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Asia investing in 'modern' mainframe

News First introduced in the 1960s, mainframes remain hot among Asian companies, IBM exec says. But human resources are growing thin, notes analyst.

Friday, August 15 2008 08:01 PM

Tags: Mainframes, Open source, Mainframe, India, business intelligence, software, China, revenue, Linux, technique

Small bites help digest big IT projects

News Chart large IT implementation into smaller parts to ensure successful rollout, and take advantage of economic downturn to review goals, experts advise.

Friday, March 13 2009 06:33 PM

Tags: IT project management, Data warehousing/business intelligence, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Business, SAP AG, Project, IT Manager, Tool, ERP, Business Process

Monitor memory usage with MRTG

Techguide With MRTG you can graph your network traffic, but you can also use it to gather other network information, such as monitoring your system's swap and memory usage. Vincent Danen shows you how to get more out of MRTG in this tip.

Saturday, November 11 2006 04:24 PM

Lotus Symphony gets some OOXML support

News IBM has said it believes support for importing documents in Microsoft's office format could help convince large organizations to drop Office altogether.

Monday, June 22 2009 10:27 AM

Tags: Office suites, Standards, Open source, IBM Corp., Office Open XML, IBM Lotus Notes, Mail Merge, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office, data analysis

IBM launches 'Green Sigma' business consulting

News Using sensors and software, IBM's consulting crew will help businesses reduce their energy and water use as part of efficiency and "green business" programs.

Tuesday, August 19 2008 10:48 AM

Tags: Green IT, Consulting, IBM Corp., software, energy efficiency, Business Consulting, Corporate Social Responsibility, supply chain, strategy, accounting

Using Grouping Sets in SQL Server 2008

Techguide A neat new feature in SQL Server 2008 is the GROUPING SETS clause, which allows you to easily specify combinations of field groupings in your queries to see different levels of aggregated data.

Thursday, October 30 2008 08:58 AM

Tags: Databases, Server platforms, Microsoft SQL Server, GROUPING SETS, Clause, Product, Database, SQL, SalesHistory, GROUP

Experts warn UK migration rules may fuel IT offshoring

News Despite a U.K. skills shortfall, IT staff have not been included on a draft list of "shortages occupations" drawn up by the Home Office's Migration Advisory Committee.

Monday, September 15 2008 08:53 AM

Tags: Offshoring, IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, IT Management, India, software, Silicon.com, job, U.K., managing director

PostgreSQL 8.4 arrives tailored for admins

News Open source database management software update is released with a focus on better tools for admin and monitoring.

Friday, July 03 2009 08:17 AM

Tags: Open source, Business Strategies & Functions, Database management, Network administration/implementation, Strategic analysis, Forrester Research Inc., Open-source Database, RFID, Database, PostgreSQL

IBM makes the world its lab

News Convincing countries and companies around the world of need to innovate during the economic downturn, has resulted in new cutting-edge partnerships for Big Blue.

Monday, August 31 2009 10:46 AM

Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, IBM Corp., University, Chip, Samuel J. Palmisano, intellectual property, Switzerland, China Telecom, China, strategy