How a prominent hospital was able to increase the productivity of its IT staff and pay for itself all in about two months
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Utility computing isn’t a rip-and-replace proposition, says CA
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    For former Tandem and Digital users, it’s been bumpy going for a while now, and it could get bumpier still
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    These days, Sun has a pronounced bounce in its step—enough to give many Solaris administrators that old late-1990’s feeling again
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The drought may be over, but some IT spending categories are faring much better than others
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Compromise may be possible—even within the most control-oriented of corporate cultures
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    BMC says its new performance-monitoring software can help reduce false alerts—and sleep-shattering beeper pages—by almost 100 percent
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
    
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Workers are increasingly optimistic about their job security—and job satisfaction has increased to unprecedented levels
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Big Blue’s durable workhorse still has plenty of kick left in it. And customers, for that matter, are increasingly willing to deploy it in support of new workloads
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Oracle’s roadmap still leaves some questions unanswered—particularly for J.D. Edwards users.  Company spokesmen reiterate support for existing users until at least 2013.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Chip giant Intel last week announced a reorganization of its business units, while HP announced new Itanium solutions and updated software for OpenVMS
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Almost all large organizations are paying for obsolete software that they’re not using, and some are paying a lot more than others, according to a new survey
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The mean of IT compensation declined by almost 1 percent in 2004 while inflation grew by more than 3 percent
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Existing Big Iron shops should continue to add capacity at a healthy clip, and more and more OS/390 laggards will finally make the move to z/OS
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft pulls processor support in some O/Ss
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Many long-time J.D. Edwards users are bracing themselves for the worst while hoping for the best
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Not all companies consider the risks—in terms of information security, data privacy, and potential legal liability—associated with offshore outsourcing
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Novell sees a sizeable upside to Linux on the desktop—and hints that the sun might soon set on Microsoft’s Windows empire
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    As IBM preps Notes/Domino version 7 for release later this year, it's clear that reports of product's death have been greatly exaggerated
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Networking, messaging, groupware, and applications development skills still in high demand