Wayne Rash

The idea behind YouSendIt’s namesake technology is to make the chore of sending files, especially large or sensitive files, easier and safer than it would be just attaching the files to an e-mail. There are a lot of reasons for doing this, the most obvious is that many e-mail servers have limits on how large […]

If you ask any given group of executives what they’d really like in a business intelligence product, the wish list would look a lot like the description of Cosmic AC, the universe-spanning computer in Isaac Asimov’s classic short story, “The Last Question.” Cosmic AC contained all knowledge and could answer any question it was asked. […]

The first challenge of change management is that there’s no real agreement on what it means, so before you can embark on a change management project you must first decide what you mean by change. The second challenge of change management is that you must know what you intend to change and how you intend […]

It’s no surprise that interest in storage in the cloud has been rising: Storage in the cloud can be less expensive than storing data yourself, and it can be more scalable, more efficient and more secure. Of course, that assumes you do everything right. Done wrong, cloud-based storage will gain you little. Worse, it could […]

The recession case a long shadow on the tech landscape in 2009, but there were some bright spots. eWEEK Senior Writer Chris Preimesberger said virtualization technology is growing because of the demands for efficiency and for computing in the cloud. Senior Editor Jeff Burt agrees. “The recession has ramped up interest in virtualization faster than […]

The world of wireless communications changed, quietly, about two years ago. That was when the WiFi Alliance announced that it was issuing a draft of the 802.11n wireless standard that device makers could use until the final standard was released in 2009. Well, 2009 came and the standard was ratified (in September). 11n Wi-Fi is […]

When PC Week was launched in February 1984, pretty much everyone with an opinion agreed it was a bold move. Many of those same people added the word “foolhardy” to their analysis. Creating a magazine that was aimed at business readers, and yet focused on a single hardware platform-IBM PC-compatible computers-was a radical idea. But […]

By now you’ve heard so much about green IT that you’re likely tired of it. You already know that your operation can’t afford to replace its data center. In fact, your budget can’t support anything new that doesn’t have an immediate payoff. On the other hand, a dramatic cut in energy costs would help your […]

You’ve virtualized your servers, improved your hardware utilization, reduced your server administration costs and optimized your energy consumption. You’ve even moved part of your workload to the cloud, taking virtualization to the next level. You might even have virtualized some of your infrastructure to ease administrative burden. Now it’s time for your databases. Database virtualization […]

The buzz around cloud computing is intense, but that buzz rarely addresses the question of whether cloud computing is safe-or whether you can prove that it’s safe. “Is cloud computing ready for prime time?” asked Amy DeCarlo, principal analyst for managed IT services at Current Analysis. “I would say no. There’s not a lot of […]