes Cuts to Business Travel -- For Now

Thanks to skyrocketing gas and airfare costs, a growing number of companies are limiting -- or completely banning -- "non-essential" business travel

Careers: IT Hiring Slowdown Ahead?

Caution in IT hiring plans