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Will computing flow like electricity?
Insight Industry executives respond to Nicholas G. Carr's contention that utility computing will evolve in much the same way electricity did a century ago.
Tags: Infrastructure/architecture management, Utility computing
Aberdeen Group says Linux/UNIX is as vulnerable as Windows
Insight The proponents of Linux/UNIX often cite security as one of the major reasons for using that platform rather than Windows. However, an Aberdeen report comparing the security of Linux/UNIX and Windows came to some surprising conclusions.
The mainframe's virtual renaissance
Insight Increased interest in virtualization and the demand for "greener" computing could see revived interest in mainframe computing, say industry insiders.
Tags: Mainframes, Mainframe, Security, Virtualization, Butler Group, software, Microsoft .NET, job, Wintel, IBM WebSphere
The dangers of asking too much of staff
Insight Do you ask too much of your staff? It happens more often than most CIOs will admit, but consciously or unconsciously, tech leaders push top managers and employees beyond their limit. However, this pressure might result in undesirable and unforeseen results.
Train your experienced developers in newer technologies
Insight If your mainframe people are in their 40s and beyond and your Web developers are 30 and younger, you might be guilty of technology stereotyping. Avoid this mistake to make the most of one of your best resources: your older IT developers.
10 ethical issues raised by IT capabilities
Insight A look at how the complexity of technology creates dilemmas that seem to spawn more questions every day.
Tags: IT Management, SMB
MySQL 4.1 closes in on Oracle
Program The open-source database is edging closer to parity with commercial databases with functionality such as binary prepared statements.
Tags: Database management, Databases
SAP: On-demand has its limitations
Insight SAP chief Henning Kagermann gears up for a three-way battle against Microsoft and Oracle in enterprise applications.
Tags: Business applications, Enterprise resource planning (ERP)
Is this the Active Directory you've been waiting for?
Insight We take a look at why enhanced management tools and a more flexible deployment make the .NET Server worthy of tech leaders' time.
Is Microsoft the dark horse of biz apps?
Insight The software giant is quietly pulling punches as SAP and Oracle take stabs at each other. Who will emerge victorious?
Tags: Business applications, Customer resource management (CRM), Enterprise resource planning (ERP), SMB
Searching for the next Salesforce
Insight Taleo is among a promising crop of CRM start-ups. But can any of them upstage the groundbreaking subscription-software company?
Tags: Customer resource management (CRM), Web services
BEA's growing pains
News newsmaker Things have changed since the go-go days of the Internet boom. Can BEA Systems CEO Alfred Chuang realize his US$3 billion dream?
Voice-over-IP update: Evaluating the products
Insight Mulling over voice-over-IP (VoIP)? Here are key steps involved in setting up a VoIP system. We also look at what's on offer from four major vendors.
Firms overlook Web 2.0 cost-saving potential
News As companies largely view Web 2.0 on an experimental level, they are likely to pass on it during the current economic downturn, say analysts.
Tags: Web 2.0, Cost control, Budgeting/cost control, savings, Business, Ovum, cost savings, Web Service, savings, e-mail
The cloud: From monolith to federation
News Organizations around the world are coming to terms with cloud computing, but what can we expect from this technology over the coming year?
Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Virtualization, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Cloud, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Berlin, Gartner Inc., Service, software
