My favorite type of onsite meetings are those where I help to solve a major problem. A couple of days ago I was visiting a large online gaming company. Most of what they do revolves around a web-based ...

The server-side architecture of an application can have a significant impact on how well the application performs. I’ve seen examples where an application server had to make queries against a database ...

We previously reported on a broad range of issues that can be caused by using the System Migration function to move from a PowerPC-based Mac OS X system to an Intel-based Mac OS X system [see articles ...

Legacy applications are one of the most difficult issues to face within IT. A rip-and-replace approach is expensive, difficult to cost-justify and tends to interrupt business. Meanwhile, the legacy ...

Site lets students apply to multiple schools at once More than 500 schools accept the application Site%27s glitches prompted some schools to delay deadlines WASHINGTON — Computer problems have plagued ...

Cloud-based applications have revolutionized the way we do business: they make doing business more convenient for customers and more efficient for companies. Yet, cloud-based service applications may ...

When IT professionals think about IT infrastructure, they conjure images of routers, switches, WANs, disk arrays and lots and lots of end points. When end users think about IT, they imagine their ...

The endless catalog of IT failure rests on a foundation of poor judgment, inadequate communication across business groups and information silos, and conflicting agendas. Most of my blogging discusses ...