As adoption of Service Oriented Architectures increase, it is highly unlikely the majority of IT organizations will only have one vendor’s database to manage. In reports from Industry Analysts, it has been reported that a majority of IT organizations already have at least two or more database vendors...

Consolidation of systems and process standardization is enabling IT to deliver greater services and higher availability to the business. Many companies, even those with limited budgets, are now reviewing new technologies and willing to invest if it enables more effective and efficient process standardization...

Call me an enthusiastic mainframe nerd. It’s time for me to admit it. After all, I’ve been working on mainframes for 20 years, and for the number one mainframe ISV for ten of those years. And, I expect the mainframe to be a significant part of the rest of my career – which, by the way, I plan to last...