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WHITE PAPER: Businesses, charities and local authorities are looking to cut their overheads by sharing their IT infrastructure, CIOs at Computer Weekly’s 500 Club heard last week.

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 | Published: 25 Oct 2011

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, we hear from Visa Europe CIO Steve Chambers on the technology behind the credit card transactions that retailers rely on. We examine the challenges facing the government's G-Cloud project; and we ask how Microsoft will cope when customers no longer want to purchase software licences. Download the new issue now.

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 | Published: 14 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn the many benefits of cloud computing as well as the 10 security concerns that need to be addressed when considering moving critical applications and sensitive data to public and shared cloud environments.

Posted: 17 Mar 2010 | Published: 17 Mar 2010

EGUIDE: Services are the building blocks of an ITSM strategy, but how does an enterprise begin to pick and choose the "right" services to manage or develop? Inside this e-guide, get the answer to this question and more. Gain expert insight into utilizing ITIL for continuous improvement in asset management, ITSM, and help desk operations.

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 | Published: 09 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: This quarters figures compiled by jobadswatch.co.uk show that during the fourth quarter of2010 the IT jobs market for permanent staff being recruited by retail organisations is up by5.1%.The growth indemand for IT staff in this sector shows 44.5% more vacancies being advertised than ayear ago.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: While the consensus around the benefits of ITIL is virtually universal, ITIL initiatives run the gamut – both in terms of costs and benefits. Learn how your service management platform can play a huge role in the degree to which you realize the potential benefits of ITIL in your organization.

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 | Published: 04 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Your IT department and your suppliers are at loggerheads. There is a culture of one-upmanship and awkwardness on both sides. It’s not quite war, but its getting there. What do you do?

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: This quarters figures compiled by jobadswatch.co.uk show that during the fourth quarter of 2010 the IT jobs market for permanent staff being recruited by software houses and consultancies is up by 8.1%. The growth in demand for IT staff in this sector shows 27.3% more vacancies being advertised than a year ago.

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 | Published: 24 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: To enable device-independent mobility (DIM) at Intel, Intel IT is considering implementing dynamic virtual client (DVC) technology, which uses containerized software appliances to abstract the OS; applications; corporate and personal data and workspaces; and user-specific settings.

Posted: 20 May 2010 | Published: 20 May 2010

EGUIDE: Virtualization management has evolved significantly as products mature and IT shops become more savvy. This expert buying guide explores third-party tools in five key areas of virtualization management. Gain insights on what you should consider, whether you're a first-time purchaser or looking to upgrade.

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 | Published: 10 Jan 2012

EBOOK: Midmarket organizations considering physical server upgrades must evaluate their environments, sift through offerings and integrate the servers with existing tools. This e-book will guide you through these complex efforts by covering three components: determining needs and requirements, understanding your options, and putting it all together.

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 | Published: 15 Jun 2010

EZINE: Though the private cloud seems to be the optimal cloud option, the road to it is by far the bumpiest. Building a private cloud for your organization requires much more than just the construction of the new infrastructure. Are you aware of all the steps you must take before you can begin? Gain expert advice on all things private cloud inside.

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 | Published: 25 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: The CRM buying process can be reduced to a set of 10 steps that will help you pare down the field of potential solutions to a few vendors who are the best fit. This guide will allow you to move through 10 sets of steps.

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 | Published: 12 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: Check out this white paper for 7 critical questions to ask before buying a VM protection product. Designed to help you through the evaluation process, this paper will help you understand your needs and make it easier to find a product that will fit them most effectively. Read on to learn more.

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 | Published: 31 Jan 2012

WEBCAST: EMA provides research and analysis of today's End User Experience (EUE) and Application Performance Management (APM) technologies along with a thoughtful presentation on the Top 10 Myths to dispel before purchasing any monitoring tool. Guest speakers include Julie Craig, EMA Research Director, and Trevor Matz, President and CEO of Aternity.

Posted: 04 Jan 2012 | Premiered: 04 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Take a look at the real value of cloud computing in this resource. Compare the costs of running an on-premise private cloud with the costs of choosing an IaaS or managed services model.

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 | Published: 18 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: IaaS adoption is skyrocketing. Discover 8 reasons why organizations are migrating to an IaaS environment, and the many benefits they stand to gain from cloud computing. Plus, learn about 4 considerations to keep in mind if your company is preparing to take the plunge.

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 | Published: 26 Jan 2012

EZINE: While private clouds have increased in popularity, many IT pros are still unsure about what this platform has to offer. Access this expert resource to review growing trends in cloud computing, along with the top challenges of a private cloud adoption. Discover what cloud computing can mean for your enterprise in the future.

Posted: 25 Jan 2012 | Published: 25 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Discover how you can leverage virtualization for more effective disaster recovery in your data center. Virtualized DR enables local availability within a single data center and promises to increase flexibility and responsiveness. However, there are various challenges associated with virtualized DR.

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 | Published: 18 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Nearly 95 percent of organisations buy, provide or both buy and provide outsourced services and functions, in which they face inherent risks created by new and unforeseen challenges.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Eucalyptus co-founder & CTO Rich Wolski discusses "Services as an Infrastructure" as a way in which enterprises can architect production cloud computing environments. Explore deployment strategies based on user experiences with private clouds in various enterprise settings and learn about likely future technological developments.

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 | Published: 12 Jan 2012

ESSENTIAL GUIDE: The Economist Intelligence Unit reviews changing expectations for technology and assesses their implications for  CIOs, the IT function and the business.

Posted: 09 Feb 2012 | Published: 09 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: It is well-known that eCommerce transactions require a level of trust between participants in that trust, in this context, gives each partner confidence that the other will fulfil his part of a bargain in the future.

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 | Published: 25 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: The Pillar Axiom 600 system delivers business-critical, deterministic Quality of Service consistent with the business value of the application and its data. It eliminates the requirement to overbuy and under-utilize storage to buffer against application interference in a multi-tenancy shared storage system. Read this white paper to learn more.

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 | Published: 02 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: E-commerce has gone from fringe to foundation. Now, businesses must tailor their customer serivce approach to the more complex "anytime, anywhere" customer with mobile device in hand. This white paper from Oracle details the "commerce anywhere" approach.

Posted: 26 Apr 2011 | Published: 26 Apr 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This presentation transcript of a webcast offers insight into reasons to run SAP in the Amazon Web Services Cloud for increased speed and additional cost savings. Read this now and learn about Amazon's cloud offerings, why some companies chose to shift to the cloud, how you only pay for usage, cloud security measures and so much more.

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 | Published: 30 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Differentiating customer experiences for online channels is an important deciding factor for loyalty and growth. This white paper discusses the primary considerations and options for delivering a unique online experience to satisfy all of your customer and stakeholder needs.

Posted: 25 Apr 2011 | Published: 25 Apr 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides an overview of the results of a Forrester Consulting survey on the total economic impact and potential return on investment of deploying click to call and click to chat solutions. Continue reading to learn about the evaluation methods, results and more.

Posted: 25 Apr 2011 | Published: 25 Apr 2011

WHITE PAPER: EquaTerra is pleased to offer to Computer Weekly readers a custom, European focused edition of the results from its 2Q10 EquaTerra global business and information technology (IT) services Pulse survey.

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 | Published: 24 Oct 2011

CASE STUDY: This case study explores how converged infrastructure solutions helped one organization deliver a cost-effective, virtualized Infrastructure-as-a-Service while increasing service scalability, flexibility, and reducing costs.

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 | Published: 08 Feb 2012

EGUIDE: In this expert e-guide, find out how you can evaluate cloud computing services to find the best fit for your company. Review critical factors to consider, such as cost, SLAs, APIs, security and more.

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 | Published: 11 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Delivering smarter security and more customized services are at the top of any IT agenda. Both would be easier and cheaper to achieve with a common infrastructure, in what we call an identity and context service. In this paper, we’ll address how such a shared service can serve these two very different IT initiatives.

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 | Published: 07 Apr 2011

EBOOK: This e-book contains discussion and debate around where procurement can and should be setting its sights for the year 2020 and beyond. The primary objective of this resource is to initiate a dialogue on the future of procurement and to create a road map for how to get there.

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 | Published: 09 Jan 2012

EGUIDE: Companies face complicated buying decisions whenit comes to buying host-based antimalware, starting with whether to purchase a protection suite, andwhat to include in that all-in-one package.

Posted: 16 Mar 2011 | Published: 16 Mar 2011