Configuration Management Event
The Configuration Management System is a fundamental enabler for good IT governance.
The Data-Centric World
As "the world of things" evolves, we need a new way of looking at "systems of systems" that can cope
The need for Software Tagging
Discovering the software your company uses is a vital part of Software Asset Management, but it's not as simple as you might think.
The death of applications?
An "application focus" is an IT focus. What the business needs is a focus on "business outcomes" and there are signs of this starting to happen.
That old spectre: proprietary systems lock-in
The possibility of vendor lock-in, of building tomorrow's disfunctional legacy today, is a risk to worry about, but not to excess...
PowerDesigner 15 Launch Seminar
Event Agenda 09:00 - 09:30 - Registration & Coffee 09:30 - 10:15 - Modeling, Where It's Going and Why It Matters David Norfolk, Development Practice Leader, Bloor Research David Norfolk looks at why modeling is increasing in importance outside of…
Multicore – another IT Crisis
Parallel processing on multicore computers is more energy efficient, which is becoming important. However, not all programs are designed to run in parallel and not all programmers can "think parallel"
SOA Innovation and Metrics
SOA governance is essential to the successful introduction of SOA - and an important part of this will be agreeing on innovative service metrics.
Oracle UK User Group Conference 2007.
We think an active User Group is an important part of the community around enterprise software. We take a look at one, the UKOUG, and its 2007 survey of its Oracle customers.
IT Entrepreneurs
Perhaps the entrpreneurs involved in startups have a different view of IT than extablished companies do. That, at least, is the impression we got from Sun at the launch of its Startup Essentials program.