IT Managers

WHITE PAPER: What skills do you need to be a good manager? How does leadership differ from management? Get answers to these fundamental questions and relate the core skills of management to each other and to the art of leadership in this white paper. Find out how to delegate, negotiate, motivate, lead and more.

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 | Published: 06 Dec 2011

ESSENTIAL GUIDE: This paper from Kurt Salmon identifies the common inhibitors to innovation and how to overcome them, and sets out some important principles that can help organizations establish innovation more firmly within their normal operations.

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 | Published: 16 Nov 2011

ANALYST BRIEF: This report from Gartner describes six distinctly different styles of "money-making CIO" that are likely to evolve between 2011 and 2020.

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 | Published: 24 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: IT managers that fail to embrace on-demand services will hold back the organisation they are supposed to be supporting. Such services can save costs within IT, as well as provide new capabilities to the business that have previously been unavailable or unaffordable.

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 | Published: 29 Jul 2010

WHITE PAPER: Meeting room technology problems are a genuine and largely ignored burden on large British organisations - a single IT manager is called upon to solve 447.2 incidents a year per company.

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 | Published: 28 Jul 2010

WHITE PAPER: Most organisations had mandates in 2008 and 2009 to freeze or reduce spending on network services to match overall revenue performance, yet end-user requirements for mobility, video and cloud grew.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 02 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: This is the third Snapshot survey from the Computer Weekly IT Opinion Panel which provides an exclusive insight into the perception of IT from the perspective of the Board, end users and IT professionals themselves.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 10 Aug 2010

WHITE PAPER: The CIO needs to ensure that the IT function is in a position to help the organization benefit from opportunities that present themselves, creating a flexible IT environment that can exploit existing and emerging technologies to best advantage.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: Servers are the workhorse of the modern business, and as IT demands increase, so your server technology needs to be able to grow and scale cost-effectively to meet future requirements.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 19 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: Choosing the right ERP solution for your manufacturing operations is a very important decision, one that you will be forced to live with for years to come. Learn the key elements that need to be evaluated.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 19 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: Computing infrastructure today is highly versatile and this has many benefits for businesses. Unfortunately, it also has downsides; use that infrastructure unintelligently and costs can get out of control.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 05 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: Data will be at the heart of decision-making as companies return to growth and the public sector looks for greater efficiency.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 05 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: Gone are the days of cramming everyone into a stuffy conference room to work on a project. Today's mobile, dispersed workforce collaborates across distances.This white paper addresses the issues and challenges surrounding remote collaboration, exploring just how to succeed in this new world of work.

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 | Published: 16 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Examining results from a recently commissioned a survey of 2,318 respondents, this brief looks at the benefits of using audio conferencing combined Web conferencing to optimize team communication.

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 | Published: 06 Jan 2009

EGUIDE: Research shows that disconnects exist between business intelligence (BI) investments and the value derived. Inside this exclusive, expert resource, find out how to make the most out of a BI implementation by aligning IT and business goals.

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 | Published: 30 Dec 2011

WHITE PAPER: How does your company compare to others when it comes to making smart business decisions? Read this paper on the survey of about 200 senior executives and CIOs from across industries to learn where you are ahead or behind your competitors in data-driven decision-making.

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 | Published: 15 Nov 2011

EGUIDE: This expert resource from our editors investigates which skills are needed to ensure successful cloud management, including financial literacy and process management knowledge. In addition, discover what’s going on in the battle for data center hardware with the emergence of converged infrastructures.

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 | Published: 13 Sep 2011

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, we take an in-depth look at HP's strategic shake-up, and ask what it means for the supplier's customers and the UK IT industry as a whole. We also discuss a major research study into why IT projects go wrong, and start our latest Buyer's Guide, about business intelligence. Download the new issue now.

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 | Published: 06 Sep 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper highlights the areas where companies can see improvement after implementing cloud computing and offers detailed guidance to help IT prepare for this new IT model.

Posted: 22 Aug 2011 | Published: 22 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the role of a command center in helping companies monitor and manage individual technologies and explains why a service-oriented approach is essential.

Posted: 22 Aug 2011 | Published: 22 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides insight into the relationship between service management and performance. Discover the key attributes of service excellence and the results you can achieve by implementing a lifecycle-based approach.

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 | Published: 11 Aug 2011

EGUIDE: This expert e-guide from SearchDataCenter.com is designed to help IT pros maintain efficiency without compromising service quality. Gain insight into how change management can free up time while improving availability and explore ten considerations for implementing this essential process.

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 | Published: 05 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper will teach you five things to consider when managing your firewall, and will present you with real life examples of how these five things have helped other organizations improve their firewall management.

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 | Published: 08 Jun 2011

CASE STUDY: Download this case study to discover how a company transitioned to a service-oriented organization in a timely and cost-effective manner by implementing HP education, software tools and ITSM services.

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 | Published: 01 Jun 2011

EGUIDE: All IT organizations face the constant and sometimes contradictory struggle to improve both the efficiency and quality of the IT services they provide. In this e-guide from SearchDataCenter.com, our experts share 10 considerations to keep in mind when implementing change management processes.

Posted: 27 May 2011 | Published: 27 May 2011