It is back. And it is angry.
And it is called virtualization. And it has people afraid. But not me.
Think of it. All CPU cycles completely fungible. Imagine the possibilities.
Got 500 idle desktops running Microsoft Vista? Assign the CPU and I/O resources to your core ERP system. Need to bring up seven servers with a full […]

We recently published the results of our annual Cutter Benchmark Review survey on trends and technologies for the coming year. This is the third yearly issue of CBR where we ask our contributors to look forward to the coming year and see what technologies and IT trends we can expect to endure, which ones are […]

Recently, I had the chance to talk with two CIOs from large, multi-billion and multi-national businesses with names we all recognize. To protect the identities of those involved, let’s call them Firm A and Firm B.
Firm A is a still rapidly growing consumer electronics manufacturing firm. But over the past ten years, this firm went […]

Over the past few years, offshore oursoucing has become a household topic of discussion for IT and non-IT practitioners. I have not seen a trade magazine that doesn’t talk about outsourcing. I see debate everywhere. Now, what does that really mean? Are we any smarter today than we were 5 years […]