IT Management


SAS Puts a BI Spin on Time-Tested IT Management Practices

New product exploits scorecard analytics to present information in a way that’s intelligible to executive decision-makers.

BMC Brings IMS Into the SmartDBA Fold

The latest SmartDBA tool lets DBAs manage IMS from the same console they use for Oracle or DB2

Strategies: Software Tools Help Sell IT to Decision-Makers

Now, more than ever, IT departments are selling themselves to business leaders—and tapping new software tools to help them do it

Rx for Corporate Performance: Spend Less on IT, Leave Competitors in the Dust

The gap between top-performing and middling companies is widening. Could some organizations be left permanently behind?

Who Benefits From Outsourcing?

A new report says CEOs do, and disproportionately at that

Case Study: A Fresh Perspective on Application Performance

Call-services specialist Rockwell tapped an outside QA specialist to nip potential application performance issues in the bud. It’s a growing trend.

Seven Principles of Effective RFID Data Management (Part 2 of 2)

In the second article of our two-part series, we look at four additional principles to help you effectively manage your RFID data.



Seven Principles of Effective RFID Data Management (Part 1 of 2)

Instant decision-making on high-volume, high-velocity data streams isn't a new challenge. We examine seven principles to help manage RFID data.

Careers: Retaining Employees Back in Focus

CIOs talk up employee retention strategies; the return of travel, training, and table tennis

Simplify Distributed Networks with Remote Office Optimization

To gain control of data and systems, IT consolidated their environment. A better solution is emerging: optimization tools.

Why Traditional SLAs Are No Longer Adequate

SLAs have traditionally relied on operating system utilities to determine process availability -- but their accuracy isn't assured. Measuring the availability of business processes may hold the key to correct application performance assessment.

Agent-less Appliance Identifies Application Performance Problems

NLayers' Insight creates application behavioral models to help organizations optimize and cut costs

Managing the Strategic Desktop

Proactive desktop support has become an important corporate initiative. Here's why.

Lack of IT Guidance Hinders Compliance Efforts

Continued use of legacy environments may result in charges of negligence

Top Five Errors Enterprise Windows Administrators Make

Keep an eye out for these five common mistakes

Blade Servers: Big Iron in a Small Form Factor

Blade server success founded on key mainframe concepts

ERP Vendor Choice Unimportant, Study Finds

Study says process changes and best practices are key, regardless of which ERP software you’re running

Three Enterprise Server Trends

Datacenters are leveraging maturity and turbulence in the high-end server market to wring more from enterprise data while stretching IT dollars for additional MIPS.

The Three Cs of RFPs

Avoid RFP nightmares with three simple but effective project-management best practices: Communicate, Coordinate, Cooperate.

Fund Your Project with Financial Measures

If you're in the enviable position of having your project funded, congratulations. The rest of us must learn to use IRR, PV, NPV and the time value of money to our advantage.