Unisys, creator of the first Intel “mainframe,” announced a capacity-on-demand service for the x86 and IA-64 set
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Few users think Sun’s stewardship will be a good thing for StorageTek or its customers
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IT hiring activity looks to be on the rise, but IT compensation levels are stagnating.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    For the first time, factory revenues for Unix and Windows servers were equal
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM’s flagship xSeries server demonstrates how far Intel servers still have to go to reach feature and function parity
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    For the first time in years, Sun looks like the cagey, competitive, and iconoclastic competitor of old
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    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.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    CA put up $1 million in prizes to encourage developers to program for its open-source Ingres R/3 database
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    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
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    AMD has forced Intel to abandon its decades-long marketing strategy, leaving the chip-making leader struggling to find its sea legs
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Users expecting an infusion of Ascential’s ETL expertise into DB2 may be disappointed
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IDC revises its IT spending estimates downward, IBM plans to cut 10,000 or more jobs—and things could get tougher still
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    SAP last week expanded its ERP Cold War against Oracle, announcing partnerships with IBM and Microsoft
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Some users are praising the synergies of a combined Oracle, PeopleSoft, and J.D. Edwards stack—but for others, skepticism about Project Fusion is still the order of the day.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM last week signed a $400 million contract to design a new on-demand IT infrastructure for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    There's a chance mainframe and Unix administrators will have to deal with the revamped SQL Server whether they want to or not
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Companies that implement a centralized software-testing program report higher quality levels than companies that don’t