After some two decades of having its market share eroded by migration to server-based applications, "big iron" is back. And, irony of ironies, the catalyst for the comeback is the need to deal with server farms that have grown out of control.
In recent columns, I've discussed the need for business to align with IT. Yes, you've got that right - my point is that successful businesses need to ask how they can best leverage IT as a strategic asset.
Server prices are dropping, performance is increasing, and IT is consuming less space. So why is total cost of ownership headed through the roof?
Why would someone complete medical school and residency training, then spend a decade in IT to become a CIO?
In the last two decades, we have seen the IS organization mature in its approach to software development.
"Budgets are not something I agonize over any more" said one CIO contributor to some of our recent research. Many CIOs have to invest time and political capital to hone their IS budgets because the fact is that annual budgets are today's near-universal means of providing oversight, transparency and direction for most IS organizations. This particular CIO at least has got budgets right.
This month, our ever-resourceful commentator invests in a do-it-yourself grid and discovers a new meaning to drive-thru
Tired of being a long-term lending library, our pioneering commentator tries book binding using RFID
