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Andy Dornan covers mobility and personal technology. He joined InformationWeek in 2006, after eight years as a writer and editor at former CMP publications Data Comm., Network Magazine and IT Architect. A Neal Award winner and three-time finalist, he has also covered mobile technology for business magazines The Economist and Red Herring, and in two editions of his textbook.
Before joining Data Comm., Andy designed museum exhibits for the Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland. He once worked as a network technician at an IT training company, but found fixing computers too difficult and decided to write about them instead.
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LAN And SAN Unite
InformationWeek, May 16, 2008 Running SAN traffic over the LAN is a realistic proposition, but will this converged network be based on Ethernet, InfiniBand, or Fibre Channel? Enterprise Network Neutrality InformationWeek, May 16, 2008 Organizations that run private intranets will soon need to answer the same questions that face the public Internet. Vendors Mix Apps And Appliances InformationWeek, February 23, 2008 Riverbed uses virtualization to accelerate serve apps; Alcatel and HP partner on app-aware infrastructure Dawn Of The App Aware Network InformationWeek, February 16, 2008 Switch vendors want to sideline servers by making their devices smarter. Now IT must decide if this is a brave new world ... or a nightmare of lock-in and higher costs SOA's Perfect Mate? InformationWeek, February 02, 2008 Virtualization 2.0 will go beyond server consolidation, making applications more agile and scalable to fit a service-oriented architecture. Cisco Pitches Virtual Switches For Next-Gen Data Centers InformationWeek, January 28, 2008 Company sees new virtualization switch as heart of its Data Center 3.0 architecture. VMware Buys App Virtualization Specialist Thinstall InformationWeek, January 19, 2008 VMware joins Citrix, Microsoft, and a range of startups with application virtualization solutions. Martin Fowler Hones Agile Thinking InformationWeek, December 15, 2007 ThoughtWorks' chief scientist is agile development's chief evangelist. Socialtext Aims To Free The Wiki InformationWeek, December 15, 2007 CEO Lee is an "old collaborative software geek" looking for new ways to keep people connected. Windows Into a Parallel SOA Universe InformationWeek, December 08, 2007 Microsoft was an early promoter of Web services but let others take the lead with SOA. Now it's back, looking to converge SOA with BPM and dominate extranet integration. Software Licenses: Take Your Pick InformationWeek, December 01, 2007 Alternatives to conventional models of software pricing. End Of The Line For Licensing InformationWeek, December 01, 2007 Traditional software licensing models are being derailed by virtualization and multicore processors. So how much is this going to cost us? In Virtualization Race, Microsoft Unbundles In Bid To Catch Up InformationWeek, November 17, 2007 The newly dubbed Hyper-V Server can be licensed with or without Windows Server 2008 when they ship next year. Growing Pains: Can Web 2.0 Evolve Into An Enterprise Technology? InformationWeek, October 27, 2007 Wikis, mashups, social networking, and even Second Life can have a place in business, but they need to improve legacy interoperability--and IT needs to overcome its skepticism. Next Up For SOA: Convergence And Consolidation InformationWeek, September 30, 2007 A look at the future direction of SOA intermediary products and related market categories, including Web 2.0, business process management, and application front ends. IT Survival Guide: Underpinnings Are Key To Web 2.0 In The Workplace InformationWeek, September 29, 2007 These new technologies promote communication and collaboration, but they aren't all right for business. Here's what to watch for. Tech Road Map: Oasis Takes On Web Services Session Management InformationWeek, September 08, 2007 WS-Context bypasses lower-level protocols and proprietary technologies to share session data. Half-Baked or Mashed: Is Mixing Enterprise IT And The Internet A Recipe For Disaster? InformationWeek, September 08, 2007 Enterprise mashup tools are the long tail of SOA, letting ordinary employees build applications that aren't on IT's radar screen. But what about the risks? BEA Says No OS Necessary With WebLogic Server Virtual Edition InformationWeek, August 11, 2007 It aims to make SOA more flexible, running in a Java VM directly on top of a VMware hypervisor, without an operating system. Cisco Sticks Its Foot In The Data Center Door InformationWeek, July 28, 2007 New data center appliance houses network, server, and storage resources as virtual services. WS-* Security Standards: Too Much Of A Good Thing? InformationWeek, July 28, 2007 The foundations are complete, but the higher levels are still works in progress. SOA Security: One Treacherous Journey InformationWeek, July 28, 2007 Are you ready to deal with the risks of opening your service-oriented architecture to business partners? How Google Could Be Gearing For Compliance As A Service InformationWeek, July 14, 2007 The acquisition of Postini hints at possibilities beyond hosted e-mail. Impact Of Consumer Technology Hits Business World InformationWeek, March 13, 2006 Consumer technologies such as MP3 players, DVD drives, cell phones, and instant messaging are driving the innovation agenda. It's time for companies to stop ignoring or restricting personal tech and instead tap into that energy. Microsoft's Unveils Its Origami Ultra Mobile PC InformationWeek, March 13, 2006 But the new Tablet PC running Windows XP is less than revolutionary. Competing Wireless Standards Battle It Out InformationWeek, March 13, 2006 Wireless USB and CableFree USB vie for dominance in personal area networks. Wireless USB Vs. Cable-Free USB InformationWeek, March 09, 2006 Intel promotes its WiMedia wireless media standard for personal area networks at its developer forum. Office Wi-Fi May Catch Up To Home InformationWeek, February 27, 2006 Ultra Wideband Rivals Woo Bluetooth InformationWeek, February 23, 2006 Two competing technology standards offer connectivity at speeds high enough to replace USB connections for PDAs, BlackBerrys, and even monitors. Trusted Computing Standard Coming To The SAN--And The Sneakernet InformationWeek, February 15, 2006 Seagate has the first encrypted storage drive based on a new standard designed to make data breaches from stolen laptops less common. 'Trusted Network Connect' Puts Hardware Security Agent In Every PC InformationWeek, February 14, 2006 The technology provides hardware-based tools to allow network managers to ensure that PCs comply with security policies. |
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