Monday, March 14, 2011
CloudConnect de-brief: Real-life cloud computing lessons Attention regarding cloud computing is rapidly moving toward the pragmatics of using it and away from the theories of studying it
Monday, January 10, 2011
The Fortune 500's disappearing CIOs Several Fortune 500 companies are eliminating their corporate CIO positions. They plan to move IT into the business units, on the theory that an IT staff that isn't distracted by corporate initiatives can provide better support
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
BI ain’t no back office app, but it’s still complex There are a lot of moving parts, says one analyst, so simple changes to one system cascade through the others. How BI is more art than science
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
SOA tops IT spending priorities While definitions of SOA vary, it generally refers to an IT architecture approach that eschews monolithic applications and instead breaks down functionality -- such as a customer credit check request -- into interoperable "services,"
Monday, April 30, 2007
Singing from the same song-sheet One of the most difficult aspects of SOA implementation is ensuring successful collaboration among the many groups involved. This article offers some sound advice around getting all the players to sing in harmony.
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Dealing with the document deluge If organizations want to keep on top of the data and documents they’re generating they might want to think about adopting some form of enterprise content management (ECM) software, according to an industry analyst.
Thursday, June 08, 2006
SOA gains traction in enterprise market A recent report from Forrester Research showed Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) has arrived and that companies should consider how SOA could help their business, because if they don’t, their competitors will.
Thursday, April 13, 2006
Cognos saddles up to SAP users Watch out SAP users; Cognos has you squarely in its sights. Tighter integration with SAP’s platform, closer links with Microsoft Office and a more powerful search tool are among additions the Ottawa-based business intelligence vendor announced last month to its flagship product, Cognos 8 Business Intelligence.
Monday, January 02, 2006
'Intel Inside' out, 'Leap ahead' in for new year After more than 20 years of service as a tool to teach consumers what brand of chip to ask for inside a personal computer, Intel Corp. has decided it's out with the old "Intel Inside" campaign in favour of a new logo and tag line that includes the phrase "Leap ahead." The logo and tag line will be formally announced on Jan. 3. 
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Skills shortage stalling SOA emergence A critical skills shortage is holding back the widespread use of service oriented architectures (SOA) and the promise of a new era of interoperability, according Tony Clement, enterprise architecture and planning manager for the Australian Wheat Board.
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
SOA skills shortage stalling promise of new era A critical skills shortage is holding back the widespread use of service oriented architectures (SOA) and the promise of a new era of interoperability, according Tony Clement, the Australian Wheat Board's (AWB) enterprise architecture and planning manager. 
Sunday, July 31, 2005
So you want to be an architect? Is there a little George Costanza in you? Do you secretly yearn to be an architect? Well, here’s your chance to fulfill your dreams – maybe just a little bit. When it comes to IT architecture, the enterprise is primed for a makeover. This blueprint shows you how to get started.
Thursday, May 12, 2005
WinHEC: 64 bits take a bite out of memory limitations When Dan Wood’s company decided to test the bleeding edge of graphics processing, the firm discovered that the current stock of 32-bit computing architectures simply couldn’t cut it. 
Sunday, April 18, 2004
Sun redirects server technology Sun Microsystems Inc. is pushing a processor technology that it says will let single chips within servers handle multiple tasks at the same time. This will increase system performance by as much as 30 times of today's boxes, the company says.
Thursday, February 06, 2003
Microsoft keeps doing it all wrong In the last few weeks I have been increasingly annoyed and disturbed by what I see as Microsoft's strange decisions about software architectures and its apparent unwillingness or inability to fix the problems that it creates.
Thursday, June 20, 2002
Chip boffins unveil atomic computing Science merged with science fiction yesterday as chip experts revealed that transistor-based computing may one day be replaced with atomic-based technology.
Thursday, May 30, 2002
Wireless leading to worry Are worries over wireless LANs warranted?
Thursday, April 18, 2002
Chuck Yoke: KISS your network and make it better KISS - Keep It Short and Simple. During my days as an English major in college, this was the mantra repeated daily in my technical writing classes.
Tuesday, April 16, 2002
Slow, steady approach keeps Canadian technology ahead The evaporation of many high-profile dot-com start-ups and the NASDAQ crash should not be mistaken for the end of e-business, according to a recent report.
Wednesday, March 13, 2002
Creating more value from software assets The future of computing architectures requires a standards-based approach so that IT can deliver new functionality quickly and efficiently, says the author of a new white paper.
Monday, July 16, 2001
EMC eyes lucrative NT market An e-commerce joint venture backed by Microsoft Corp. and Accenture Ltd. has set up EMC Corp. to provide storage services for Windows 2000, SQL Server and Exchange customers.
Thursday, May 31, 2001
Viruses: good software gone bad Ten years ago, computer security guru Fred Cohen made a revolutionary suggestion, one that inverted the roles of hardware and software.
Thursday, March 22, 2001
Intel keeps a level head Intel CEO Craig Barrett manages to be a glass-is-half-full kind of guy, regardless of poor economic times.