Why IT must take a lowest common denominator approach to dealing with the suits
IBM is touting a more abstract kind of workload—the mainframe-as-service-enabled hub
It’s a challenge to bring the mainframe into the modern age of service-oriented architecture but there’s a huge payoff once the job is done.
What does ISS give IBM—and is it worth the $1.6 billion Big Blue paid for it? That depends, analysts say.
IT pros have long endured the slings and arrows of an employer’s marketplace. The tables are turning, but there’s still considerable disparity between the thoughts and perceptions of hiring managers and prospective job seekers.
No time to build an application for IT's own use? QuickBase may be the answer.
Vista includes a few amenities to which IT pros should warm, but is it enough to justify deploying it in corporate environments?
Are a pair of recent Intel-to-System z defections a harbinger of what’s to come?
Customers are still betting their businesses on IMS and other “legacy” datastores—and mainframe ISVs are more than happy to oblige.
More and more code jockeys are embracing software testing as a means to accelerate development and improve overall quality levels
The worldwide market for IT services is booming—and the largest Indian services providers now threaten the market share of top global players
By putting $4.5 billion of its money where its mouth is, has HP finally put the lie to the canard that it isn’t serious about software?
Microsoft's Windows and Office Live initiative isn't risky business, says newly installed Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie.
Mainframe change management in an age of compliance is a very different beast
If there’s an economic recovery afoot, IT budgets haven’t benefited
zLinux or Big Iron J2EE workloads perform better and are cheaper than their RISC- or Intel-based alternatives
How many new tricks can you teach an old pre-relational database? Plenty, especially if customers are still actively banking on it.
The cost of distributed complexity—which is also measured in air conditioned BTUs and kilowatts per hour—is about to get even more expensive
Is ITIL tailor-made for the Six Sigma Generation?
The mainframe is entrenched for the long haul, respondents say