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Nevada Power Co. was nearly left powerless on the IT front when its systems management software vendor, Candle Corp. in Santa Monica, Calif., lured away one of its key staffers. […]

Corporate trainers could soon get a chance to see how online training really affects business results. Docent, Inc. last week announced Internet-based training software that links course results with existing […]

There's a culprit lurking in every company that could be partly responsible for the labor shortage: poorly written software code. Although an indirect link, poor coding practices today can leave […]

Many struggling Internet-based job sites are remaking themselves in an effort to win back disillusioned recruiters, and not a moment too soon. Some observers are already calling this a make-or-break […]

Telecommuting has changed the way many companies work, and now it is starting to change how they hire employees. With the information technology labor shortage making some firms desperate, more […]

On the surface, SpeedServe, Inc.'s Web site looks like every other elec- tronic-commerce site around the world. But under the covers, it is hosted on gasp! a mainframe. World Wide […]

When competitive salaries and benefits aren't enough to attract scarce IT workers, some companies are prepared to create a positive work environment any way they can. The Lahey Hitchcock Clinic, […]

Cold temperatures are supposed to boost computer performance. But the massive ice storm that recently blasted parts of New York, New England, Quebec and Ontario put a freeze on many […]

A new internet service could give beleaguered managers breathing room to prepare their annual employee performance reviews. The effort typically can be plagued by a lack of time and consistency, […]

The state of Montana is putting a new face on its legacy human services applications that will help it slash budget requirements and reach out to more people seeking its […]

Amoco Corp. is counting on new Fibre Channel technology to help speed up its search for oil reserves in the Gulf of Mexico. The petroleum giant has installed a Fibre […]

As companies push Windows NT beyond departmental levels, storage vendors are following suit. Two new disk and tape products hit the street last week for users who want to consolidate […]

the federal government is using IBM's SP RS/6000 system to help clean up one of the last vestiges of the Cold War -- and give industry a leg up on […]

Here's the latest folk wisdom for IT staff: It is never too late to back up your data. Within a month of enlarging its central corporate backup archive in Philadel- […]

While PC users debate the latest Windows upgrade possibilities, mainframe shops can claim that they are on an even faster track. IBM is prepping Version 2, Release 5 of the […]

Almost unnoticed in IBM's promotion of its latest line of AS/400 machines is the fact that there is also a new version of the operating system on the streets. But […]

If you made a desperate trade during the stock market plunge late last month, you can probably thank middleware for getting that trade through. Even as stock markets were slammed […]

Tape storage is moving beyond backup. Users have long dumped corporate data over the wall from disk subsystems into tape archives. But faster technology is giving them a chance to […]

Although its mainframes and servers were finally in the same place, the moving had only just begun for AlliedSignal, Inc. Now, instead of moving physical systems and servers into one […]

IBM officials said AS/400 and RS/6000 shops will be the first to gain from Big Blue's development of copper-based semiconductors. The new copper process, which IBM announced last month, promises […]

Network technology is becoming as important as gigantic disk arrays in feeding users' voracious desire for more storage. And new Fibre Channel networking products are giving information systems staffers the […]

The mainframe has gone incognito. Instead of physically dominating the computer room these days, mainframe hardware vendors - makers of IBM S/390s and compatibles - are doing their best to […]

The best people to manage your client/server systems may come from the mainframe world. Although some companies are cutting back their use of mainframe systems or throwing them away, staff […]

On a typical day last week, 95,000 stock trades were made using the Internet. The online brokerages were happy because they made close to $2 million in commissions. The investors […]

IBM's AS/400 has always been known as a reliable performer. Now Big Blue wants the midrange system to be known for high performance. With last month's announcement of the new […]

Candle Corp. is trying to shed light into the crevices between middleware technologies. The benefit of middleware is that it moves data among different applications, but the problem is that […]

Norwest Mortgage, Inc. is betting its future on legacy applications. But the lending giant is using a combination of modern programming tools, including World Wide Web-to-host connectivity, Java applets and […]

Storage is becoming more than a box that sits in the corner. Instead, users are starting to turn to their storage vendors to manage many of their storage problems as […]

A group of users is challenging storage vendors to make corporate data as accessible as a phone's dial tone. The users, members of Share, Inc., a 2,200-strong large-systems user group […]

Bay Networks, Inc. recently joined other vendors scrambling to give LAN, intranet and Internet users easier access to mainframe applications and data. The Santa Clara, Calif., company is prepping the […]

Location location, location. Users are deciding that where their data warehouse's data is stored is as important as the database and tools that surround it. As a result, users who […]

Vendors are giving middleware a new objective. Spurred on by users who want to bolster their object-oriented applications with high-powered data messaging, vendors are starting to merge the two technologies […]

The National Association of Securities Dealers is making a seemingly small trade that could have a big impact. The parent organization of the Nasdaq Stock Market plans to move its […]

For some users, the mainframe is becoming the ultimate client/server machine. For example, Orange & Rockland Utilities, Inc. opted to keep running financial applications from Walker Interactive Systems, Inc. on […]

With the help of what some might view as a vintage system, Robert Mondavi Co. has expanded its business into the world of international trade. The Oakville, Calif., wine maker […]

Adrian Brown used a little white lie to solve his year 2000 problem. He tricked his mainframe into thinking it was 1969. And he estimates the move saved his small […]

Some of the most in-demand information technology staff in the industry work on a system that some people - particularly college students - don't even know exists. For the estimated […]

The data juggling act is beginning to get easier for storage managers. Users are starting to try out Amdahl Corp.'s Transparent Data Migration Facility (TDMF), mainframe software that letsusers move […]

Backing up is hard to do. At First Union National Bank, that means reining in data from an ever-growing herd of distributed servers. 'We don't really know which project is […]

Supercomputing centers better known for hashing out complex particle physics equations are starting to take a business focus that could help companies sift through enormous databases quickly. Businesses with a […]

Users caught in the tug-of-war between mainframe and client/server technology are finding relief in hybrid systems. The major application vendors, led by SAP AG, are moving their business process software […]

When bookserve.com's Windows NT Web server began crashing with only about 150 orders each day, the online bookseller knew it had to bet its World Wide Web-based business on something […]

Mainframe vendors are cranking up the high ends of their lines, but some users think smaller is better. Users testing a new breed of 'small mainframes' from IBM and Commercial […]

A slew of fast-growing business applications especially for electronic commerce, intranets and data warehousing are blowing the lids off the servers that run them. The surging application demands could mire […]

For some mainframe shops, it has come to a choice between nibbling away at a problem or blowing it out of the water. Great Western Bank went with the heavy […]

When your data center manages the movements of 2,000 trucks and 7,500 freight trailers across the country, half a day's downtime can mean thousands of wasted miles. That is a […]

It's all about power and money. This summer, a new breed of small, affordable mainframes will finally offer the processing punch and lower ownership costs needed to replace their aging […]

Anyone who flies knows how confusing and stressful it can be to find connecting flights and make it to the gate on time. Glenn Colville and his information systems staff […]

Software is becoming the next tool in the storage market's quest for its Holy Grail better data sharing among different computer platforms. But observers said the new offerings from high-end […]