Virtualization and cloud computing present a blind spot: traiditional IT management and automation tools don’t offer the necessary visibility and control. What can IT do?
This year the desktop ruled. Desktops will continue to lead the trends in 2011, but in a direction no one would ever have imagined two years ago.
During 2010, enterprises were figuring out and defining the cloud; in 2011, they’ll be putting clouds into action.
In this year's "50 Best Careers" list, four IT-related jobs made the cut: computer software engineer, computer support specialist, computer systems analyst, and network architect.
Microsoft questions the use of overseas data centers in GSA deal.
The General Services Administration is moving e-mail and collaboration tools to the cloud, becoming the first federal agency to move e-mail to a cloud-based system agencywide, GSA officials said.
Data virtualization confers advantages that simply aren’t achievable by means of federation alone.
Next-gen DI player Expressor says it tackles integration problems that SQL Server and other conventional RDBMS systems weren’t designed to address.
With the world losing one or more entire species of animal or plant life every 20 minutes, a conservation group in the UK is using analytical software from IBM to untangle the complex factors contributing to a particular species' decline.
What’s so big about Big Data? It’s probably bigger than you think.
A BI analyst and TDWI faculty member takes issue with a BI This Week article about the state of BI platforms.
What’s driving the interest in identity and access management, and how can you address the challenges the technology presents?
When does migrating off the mainframe make sense, and should MIPS be the measurement standard we use?
These five powerful habits can help you increase personal effectiveness and take control of technology.
The term ILM still causes people to cringe when hearing that term. Dataglobal is showing some guts by re-introducing the need for information life cycle management into the contemporary storage discussion.
Big data, virtualization, and IT vendor consolidation made headlines this year, but where are these trends headed in 2011?
Microsoft says its security team is looking into an elevation-of-privilege exploit affecting Windows-based systems.
Novell announced it will be sold to Attachmate, a business software company based in Seattle, for $6.10 per share.
R is a high-powered language for analyzing today’s data volumes.
Learn how PowerPivot for SharePoint expands the capabilities of the desktop client and SQL Server Analysis Services.