Data Center

Big Data: How a Trucking Firm Drove Out Big Errors

A balkanized IT environment left U.S. Xpress unable to mine its massive and disparate databases. Here's how IT found new ways of grabbing more -- and better -- data on its trucking fleet, saving big money and fueling business agility.

20 Awesome Tech Products at DEMO

Build-your-own iPhone and Android apps, cloud services, photo tools and more on display at DEMO Spring 2011.

Wisconsin Blizzard vs. Data Center: How Marquette Won

As blizzards raged across the Midwest in January, snow piled up on the data center roof at Marquette University and wreaked havoc with cooling systems. Here's how Microsoft's Lync unified communications tool helped IT fight back.

10 Ways IT Can Prepare for an Industrial Revolution

IT must industrialize infrastructure and operations -- and IT workers must be taught to abandon their love affair with complexity, says Forrester's Glenn O'Donnell. Consider these 10 pieces of advice on how to do it right.

Virtualization on Mobile Devices: What’s Taking So Long?

Virtualization on Mobile Devices: What’s Taking So Long?

VMware and Citrix are preparing for the day when you'll want a personal VM and work VM on your smartphone -- but it's taking a while. Here's a look at what's in the pipeline and what's been slowing down progress.

Windows 7 Upgrades: Is 2011 a Transition Year?

Most enterprises will wait until 2012 - 2014 to upgrade to Windows 7, says the CEO of a managed services firm.

Computer History: The First 2,000 Years

The Computer History Museum's new 25,000 square-foot exhibit entitled "Computer History: The First 2,000 Years" includes media and artifact-rich galleries with an in-depth focus on more than 20 major areas of computer history. Here are

Cloud Meets CRM: How to Track Who’s Who

Sure, SSO and other identity management infrastructure will tell you who someone is. But managing the semantics for people as they are added to your CRM system? That's a little harder.

Tech Fails of 2011: It’s Never Too Soon to Admit Defeat

The year ahead of us will see technology that no one could ever have predicted in 1950, but there will also be some spectacular failures.

Windows Phone 7 Updates: What to Expect in 2011

A risky but necessary partnership with Nokia and new Windows Phone 7 updates fuel Microsoft's mobile mojo.