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Doing Your Sums on . . . Build, Buy or Rent 05/11/2007 13:32:30
You’re trying to build a world-class IT team, but everyone’s going after the same talent pool. What mix works best? Should you grow your own, draft your players or barter your way to the line-up you want to field?CIOs should never forget that while new technologies have a maturity cycle, the maturity cycle for human beings in IT is even longer - +
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As your business becomes more collaborative and global, the risks to your company’s trade secrets rise proportionally. Fortunately, there are new strategies to protect the data that allows you to competeThe call to Bob Bailey, an IT executive with a major US government contractor, came on an otherwise ordinary day in October 2003. "Why are you attacking us?" demanded the caller, an IT leader with a Silicon Valley manufacturer. He wanted to know why Bailey's company had launched a denial-of-service attack against his network - +
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CIOs say they want more than the traditional “your mess for less” relationship with their outsourcing providers. And the providers want to market themselves as partners in innovation. So why isn’t it happening?CIOs say they want more than the traditional "your mess for less" relationship with their outsourcing providers. And the providers want to market themselves as partners in innovation. So why isn't it happening? - +
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Claiming grid technology continues to expand outside its traditional scientific and research markets, IBM on Friday is announced several grid-based commercial projects built on IBM platforms have been launched, including one at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
In a related announcement, IBM officials said they have completed work with 10 software companies helping them to reshape their applications to work with grids. Among the companies are Ascential Software, Insbridge, Peregrine Software, and Turboworx. This brings to 17 the number of ISVs IBM has worked with this year to properly tune their applications for grids, a company spokesman
IBM attributes most of this recent surge of interest in grid computing among commercial IT shops to more sophisticated end-to-end infrastructure finally being in place, making its implementation much easier to carry out.
"The business case has been strong for grids, but the inhibitor has always been, `How do I do this without having brain surgeons come in or a very large IT staff.' You are seeing a lot of these commercial companies pursue grid projects now because it is just becoming more doable. Open standards evolving more rapidly hasn't hurt either," said Scott Hebner, IBM's vice president in charge of developer relations.
The EPA is using Linux and IBM supercomputers on a grid to carry out improved air quality modeling as well as to better predict the environmental risks of exposure to air pollution, an agency spokesman said.
"We think this open systems approach by IBM will give some added speed and better efficiencies focused on improving the nation's health by partnering with states in their implementation of new clean air standards," said Dr. Paul Gilman, assistant administrator for the EPA's research and development group.
The EPA is using IBM's Grid Toolbox, Red Hat's Linux Enterprise 2.1, IBM's pSeries of supercomputers, and the Avaki Enterprise Information software. The agency will use the system to provide pay-as-you-go computing services to partners that would otherwise have no access to such resources, according to agency officials
Nippon Steele announced its first implementation of grid computing, which is being applied to production in iron mills. The company is hoping to leverage grid technology to improve its production planning systems. Japan's largest telecommunications company, NTT DoCoMo, is in the process of testing grid and autonomic technologies at its Internet connectivity service.
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Computerworld Live Podcast #97: The Future of Enterprise Networking 25/07/2008 09:45:36
This week CW Live chats with Mark Thompson, global sales and marketing manager for HP ProCurve, on the future of the enterprise networking. Mark discusses the trends we can expect to see in the near future and how the right infrastructure can ensure your enterprise network is secure. - +
Computerworld Live Podcast #96: Security at the Edge 11/06/2008 09:22:22
CW Live speaks with Amol Mitra, HP ProCurve Director of Marketing for Asia Pacific and Japan. Today's topic: how enterprises are starting to shift away from simply controlling security via server logins, firewalls and moving to more adaptive security frameworks. - +
Data Management Edition #10: Multi-Petascale Systems 02/05/2008 09:12:33
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IT Security Edition #11: How to poison the Storm botnet 01/05/2008 08:51:55
This week CW Live presents a case study on how to poison the notorious Storm botnet . Plus we take a look at Cisco's plans for Ironport. - +
IT Security Edition #10: Cyber-battles fought and won 24/04/2008 11:09:47
Vendors bow to end user pressure to improve product security, and we take a look at the latest concepts shaping the cyber-battlefield of the future.
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