• Security researcher urges IT managers to keep up with SAP patches

  By Loek Essers | 24 May, 2012 16:37

  More than 95 percent of over 600 SAP systems tested by security firm Onapsis were vulnerable to espionage, sabotage and fraud, mainly because patches had not been applied, according to a researcher.

• IBM goes after enterprise mobility projects with Mobile Foundation portfolio

  By Stephen Lawson | 01 May, 2012 05:55

  IBM took steps on Monday to help enterprises go mobile, introducing a set of software and services called Mobile Foundation.

• Bull seeks to move legacy Cobol and C apps to a Java environment

  By Peter Sayer | 27 March, 2012 17:07

  Bull has unveiled a new transaction processing application platform, Libert TP, which it says will allow businesses to move legacy applications from Cobol or C to a Java environment at their own pace.

• What CIOs really want for Christmas

  By Deanne McIntosh | 09 December, 2011 09:05

  The decorations are going up and the office party is the talk of the canteen — yes, Christmas festivities are upon us. While kids everywhere are busy making lists of the toys and gear they want to see under the tree Christmas morning, we asked Australian CIOs what Santa could bring them to make their life easier in 2012.

• HP updates dependency mapping software

  By James Niccolai | 15 August, 2011 14:06

  Hewlett-Packard has updated its dependency mapping software to help customers figure out which departments are using which systems and applications, to enable chargeback programs and other management tasks.

• Selling the new enterprise architecture - Part 3

  By David Braue | 22 June, 2011 07:00

  Despite its value, TOGAF can suffer from intrinsic shortcomings in the process by which EAs are selected and trained.

• Selling the new enterprise architecture - Part 2

  By David Braue | 21 June, 2011 10:09

  Despite years spent trying to encourage staff to think along business lines, many CIOs are still finding technology-focused EAs unable to think in business terms, and vice versa. Even though CIOs most certainly know better, Gartner figures suggest that just 9 per cent of enterprise architecture efforts will be built around business goals this year, with that figure growing to just 30 per cent by 2016.

• Selling the new enterprise architecture - Part 1

  By David Braue | 20 June, 2011 11:22

  A ‘service’, of course, is an abstraction of the underlying functions, systems and policies used to deliver business outcomes. Service-centred IT therefore reflects the need for clarity and commonality of vision between business executives, the CIO, and the enterprise architects (EAs) and other operational staff charged with actually delivering that vision.

• Managers: How to Understand Your Enterprise Architect

  By JP Morgenthal | 10 February, 2009 09:09

  You've spent months considering the right person for your open requisition for an enterprise architect (EA). You've had the job candidate meet with representatives from the business and IT, you've extended a job offer, he's accepted it-and now your new enterprise architect will be joining your company. Since the EA is typically a senior role, this is a highly-visible hire and you want the EA to be successful for the company's sake and for your own. Thus, the next step is critical.

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  Clipper Group - With Enhanced POWER7 Systems, IBM Raises the Ceiling, Again

  The CIO of any modern, mission-critical, enterprise data centre faces a raft of problems, especially concerning total cost of ownership (TCO) of the IT infrastructure, not only due to the inefficient use of the micro-processors used in that infrastructure, but also due to the energy wasted in operating the server platforms and cooling the IT environment. It is important to keep in mind that the CIO is not looking for just a better platform, but a better solution. Last year’s announcement of POWER7 was adopted readily by their base with as many as 3500 mission-critical data centres migrating from SPARC and Itanium to POWER. With this latest upgrade to the POWER7 architecture, IBM is redefining performance expectations for the IT infrastructure. They are enabling data centres to deliver enterprise applications and services faster than ever before, and at a lower cost. POWER is not going away anytime soon! If you are looking to reduce the TCO of your IT infrastructure and are concerned about your existing platforms, take a look at how IBM’s POWER7 servers raise the ceiling, again.