Lynn Haber

Mustang Engineering found that growth had a downside: higher storage costs and growing manageability problems. “As we continued to grow as a company, managing the servers and data was getting more difficult, and everything we needed to do took too much more time,” says Chris Johnson, network administrator at Houston-based Mustang, an international engineering firm […]

With demand for IT talent finally catching up with supply, companies can expect to pay more for help in the coming year. 2006 is looking good for IT professionals. Business confidence is prompting new technology spending which, in turn, is expected to translate into increased hiring and salaries. The slight increase in compensation and hiring […]

When it comes to data security, CNL Financial Group, one of the country’s largest private real estate investment and development companies, wants to be a leader in its industry. To meet that objective, CNL recently deployed a storage security appliance from Decru Inc. for encrypted tape backup. ”Privacy and confidentiality of our customer data is […]

It was a tight race to the finish, but SAS Institute’s IT Service Level Management product squeaked ahead of its closest competitor to capture the first place finish in Datamation’s 2005 Product of the Year category for Network and Systems Management Software. Giving the winner a run for its money was SystemAnalyzer from eIQnetworks Inc., […]

For Datamation readers, the choice was clear: Garnering twice as many votes as its closest competitor, SAS Institute’s Credit Risk Management software was voted first place winner in the Compliance category for our annual Product of the Year competition. Readers voted Cognos Controller from Cognos Inc., the number two product in the Compliance category, while […]

Miss the boat on the next wave in information security and you’re likely to sink the corporate ship. Reducing the business risk that results when data leaves the enterprise network should be on the radar screen of every administrator, according to industry watchers. ”Information security, or the lack thereof, affects the reputation, reliability and trustworthiness […]

The business imperative for electronic communication, both inside and outside of the corporate walls, with business customers and partners, continues to drive network managers to find the best building blocks for network infrastructure. It’s no surprise, then, that in the Product of the Year 2001 category of Network Infrastructure, readers rallied around a handful of […]

When it comes to purchasing network and systems software, value — namely savings and ROI — is the top priority for Datamation readers. With the bottom line in mind, readers gave a big thumbs up to Linux, the maturing system software that increasingly is gaining support among enterprise customers. They gave first place in the […]

The Storage Service Provider (SSP) market may be getting its share of bumps and bruises, but the pay-as-you-go model is a good match for some enterprises — especially those pursuing new business opportunities and needing to focus on core competencies while limiting capital spending. A case in point is ChartOne Inc., an 18-year-old company that […]

Since the Telecommunications Act of 1996, many players who jumped into the new market to challenge the existing phone companies and regional Ma Bell monopolies — called the Competitive Local Exchange Carrier, or CLEC (SEE-lek) market — have come and gone. You can attribute some fluctuation to the natural evolution of the telecommunications market. In […]