Data Center

Is the relational database model dead?

Are vendor claims that big data, IoT and NoSQL killed RDBMS credible? Nothing is that simple in the enterprise data center.

Oracle is gunning for AWS with new infrastructure offering

"Amazon's lead is over," Larry Ellison proclaimed at Oracle OpenWorld

Bank of England wants next payment system to be blockchain-ready

The bank is inviting comments on the roll of distributed ledgers in its next-generation real-time gross settlement system.

As Dell and HPE revamp, Lenovo sets sights on enterprise cloud servers

Lenovo plans to build converged and custom servers for on-premise and off-premise cloud installations

Federal CISO’s define greatest challenges to authority

GAO report: CISO’s say competing priorities, money, hiring are among their greatest challenges

Clinton dodges H-1B question, but Trump wants changes

But both candidates support improving immigration opportunities for foreign students who graduate from U.S. schools

The need for software archaeology

What a vendor says is new and worth your consideration isn't necessarily true—especially if that vendor doesn't know its IT history

Digital transformation boosts captive offshore center growth

As enterprise demand for digital transformation grows, expect to see more global in-house centers.

Project management: To debrief or not to debrief

If you're a project manager or part of a project team, you know all about the hurried pace of this field. Once projects near their close, is debriefing useful or a waste of time?

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