Enterprise IT Consultant Views on Technologies and Trends:

April, 2011

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April 28, 2011  2:25 AM

Dynamic Scripting in CICS – brings best of both worlds



Posted by: Sasirekha R
CICS, cost saving, IBM, Java, Mainframe, script

Dynamic Scripting in CICS - brings best of both worlds The CICS Dynamic Scripting Feature Pack (optional product) seems to bring the best of both worlds - benefits of quickly developing scripted, Web 2.0 applications with simple and secured...

April 27, 2011  2:47 AM

Tweaking COBOL Compiler Options for Improved Performance



Posted by: Sasirekha R
COBOL, cost saving, IBM, Mainframe, performance

Tweaking COBOL Compiler Options for Improved Performance COBOL is still the most widely used language in mainframe - both for online transaction processing as well as massive batch processing. Even minor improvement of performance of repeatedly executing COBOL programs directly...


April 18, 2011  8:24 AM

Simplify Architecture Governance to derive value from Enterprise Architecture



Posted by: Sasirekha R
Enterprise, Enterprise Architecture, Governance

Simplify Architecture Governance to derive value from Enterprise Architecture As rightly pointed out by a Forrester report, "improving perception of EA" is the key challenge and the common goal of Enterprise Architects. While developing an...


April 11, 2011  12:20 AM

Japan Nuclear Radiation Impacts (nothing to do with IT!)



Posted by: Sasirekha R
Japan, Nuclear, Radiation

Japan Nuclear Radiation With the explosion in the 3rd reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power station, the fears of spread of nuclear radiation in Japan have increased. After effects of nuclear radiation remain for a long...


April 8, 2011  2:52 AM

Understanding Case Management, the next zing thing of BPM



Posted by: Sasirekha R
BPM, Case, DCM, Forrester, IBM, Process

Case Management, the next zing thing of BPM Traditional Business Process Management (BPM) focuses on activities, the order and sequencing of the activities to solve a problem - more like an imitation of mass production in a...


April 7, 2011  6:52 AM

Understanding Inline vs. post-processing de-duplication



Posted by: Sasirekha R
Compression, IBM, performance, Storage

Understanding Inline vs. post-processing de-duplication A major difference in de-duplication product offerings is related to when the de-duplication occurs: "In-line" (or "real-time" as the data...


April 7, 2011  5:08 AM

Data de-duplication, the hottest technology in storage



Posted by: Sasirekha R
Compression, cost saving, IBM

Data de-duplication, the hottest technology in storage Data de-duplication with its promise of reducing storage capacity of backup environment by 95% (according to Forrester) has become fully Mainstream with more than 84% of the Gartner...


April 6, 2011  7:45 AM

IPv6 – Domain Squatting, Hijacking and Phishing



Posted by: Sasirekha R
domain, hijacking, Internet, IPv6, phishing, squatting

IPv6 - Domain Squatting, Hijacking and Phishing IPv6, while having lots of advantages, can be expected to bring back the old problems of Domain squatting, Domain name hijacking and phishing. Domain Squatting (or Cybersquatting) is registering,...


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