Mike Vizard

Changing the IT Game

Committed to distinguishing the truly innovative from the merely iterative

Bringing the Apple iPad into the Enterprise

Mobile Computing | Blog Post | Mike Vizard
Tuesday, November 22, 2011

When it comes to the integration of the Apple iPad within the enterprise, there is much left to be desired. Continue Reading »

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Decoupling Microsoft SQL Server

Enterprise Applications | Blog Post | Mike Vizard
Friday, November 18, 2011

As the march toward virtualization starts to extend past server and storage infrastructure, a lot of IT organizations are starting to look at the number of databases they have to manage as the next great opportunity to reduce costs. Continue Reading »

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Leveraging Google to Provide a Quality Mobile Experience

Mobile Computing | Blog Post | Mike Vizard
Thursday, November 17, 2011

One of the more challenging aspects of mobile computing applications is keeping track of how your site is performing when it comes to the class of platform that people are using to access the Web. Continue Reading »

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Converging the Management of Mainframes and Distributed Systems

Data Center | Blog Post | Mike Vizard
Wednesday, November 16, 2011

At the CA World 2011 conference this week, CA Technologies took a major step towards integrating the management of different platforms under one common framework. Continue Reading »

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Remotely Securing the Branch Office

Security | Blog Post | Mike Vizard
Wednesday, November 16, 2011

There are many branch offices in organizations that have no local IT management to speak of. There may be an office manager capable of setting up a PC or two, but, by and large, for anything involving something complex, someone from IT has to get on a plane and go deal with it. Continue Reading »

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Getting a Better Management Handle on Virtual Desktops

IT Management | Blog Post | Mike Vizard
Wednesday, November 9, 2011

When it comes to desktop virtualization, it’s too early to say which of half a dozen or so models may actually dominate. In fact, chances are high that IT organizations are going to find themselves supporting multiple instances of desktop virtualization for a long time to come. Continue Reading »

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Making a Smarter Internet of Things

Networking | Blog Post | Mike Vizard
Tuesday, November 8, 2011

It’s no secret that there are billions of things connected to the Internet. The challenge is finding ways to let these devices communicate and share information without having to introduce a lot of complexity. Continue Reading »

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Tackling I/O Issues on Virtual Servers

Data Center | Blog Post | Mike Vizard
Wednesday, November 2, 2011

There’s a lot of consternation these days when it comes to I/O performance in virtual server environments. A lot of IT organizations are convinced that as the number of virtual machines running on each server increases, the subsequent I/O contention this creates results in a need for faster storage systems because application performance can’t be allowed to degrade. That kind of expense, unfortunately, is enough to dampen anyone’s virtualization enthusiasm. Continue Reading »

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Making Windows Applications Accessible via HTML5

Enterprise Applications | Blog Post | Mike Vizard
Tuesday, November 1, 2011

One of the biggest challenges that many IT organizations now face is how to make investments in Windows applications easily accessible to a new generation of mobile computing devices that run anything but Windows. Continue Reading »

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An Open Source Approach to IT Automation

IT Management | Blog Post | Mike Vizard
Tuesday, October 25, 2011

An open source tool for automating the management of IT systems that is fairly well known in Europe is now coming to the U.S. Continue Reading »

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