Projects: Database Management

Watson At Work

Understanding the challenges and opportunities of adapting IBM's Watson computer technology for business.

Open Data Center Alliance Charts Future

Big users hope to influence the direction of technology and the marketplace.

Katrina Update: Tracking The Dead

Most storm victims have been identified but the software FEMA used to track and identify the dead is still lacking.

Digital Networking: Hannaford Bros. is a Cut Above

Retailers including the $3.4 billion supermarket chain are using consolidated, faster data networks to make key business decisions—such as how much ribeye to put out on a Wednesday.

Voice of Experience: Cruise Control

Why Nathan Myrold, systems administrator for Polaris Industries, needed to bring in the electricians.

IBM Blade Servers: Up and Running

IBM held 41.9% of the blade server market share in 2005. Customers explain why.

Hewlett-Packard Blade Servers: Cost Cutter

Dell Blade Servers: Making Better Connections

Dell's big draw: good prices for its blades, according to customers.

Blade Servers: Does Smaller Mean Better?

These boxes offer a compact, powerful alternative to traditional rack-mount servers. But they bring along a new set of concerns to address.

How Google Works

Google is more than just a leading search firm. It's a pioneer that may be defining information management for the next generation of Web-centric businesses.

New Federal Data-Protection Guidelines Unveiled

Following a series of seemingly nonstop theft-of-data problems from quite a few government agencies recently (Veterans Affairs, IRS, Agriculture, Federal Trade Commission and the Navy), the White House has given agencies 45 days to implement new safety pr

Technology: Can Information Lifecycle Management Add Value to Your Data?

The value of information changes over time, and information lifecycle management is designed helps companies take advantage of those changes. But integration woes remain.

Reality Check: Stressing Out Microsoft's SQL Server

Find out why First American Title CIO Larry Godec hasn't put his company's most critical database on Microsoft's SQL Server 2005 yet.

Primer: Virtual Servers

Virtual servers can improve efficiency in your data center by replacing lots of small servers with fewer, bigger, easier-to-manage machines.

Identifying the Dead: New Orleans Mortuary Response

With the bodies of 270 Hurricane Katrina victims lying unidentified in a morgue, a database intended to help medical examiners make IDs is coming up short.

 

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