Mark Vorholt is chief technology officer for dbaDIRECT. He can be reached at mvor@dbadirect.com.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Mainframe
December 19, 2007 Managed service providers specializing in managing mainframe computing are offering a way to avoid the headaches of keeping...

Surfing IT Infrastructure Management: Will the Third Wave Energize Your Company - or Engulf it?
April 6, 2007 While prior waves of outsourcing were based on asset shifting or global labor arbitrage, third-wave players base their...

Check Your "Tooth to Tail" Ratio for IT Resources: Core Trumps Critical in Evaluating Your Operations
January 19, 2007 Enterprises must find ways to extract resources from activities that offer no competitive distinction and reinvest them in the...

Rowboats, Sailboats and the Future of Database Management
May 25, 2001 Finding – and keeping – the next generation of database administrators won't be easy, but Vorholt explains how companies can...