Logical data protection is a vital part of IT's backup/recovery plans
Savvy organizations are embracing data archiving as a means to reduce costs, improve performance, and satisfy compliance requirements
IBM’s new virtual desktop solution emphasizes a centralized, host-based infrastructure and a lightweight, terminal-esque desktop—and virtualization, too
There’s an ugly downside to many of the utility computing technologies on the market today
If the mainframe is to remain a viable platform for the next forty years, IBM Corp. may need to do more to address some of its most glaring pain points
Mainframe professionals need not despair: disaster recovery, system auditing, and enterprise application integration skills or experience are eagerly sought
World-class companies tend to pay almost one-third more for IT talent, but their turnover rates are also significantly higher.
Legacy design approaches complicate things for would-be service-enablers and raise questions about the viability of some mainframe applications
Are mainframe pros the victims of their platform’s strongest selling points?
MIPS-wise, the new z9 is among the most flexible mainframe systems IBM has ever developed.
Is the way most enterprises develop software fundamentally flawed?
Are the ESB visions touted by IBM, BEA, and others a new spin on an old idea: vendor lock-in?
Sometimes the smartest thing an organization can do is pull the plug on an ailing project—regardless of how much time and money it’s invested in it
Support for z/OS is still gestating, however, and extending TotalStorage Productivity Center to OS/400 will be difficult, too.
There are seven ground rules for aligning business strategy with IT. Flub any one of them and you can kiss your alignment aspirations goodbye.
Instead of making big-bang investments, customers can reap the benefits of utility computing in more affordable ways.
Companies that consolidate their ERP stacks and implement consistent data definitions can reduce operating costs by nearly 25 percent
Salary growth remains spotty for it staff
Companies that reduce the complexity of their IT systems can generate significant savings
Mainframe brain drain doesn't worry many old mainframe hands, who don’t see themselves going anywhere anytime soon