Azure amounts to Microsoft's "most significant coordinated shift in strategy" since it got come-to-the-Internet religion in 1995.
Many mainframe customers -- perhaps as many as 80 percent -- lease their Big Iron hardware. How will economic uncertainty affect them?
A new survey reveals how IT is trying to automate the application infrastructure.
One "critical," one "important" fix
An out-of-band security fix from Microsoft put administrators in a familiar but tough spot: potentially damned if they patched and damned if they didn't.
Networks are vital to your organization. We offer suggestions for moving from reactive to proactive network management.
Tool brings Outlook users "tagging" capabilities and features that mimic Google Gmail
Both SOA and Web editions help companies take greater advantage of their existing assets
Latest version includes real-time data views, power management capabilities
We explore the changing market dynamics that make now the time for mass adoption of hosted BI.
We examine how companies are managing data growth and an often complex data infrastructure in order to drive value from BI tools.
Open source BI vendors believe their value proposition looks even better at a time when buyers are cinching up their purse strings.
A data warehouse appliance integrates software and hardware into a single solution from one vendor. The costs and complexities of integrating systems are making appliances increasingly attractive. According to John Santaferraro, marketing manager for HP’s BI portfolio, industry analysts now recommend customers consider a data warehouse appliance. In this interview, Santaferraro discusses what’s behind that advice and offers tips on selecting an appliance.
If SOA, modernization, and Web 2.0 are complementary IT efforts, then why are they so often viewed as separate initiatives?
Sometimes innovation is as simple as reviewing, and replacing, a vendor service and support contract with one from a qualified third-party provider.
Could arrive in first quarter of next year
Virtualization brings a new set of security challenges.
Proponents say “going green” can help companies save money, but a secondary benefit may be just as important: delaying data center expansion.
Office users soon will be able to open, create, and edit files using "lightweight" hosted versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote