IT management stories

The software solution that happily managed to guide you two years ago may not be quite so fast or powerful today.More

A kiwi software boss is in training to take on one of the world’s most well-known public sporting events, the ING New York City marathon.More

"UDT delivers the device-tracking and forensic history of an expensive switch port-tracking appliance at a much lower price point."More

In a disaster recovery situation, the ultimate goal is to maintain the availability of applications. More

Kinetics’ winning solution for Sistema Plastics involved a major makeover of its somewhat shaky server infrastructure.More

We’ve all experienced the frustration and inconvenience of the infamous ‘blue screen of death’.More

As it becomes the environment of choice, there are high expectations of what cloud computing can achieve.More

The cost of keeping customers waiting longer than 10 seconds rings bells with many CIOs.More

FileMaker is a rapid development (remember that) relational database tool.More

Following a string of dates in Australia, the Novell IT in Action tour will land in Wellington on August 17th.More

Digital signage has come an incredibly long way since it first came on the scene in the 1970s. More

Good, better, best. What should we really strive for in the world of IT?More

If you are looking at upgrading or are paying a lot in server support costs, it may pay to get pricing for a hosted server sooner rather than later.More

You should be able to find a version that does what you want, right? Wrong. More

“How with all these systems in place, did we mess up?” You ask.More

It’s not so long ago we had to change floppy discs halfway through saving the annual budget plan. More

There are going to be more and more cloud vendors starting to open their services to allow easy transition as the market becomes more mature. More

European officials have approved Oracle’s $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems.More

“What will my boss think if I tell him I can’t do it myself?” we ask ourselves.More

We need to rediscover what we’re good at (from an IT perspective), let go of the low-value, jack-of-all-trades approach and focus on a high-value, high-quality expertise.More

Recent changes to New Zealand’s copyright legislation have brought into the spotlight the need for businesses, as employers, to have a comprehensive IT compliance policy.More

As those in IT will know, there are a number of frameworks, processes and groups set up to pursue the somewhat elusive ‘best practice’.More

“Suppliers offering managed services or project outsourcing – backed up by a proven business model – can help solve some of the huge challenges CIOs face."More