Technology News: Implementation

Top 5 Reasons for Building Governance Into the Cloud

Monday - June 29, 2009

Our topic this week centers on governance as a requirement and an enabler for cloud computing. We're going to talk not just about IT governance, or service-oriented architecture governance. It's really more about extended enterprise processes, resource consumption, and resource-allocation governance. It amounts to "total services governance," and it seems to me that any meaningful move to cloud-computing adoption, certainly that which aligns and coexists with existing enterprise IT, will need to have such total governance in place. [More...]

Wired Water: IT Gets Ready for the Shock

Monday - June 22, 2009

Go wet, young IT man. Your parched, imperiled planet needs you. When it comes to creating a future filled with fresh, drinkable water, information technology professionals have a significant career opportunity in a mega-sized market. The very economic survival of a thirsty, arid Earth depends a great deal on properly applying the skills and expertise of app developers and systems administrators. [More...]

The Many Layers of the Cloud

Monday - June 22, 2009

Let's discuss cloud computing in the context of the real-world enterprise. We've certainly heard a lot about the vision for cloud computing and what it can do for the delivery of applications, services, infrastructure, and even development and deployment. What's less clear is how we take the vision and apply it to today's enterprise concerns and requirements. [More...]

IT Needs a New Drug

Monday - June 15, 2009

Let's talk about the next era of information technology. We seem to be in it, but we don't have a name for it yet. Suddenly, "cloud computing" is the dominant buzzword of the day, but the current confluence of trends includes much more. There is business process modeling, business intelligence, complex event processing, service-oriented architecture, Software as a Service and Web-oriented architecture. [More...]

HP Gives Scale-Out Architecture Extreme Makeover

Thursday - June 11, 2009

HP on Wednesday announced its Extreme Scale-Out portfolio, intended to cut data center costs for businesses involved in heavy Web 2.0, cloud computing and high-performance computing activities. Such companies typically have data centers with thousands of servers. The HP ExSO portfolio includes a lightweight modular system architecture, as well as services and support. [More...]

Google Edges Deeper Onto MS Turf With Outlook Plug-In

Wednesday - June 10, 2009

Google released on Tuesday a plug-in to its Google Apps arsenal that could be the last push needed to nudge some businesses into fully adopting its cloud computing services. The product, Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook, works with the Premier version of Google apps, which costs $50 per business user per year, as well as the free educational version, which is limited to 50 user accounts. [More...]

The Mainframe Bridge to the Cloud

Monday - June 8, 2009

How can mainframes can help enterprises reach cloud-computing benefits faster? Let's look at what defines cloud computing, with an emphasis on private clouds or those computing models that enterprises can control on-premises, but that also favor and provide cloud-like efficiency with lower-end costs and a heightened ability to deliver services that support agile business processes. [More...]

Legacy Software: Rebuilding the Ship in Rough Waters

Thursday - June 4, 2009

As the market recedes further and companies look to shed cost in any way feasible, many look inwardly in order to find key areas for improvement. Aberdeen's research shows that the top business pressures forcing companies in the direction of legacy application modernization are largely internal. The top two pressures have to do with agility. [More...]

The WAN Traffic Controller Juggling Act

Tuesday - June 2, 2009

The Internet has become a critical component in today's fast-moving business environment and continues to play a central role in delivering mission-critical business applications and vital communications to employees, partners and customers. The Internet holds the promise for organizations to streamline operations, improve operational efficiencies and lower costs. [More...]

What the Third Coming of iPhone Needs to Win the Enterprise

Thursday - May 14, 2009

The buzz around an expected new iPhone model is heating up to a feverish pitch as Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference nears its June kickoff in San Francisco. Will Apple unveil the new device at the conference? Will Steve Jobs present it when he returns from medical leave later in June? Might Jobs make a surprise appearance at WWDC, third-gen iPhone in hand? Or will his return have nothing to do with it? [More...]

The Next Frontier for Packet Switching

Tuesday - May 12, 2009

Packet switching, in short, is a method to deliver data across a computer network connection. The impact of packet switching cannot be understated, as it essentially makes today's Internet function. Looking to the future, packet switching is on the precipice of impacting and disrupting another technology -- storage. [More...]

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