Industry watchers say we’ll soon see explosive interest in server virtualization
Life as an independent contractor isn't all it's cracked up to be
IT pros are surprisingly nuanced in their objections to, or support of, offshore outsourcing.
In spite of an economic recovery, it isn’t quite business as usual—or business-circa-1999—for beleaguered North American IT pros
Some mainframe and minicomputer programming vets have embarked on a very different career path—as outsourcing services providers
Seagull Software’s Andre Den Haan isn’t a knee-jerk contrarian—but he also isn’t afraid to call it as he sees it
The advance of grid computing will bring in new capabilities, cut costs dramatically, enable increasingly ambitious projects, and offer more advanced capabilities to customers. While the implementation details are different for each industry, some strategies are common to all. We explore three strategies.
We explore industry verticals that are are pioneers in grid adoption or illustrate significant, untapped benefits from grid adoption.
Organizations want to proactively identify and retain top employee performers before they can be identified and potentially wooed away by rivals.
A core capability of the grid is parallel distributed computation—scaling application performance beyond what is possible with one computer or grid “node.” Unfortunately, most applications today don’t take advantage of parallel computing.
Fully 12 percent of CIOs expect to hire new IT workers in the upcoming quarter
One benefit of the hierarchical framework for grids introduced last week is that it helps us discover (and provides insight into) key constituencies in a grid ecosystem and its dynamics. Understanding these dynamics is fundamental to building a sound grid strategy.
Instead of embracing training as an investment in a savvy and innovative IT workforce, companies tend to view it as an encumbrance
Organizations do successfully manage people and process changes en route to large scale enterprise transformations. Here’s how.
We explore what grids are, their usefulness, and how they should be implemented and deployed.
No, Systems Network Architecture (SNA) isn’t making a comeback. Instead, Nortel’s Secure Network Access (also SNA) deliverable is the latest take on a hot new network security paradigm
Even companies that have embraced next-generation mainframe workloads often give short shrift to the question of training. What gives?
A great way to understand the power and benefits of grids is to look at the philosophy and two key properties they share with large transportation systems.
How you may be troubleshooting application performance and reliability issues in the loosely coupled application-scape of the future
GM, Dell, and Gap all notched mega outsourcing deals, but Sprint Nextel backed out of its own outsourcing accord with IBM