The mainframes at the heart of some companies are decades old, but removing them is a massive ordeal which one HP exec likens to a heart transplant a necessary yet painful operation many companies are loath to undergo.
The Millennium Hotels chain in New Zealand has saved about NZ$700,000 per annum by consolidating 21 databases into one, with a new storage area network to boot.
It is easy, when writing on tech, to ascribe a lot of weight to the views and issues promoted by those with the loudest voices.
I read Iain Ferguson's "Linux: Time to take the next step" piece recently and thought he had captured the zeitgeist of the Linux industry market well: if we were still in 1998.
When Napster shut down in July 2001, remember how loudly the recording industry cheered?
I recently visited the shiny new Apple store located beneath a glass cube on Fifth Avenue in New York City.
Microsoft has added disaster recovery aid to its Software Assurance maintenance plan but analysts question the sincerity of the offering.
It's time for Microsoft to see the world beyond Windows and supply products that interoperate in what will always be a world of multiple, evolving non-proprietary standards.
Robots, cars, power and light. Just some of the sectors that'll see action next year.
With so many excellent phones to choose from, Nokia hasn't done nearly enough to make the 6720 desirable. It does the basics well, but struggles to justify its price.
The Sony VAIO VGN-TZ17GN/N is more fragile than we'd like, especially at AU$3,599 -- but the feature set is quite impressive for an ultraportable.
The last time we heard of SLI, we loved it. Has Nvidia done anything better with it this time round?
Robots, cars, power and light. Just some of the sectors that'll see action next year.
New offering from Virgin Mobile and Samsung will play tunes and take calls, but you'll probably pay a lot for the right to show it off.
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