Research: Cloud Optimization
03/31/09

As an inhibitor to cloud adoption, sluggish performance is second only to security concerns. Fortunately, there are steps IT can take to give users th...

Informed CIO: Storage Automation
08/01/09

Our InformationWeek Analytics Informed CIO series arms business technology chiefs with the questions they must ask before dropping big bucks. In th...

Research: Choosing a Smartphone
11/30/08

Apple iPhones are seeking business cred as RIM Blackberrys gain shiny consumer flash. Meanwhile, Microsoft is looking to extend its OS dominance to...

Research: SOA vs. WOA
02/27/09

We polled readers to assess whether SOA has simply hit an economy-induced bump in the road or is, instead, at a significant crossroads. In this rep...

Research: Government IT Priorities
04/30/09   |       

Agency tech chiefs are under the gun to meet challenges in cyber security, green IT, business intelligence, the IPv6 transition and other initiativ...

Research: WAN Optimization
11/01/08

Do your employees, partners, and customers have the slow-app blues? While WAN optimization can rev up your traffic, you need to choose products wis...

Research: Virtualization and Business Realities
12/01/08   |       

While technical decision makers manage the application infrastructure, it’s line-of-business managers and corporate executives who must sign ...

Best Practices: Application Performance
05/01/09

Unless business processes are seriously disrupted, IT generally just puts up with sluggish apps. So what if it takes a salesperson a few extra seco...

Research: Business Process Outsourcing
06/30/08   |       

Most companies turn to BPO for cost savings, but a notable minority see it as a tool for strategic change. Here’s where BPO is moving in its ...

Research: APM Deployment Options
09/30/10   |       

This report drills into APM architectures and provides guidance for optimal deployment.

Research: BC/DR and the Cloud
11/11/11   |       

These days, automatically replicating and archiving data to an offsite provider is as simple as plugging in a network storage appliance and filling...

Strategy: Calculating APM Costs
12/16/10   |       

Application performance management products are essential for monitoring and troubleshooting critical apps. They‘re also very expensive. This...

Research: 2011 State of Cloud
01/14/11   |       

Our 2011 cloud computing survey shows healthy growth in use of these services. But are IT teams neglecting their bread-and-butter fundamentals? In ...

Strategy: Optimizing App Performance in Virtualized Environments
02/28/11

Virtualization can hide performance issues from traditional tools. We provide guidelines to help you understand the hurdles that virtualization put...

Strategy: Cloud Security
04/07/11

Security concerns give many companies pause as they consider migrating portions of their IT operations to cloud-based services. But you can stay sa...