Last week, CA joined BMC and even IBM itself in announcing cuts to its mainframe workforce
With its new generation of zSeries systems, IBM is shifting its focus beyond best-in-class performance and scalability
In spite of IBM’s best efforts, a lot of customers continue to run mission-critical applications on older MVS mainframes
IBM hopes to double the number of participating institutions by the end of 2005
Mainframe emulation systems are often used in production settings, too—depending on the needs of customers
Many IT pros remain skeptical about service-enablement, but—as a growing number are finding out—they don’t have a choice in the matter
CA last week announced a sub-capacity pricing initiative for VSE that helps bring that platform up to speed with its flashier sibling z/OS
Up to now, service enablement has largely been the baby of C-level executives and line-of-business managers. Many IT professionals see the promise of the technology, but warn that the reality is several years away.
IT staff transferred to your service provider don't face a bright future
Some suggest that BRM is just a crazy notion in a technology utopia
BMC’s new Performance Manager combines elements of Patrol classic and Patrol Express and features a single license.
BRM proponents want to do away with tasks many IT pros take for granted
Some business customers are organizing “shadow” IT groups to replace IT resources that have been outsourced
Company taps on-demand delivery model to enhance retail management application
ILM is an emerging technology that promises to decrease the size and improve the performance of OLTP databases and data warehouses.
Despite unimpressive results, offshore outsourcing market is growing rapidly. Even so, plenty of offshore adopters could bring it all back home again
Microsoft has had some success in improving the image of its Windows Server 2003 operating system vis-à-vis Linux
Phantom users and orphaned accounts are widespread in the distributed space, but things are even worse in the mainframe world
Big Blue must navigate a torturous path as it competes against, and partners with, Compuware, CA, BMC, and other vendors in the mainframe tools space
Almost every organization is over-invested in its software assets or paying for software it isn’t using. The trick is finding the how and the where