(10-Sept-10) Analysts from Info-Tech Research Group recently examined green IT initiatives, seeking to determine what contributed to their success—or failure. Four factors helped initiatives succeed: a strong and well-communicated adoption...

(21-May-10) In Internet time, with Web apps seemingly continuously updated, last fall’s release of Win7 seems eons ago. Although the new OS is an undeniable hit with consumers—its rate of initial adoption is twice that of much-maligned...

(26-Feb-10) These days, there aren’t many companies where email is not considered mission-critical. So it takes a great deal of mettle to rock the boat. Possibly even more so than other functions, it’s important to know what you’re getting into...

29-Jan-10 Smartphones and their progeny, so-called app phones such as the iPhone and Android, are rapidly becoming standard equipment for today’s workforce, and not just for road warriors and senior executives. Although these pocketable...

(29-Jan-10) After a long litigation period, Microsoft has stopped selling copies of its Office and Word programs with a disputed custom XML editing functionality and has issued a patch that eliminates the feature for the programs currently being...

(9-Oct-09) People in general may have an innate fear of the dark, but for IT managers, this impulse can reach sheer frenzy in a matter of minutes. Very few enterprises are comfortable with the idea of sitting in the dark with all operations...

Budget cuts are common for most IT departments during this “Great Recession,” with more possible in the coming year. Already overworked and understaffed and facing usage demands that don't seem to reflect business conditions, some IT managers...

11-Sep-09 Nothing is perfect. Much as we like to tout the robust hardware and rampant failover measures implemented in data centers, systems go down occasionally. That's why the industry measures reliability in "nines" rather than making absurd...

(Processor) - Passwords: They're the bane of online existence; the unintended consequence of our virtual, networked world. Users accessing their typical plethora of Web-based enterprise applications, not to mention an equally abundant portfolio...

(Network World) - Sunnyvale, Calif.-based chipmaker AMD Inc. rounded out its Istanbul portfolio with the release on Monday of two six-core processors, for power-constrained and power-hungry data centre environments. "We are continuing the...

On Feb. 27, 2008, the Bank of New York Mellon shipped a tape containing the personal information of more than 4.5 million clients to an Archive America offsite storage facility. That tape never arrived. The information contained on the tape...

Blade servers are encroaching on rack-mount installations in data centers of all sizes. While this server platform meets many needs, it has not reached the point of replacing all other server types. Recognize the real limits of blade servers in...

Becoming familiar with Microsoft server licensing is no simple task. Companies must take the time to navigate the complex array of Microsoft licensing policies, options, and client access requirements. Get a better understanding of Microsoft...