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Time to Reassess Your Unix Strategy
The economic viability of continuing to rely on Unix as the platform for mission-critical functions is becoming more questionable. IT managers should be asking themselves whether cost considerations will drive Unix into a legacy software role in the 2006 time period. Unix ownership costs for hardware and software are higher than those of competitive systems.
August, 2003
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North America Internet Users Under Age 18 — 2003 to 2007
While Internet growth by users under age 18 will begin to peak in 2005â2006 in North America, the growth in Central and South America in this user group will continue to accelerate straight through 2007.
August, 2003
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Criteria for Evaluating Alignment of IT with the Business
Although business and IT alignment has been discussed for years, companies are still struggling to effectively align their IT strategy. This report provides details on the critical and elusive topic of strategic alignment, including a form with criteria for ranking IT alignment with the business within a specific organization.
August, 2003
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Defend Your Storage Area Network
Storage area networks are growing in popularity because of their history of providing excellent returns to organizations that use them. Success in storage security requires a combination of wise use of technology along with good management practices. While SAN security resembles other IT security methodologies in some respects, storage has unique requirements that must be addressed.
August, 2003
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Midrange Computing Trends in Small Organizations 2000 to 2004
Since 2000, the number of small organizations utilizing midrange computing environments has experienced a slight downward trend. However, that trend is accelerating according to Computer Economics' 2003 Information Systems Spending study. The annual study, which has been published since 1989, defines small organizations as having revenues of under $250 million.
August, 2003
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Effectively Managing Open Source Software in the Enterprise
Maintaining control over open-source software in the enterprise is an important management issue, especially considering the current SCO versus IBM battle over Linux. Given that the use of open-source software is on the increase, we recommend that policies be put in place to mitigate the risks to IT.
August, 2003
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The Realities of Grid Computing
Grid computing is receiving a great deal of emphasis from computer vendors, including Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and Sun, looking for new sources of revenues. Be careful to note when talking to vendors that the term "grid computing" can mean just about anything. While constructing a grid is a challenging undertaking today, standards for grid computing are emerging, and there are helpful tools available.
August, 2003
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New Milestone in Adoption of E-Procurement
Since 2000, the Institute of Supply Management (ISM), in conjunction with Forrester Research, has been conducting a quarterly survey on the adoption rate of various e-procurement practices, and the most recent report shows a new milestone has been reached.
August, 2003
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Is Web Usability Worth the Cost (3Q03)
A variety of standards organizations and professional organizations are espousing Web usability techniques and testing. The assessment of site usability is still as much art as science, because the factors that allow individuals to successfully apply the features of a website depend as much on psychology as on factual principles. Despite the challenges involved in upgrading site usability, in most cases positive returns from such investments are realized.
July, 2003
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Managing Change in the IT Environment
IT change management is the overall discipline of managing additions, deletions, and modifications to an IT owned or supported entity. It includes managing changes to the production environment covering networks, systems, applications, and infrastructure. This article provides an overview of this important discipline.
July, 2003
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Acucorp – COBOL Migration Case Study
Like many companies, Kelley-Clarke Seafood of San Diego, CA was struggling with an aging infrastructure and hundreds of thousands of lines of COBOL that represented their entire application portfolio. Facing a major migration, Kelley-Clarke evaluated their options and chose a path that would minimize costs and disruption but still allow them to migrate to a 21 century infrastructure.
July, 2003
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IS Staffing Outlook More Positive in 2004 for Large Organizations
Over the past two years many large organizations have experienced significant IS staffing cuts, according to Computer Economics' 2003 Information Systems Spending study. In the annual study, which has been published since 1989, large organizations are defined as having revenues of over $750 million.
July, 2003
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Is Your Offsite Data Storage Approach Serving Your Needs? (3Q03)
Our recent offsite data storage survey revealed that many IT managers are satisfied their current approach is meeting the needs of the business and is reasonably cost-effective. However, it also revealed that a large percentage of organizations are currently reviewing these factors in an attempt to find the right balance of cost versus functionality.
July, 2003
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2000 Information System Spending
All chapters of our Information System Spending study for 2000.
July, 2003
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On-Demand Mainframes Rewrite the Economic Equations
Despite many claims of its demise, the mainframe is far from dead. The reliability of these machines and their tolerance for legacy software makes them invaluable to large organizations. New systems offer dynamic workload balancing based on selectable priorities and, more importantly from a cost point of view, capacity-on-demand processing.
July, 2003
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