Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Dramatic change coming for public sector CIOs A new computing platform, shared services and economic pressures are changing the government IT picture. Why CIO will mean "chief innovation officer"
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Data centre double duty Studies show that IT workloads are rising as technology is added but staffing levels plateau. Catch up on the latest research
Monday, May 02, 2011
Enterprise architects break out of the box Once regarded as IT-focused, enterprise architects are becoming integral to business strategy
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
Cloud computing in 2011: 3 trends changing adoption The business benefits of a cloud computing model have been well stated. You cut costs by switching to more flexible on-demand IT resources that can better handle the ebb and flow technology...
Tuesday, November 02, 2010
New user group aims to take on the super vendors Its 70 members aren't focused on any one technology, and come from a wide range of industries. Initial members include automaker BMW, JPMorgan Chase and energy company Shell
Wednesday, October 06, 2010
Tech CEOs tell US gov't how to cut $1 trillion from deficit The federal government can achieve huge savings through IT consolidation and expanded Web services, a report says
Thursday, July 08, 2010
EMC-Greenplum deal signals more market consolidation Analysts expect big players to flesh out their data warehousing stacks as well as toil in related areas like business intelligence and data integration
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
The Green Issue Experts tell us where we're making progress reducing IT’s environmental impact -- and where we’re not
Friday, October 16, 2009
NetSuite delivers cloud computing to fast food chain With new locations opening at an average of one every two days, the Philippines’ leading fast food chain Jollibee sought to streamline its operations through cloud computing...
Monday, July 06, 2009
Building a data center security architecture Disparate systems, such as firewalls, IPS and SSL accelerators are being consolidated in subnet architectures.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Nortel CEO's Letter to Employees "We have continually sought a solution that would allow us to emerge from the process and continue writing the history of this storied company ... We believe this is the best solution"
Sunday, May 31, 2009
10 ways to put your IT budget on a diet For CIOs who need to tighten their financial belts, there are plenty of ways to do more with less. Here are ten approaches you may want to consider
Monday, March 30, 2009
Intel launches Nehalem server chips The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip manufacturer's Xeon 5500 processor series isn’t just about the processor core, but the capabilities of the entire platform. One analyst said the release places pressure on rival AMD Inc. to execute equally well on its own roadmap
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
IBM responds to economic woes with virtualization Big Blue says that IT departments can stay out of the hot seat by learning to optimize their server infrastructure. A Toronto firm offers tips on how to avoid finger-pointing
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Keeping a lid on spiralling network costs It doesn't make sense to invest in more network technology if you haven't squeezed all the value out of your existing network investment
Thursday, April 03, 2008
Virtualization is not just about server consolidation Gartner is bullish on the virtualization market, forecasting more than four million virtual machines will be installed on x86 servers next year, and 660 million virtualized machines in total by 2011. But one developer thinks that’s a bit too optimistic. Find out why ...
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Forrester foresees end of big software buyouts Analysts at the research firm suggest in a new report that the consolidation in the business applications space will change following major purchases by SAP, Oracle and IBM. CEOs from the remaining smaller vendors speak out
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Symantec survey paints bleak image of data centre The security firm says skill shortages, increased complexity and growing pains associated with virtualization and consolidation all make running IT infrastructure harder than ever. We offer the Canada-specific results
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Sharpening your virtualization vision (Part I) Virtualization is one of the most talked about concepts in it these days. A report from London, Ontario-based Info-Tech Research Group sheds light on the adoption of this technology and its near- and long-term potential for the enterprise. 
Monday, April 23, 2007
City of Torontos CIO Blazing a new trail is not exactly a novel experience for David Wallace. It's something he's had to do quite a few times during the course of two decades spent in several senior IT positions in Ontario. In his newest challenge, Wallace has been named as the first CIO for the City of Toronto.
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Cyber criminals converging There’s a different kind of consolidation taking place in the IT space and it is one trend organizations should be cautious about
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Mixed reaction greets Oracle’s Hyperion buy While analysts say a large part of Oracle’s US$3.3-billion acquisition of business intelligence (BI) vendor Hyperion Solutions earlier this month was about building market share, at least one Hyperion customer has no desire to be fused into Oracle’s world
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Oracle to buy Hyperion for $3.7 billion Oracle Corp. has agreed to acquire business intelligence software vendor Hyperion Solutions Corp. for $3.7 billion in cash, it said on Thursday. 
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Dell delivers iSCSI protocol Dell Inc. has enhanced its midrange storage offerings, offering up iSCSI as well as Fibre Channel on its UltraScale products.
Thursday, November 09, 2006
Next-generation WANs: No more tiers In case you missed the memo, MPLS now is the technology of choice for WAN underpinnings. More than half of the companies I work with on a regular basis say they’re using MPLS or planning to in the near future.