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 »
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 »
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 »
Enterprise Applications | Blog Post | Mike Vizard Tuesday, July 26, 2011
One of the good things about difficult economic times is that IT organizations tend to get a lot more practical. In many instances, that practicality tends to reduce the temptation to reinvent the wheel. Continue Reading »
Enterprise Applications | Blog Post | Mike Vizard Wednesday, July 20, 2011
The problem with middleware these days is that it’s everywhere. It seems like every time that more than two applications need to be integrated, a piece of middleware has been deployed to handle the task. The trouble is that this has led to a lot of middleware sprawl because most of these middleware deployments are tactical, as opposed to being part of IT strategy. Continue Reading »
Enterprise Applications | Blog Post | Mike Vizard Wednesday, May 25, 2011
There’s nothing particularly new about having to integrate applications built using diverse programming models. What is changing is the venue where that integration is starting to take place. As cloud computing continues to evolve, it’s becoming pretty clear that IT organizations are going to have to start integrating applications outside the four walls of the data center. Continue Reading »
Enterprise Applications | Blog Post | Mike Vizard Friday, May 13, 2011
There are a multitude of new programming languages in the world these days, but most of them have a limited following among classic enterprise IT organizations. Continue Reading »
Enterprise Applications | Blog Post | Mike Vizard Friday, February 11, 2011
While the theory of hybrid cloud computing is generally well-accepted, making it a reality is a whole other matter. One of the leading theories of the day is that by managing application workloads across virtual machine environments, IT organizations will be able to manage hybrid cloud computing. Continue Reading »
