Chris Nerney

Six months ago I figured jobs outsourcing would play a larger role than it has in this year’s presidential election. It’s certainly a major issue — especially for Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry as he campaigns in economically hard-hit battleground states such as Ohio and Pennsylvania. But, overall, the topic has received less attention than […]

Last year’s Datamation Product of the Year Awards served as an enterprise coming-out party for Linux, with Red Hat scoring a landslide win in the Network & Systems Management category. This year’s awards feature another Linux winner in that category, Mandrake Linux. But the brightest stars in the enterprise firmament, according to Datamation voters, are […]

In the weeks and months following 9/11, I thought morale in the U.S. IT industry couldn’t get any worse. Already reeling from the dot-com implosion, an incipient recession and a seemingly ceaseless wave of layoffs, American IT workers shared in the shock and horror of an unprecedented, deadly terrorist attack. Now, nearly 18 months later, […]

In a continuing effort to provide IT managers with information that helps them do their jobs, EarthWeb has added Datamation Product Watch (DPW) to its network of IT Management sites. Formerly Internet Product Watch, DPW is a resource for getting and providing information about IT-related computer hardware and software. We ask for, and use your […]

Four years, millions of dollars in legal fees and countless court documents have passed since the U.S. Department of Justice launched its antitrust case against Microsoft. In the wake of Friday’s court ruling affirming a settlement between the software giant and the DOJ, it’s fair to say that this arduous process has brought one major […]

Security never is far from the thoughts of vigilant IT professionals. But even the most hardened veteran of the tech wars must be shell-shocked by the torrent of hacker attacks, viruses, worms and other threats to corporate networks and the Internet making headlines this year. Keeping these increasingly prevalent (and malevolent) security threats from disrupting […]

The U.S. Department of Energy will be running the most powerful Linux computer in the world early next year, if all goes according to plan. Hewlett-Packard announced this week it has won a contract with the federal energy department to build a $24.5 million supercomputer for its Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) that will run […]

“Hit ’em Where It Hurts,” CIO.com, By Jon Surmacz, June 27. CIN Spin: The economic downturn is whacking CIOs where it hurts most – in the wallet. For chief information officers, the cutback in IT spending has meant more than smaller staffs and shrinking budgets, according to a CIO.com story based on a recent Janco […]