Drew Robb

Drew Robb is a contributing writer for Datamation, Enterprise Storage Forum, eSecurity Planet, Channel Insider, and eWeek. He has been reporting on all areas of IT for more than 25 years. He has a degree from the University of Strathclyde UK (USUK), and lives in the Tampa Bay area of Florida.

L.A. Story: Though Painful, ERP Project Has Happy Ending

When the City of Los Angeles decided to implement a PeopleSoft ERP/procurement throughout the city, it didn't bargain for the complaints, outright refusal to use the system...

The Trials of Migrating to a Web-Enabled Environment

These days, IT has evolved into a tangle of mainframe, mid-range and client/server systems. This confusing array of platforms, operating systems, applications, and databases adds a massive...

Russia Becoming IT Powerhouse

For many years, India has been the poster child of the offshore software development industry. Many of the Fortune 500 have been quietly beating a path to...

Consolidating Relational Databases

In these days of constant mergers and acquisitions, it's quite common for companies to find themselves operating two or more mission-critical relational databases. Though you...

Internal Security Breaches More Damaging

Medieval kings knew exactly how to ensure security. Just build a big stone wall around the city, surround that with a moat and make everyone enter over...

Ready for Big Iron Windows?

Having conquered the consumer desktop space, Microsoft has spent the last decade trying to muscle in on the enterprise market. With the release of Windows...

CA’s Growing Linux Apps Arsenal

While many major software vendors embrace a specific platform, Computer Associates, Inc. has focused on the middle ground -- breaking down the barriers between different platforms, managing...

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