Enterprise

• Closing the Loop on SLA Shortcomings

  By now, IT and its line-of-business customers should have perfected the art of service level management. The opposite is the case, however.   (7/1/2008)

• Global CEOs Endorse Green IT

  Gartner looks at an open letter destined for next year’s G-8 summit   (7/1/2008)

• HP Touts NonStop Perfection

  If you're in the market for a non-mainframe mainframe replacement, HP might have just what you need….   (6/24/2008)

• Careers: IT Hiring Limited to Replacing Employees

  Salary growth is flat, and IT hiring is primarily limited to plugging gaps. Shops are cutting back on -- or eliminating -- discretionary spending, too.   (6/24/2008)

• Outsourcers Turn to Multisourcing to Reduce Risk

  Outsourcing megadeals appear to be on the decline; does this mean that outsourcing itself is on the way out?   (6/17/2008)

• Analysis: A Closer Look at IBM's Green Software Push

  If Green Software is to have an impact, the software industry as a whole needs to get onboard   (6/17/2008)

• Network Visibility: The Key to Risk Management

  These three steps can help you establish a "reality-based" risk mitigation plan   (6/17/2008)

• File Virtualization Benefits and Best Practices

  There’s more to virtualization than just getting the most from your server hardware.   (6/17/2008)

More Enterprise

• CA Enhances, Expands Mainframe Management Suite

  CA touts a visual spin -- in a 3270 interface -- on ESCON and FICON management.   (6/10/2008)

• Enterprise OS Segment Braces for Upheaval

  The enterprise OS-scape could experience disruptive shocks during the next five years   (6/10/2008)

• HP Touts Blades Ready for Web 2.0 and Cloud Computing

  Putting the cart before the horse: does cloud computing sell, and -- if so -- who's buying?   (6/3/2008)

• Mainframe Reseller Market Consolidates

  A prominent mainframe reseller gets absorbed by one of its competitors. What does the acquisition mean for its customers?   (6/3/2008)

• Ensuring Successful Application Performance

  If the number of mission-critical business applications is growing, why are employees still suffering from poor application performance?   (6/3/2008)

• What Vulnerability Scanners Can’t Tell You

  How to determine that your “secure environment” has all the bases covered.   (6/3/2008)

• SOA: It's the People, Process, and Orientation

  Disputes between rival IT factions can stop an SOA project dead in its tracks   (5/27/2008)

• Analysis: IBM's POWERful New System

  The data center impact of the new POWER 575 systems that IBM announced last month could be nothing short of radical   (5/27/2008)

• Separating Truth from Hype about Unified Communications

  We reveal three facts to keep in mind during any unified communications evaluation.   (5/27/2008)

• Managing Your Workforce’s Mobile Devices

  The surge in mobile device usage is forcing IT to adopt new management techniques.   (5/27/2008)

• Gartner Warns about Problems in Outsourcing Help Desk

  Outsourcing to cut IT costs may be a worthy goal, but not for your help desk, Gartner warns.   (5/20/2008)

• Vertica Appliance Puts Data Warehousing in the Cloud

  With turnkey deployability and enterprise scalability, officials say Vertica-on-the-Cloud is a quick, painless, and inexpensive way to get into data warehousing   (5/20/2008)

• Business Service Management Dos and Don'ts

  An experienced practitioner and author recommends BSM best practices and suggests how you can avoid the most common mistakes.   (5/20/2008)

• IT Process Automation

  How to turn manual and mundane workflow processes into automated, error-free tasks   (5/20/2008)

• Quarterly Results Cast Shadow over Sun

  Despite Sun’s poor economic showing recently, the atmosphere at last week’s JavaOne conference was surprisingly festive   (5/13/2008)

• Why Business Rules Matter

  'What mainframe shop doesn't have business rules? In an age of draconian compliance and governance, the case for rules is stronger still. You can, however, benefit by implementing a BRMS.   (5/13/2008)

• Why Projects Fail (And How to Avoid the Pitfalls)

  You can't do everything. Here's how to make your project a success.   (5/13/2008)