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10 reasons to consider migrating to new server technology by ComputerWeekly.com
October 19, 2010 - Next-generation server technology offers significant benefits on older technology, promising to reduce costs, improve manageability and increase flexibility.
2011–2012 IT Budget Benchmarks by ComputerWeekly.com
November 21, 2011 - The Corporate Executive Board IT Budget Benchmarking Survey assess IT spending, staffing, and outsourcing levels at more than 175 organizations globally, representing roughly US$38 billion in IT spend. Download for the latest IT budget trends.
2012 Security Outlook by ComputerWeekly.com
February 24, 2012 - This report from the Corporate Executive Board, based on extensive research with Chief Information Security Officers, identifies the top 10 security imperatives for 2012.
2012 Trends to Watch: Storage by ComputerWeekly.com
February 09, 2012 - Ovum analyses data growth, big data, disk shortages, public cloud storage, flash memory, and other storage trends.
22 November 2011: Read the latest issue of the UK’s leading technology publication, where we analyse the latest technology news and what it means for IT managers. by ComputerWeekly.com
December 12, 2011 - In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the British Library about the enormous storage challenges of digitising its printed archive; we examine the state of the UK IT jobs market and the skills that are most in demand by employers; and we look at case studies of the best virtualisation projects. Download the new issue now.
3G Femtocell technology in the home by ComputerWeekly.com
November 10, 2010 - This White Paper aims to provide an understanding of femtocell technology.
4G mobile phone (LTE) opportunities for employers by ComputerWeekly.com
November 29, 2010 - This Whitepaper is based on Juniper Research’s August 2010 report entitled: “4G LTE Hardware Opportunities: Subscribers, End User Devices & Vendor Strategies 2010 – 2015”.
8 tips to ensure your server technology supports your business growth by ComputerWeekly.com
October 19, 2010 - 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.
CW Special Report on IBM by ComputerWeekly.com
April 10, 2012 - This special nine-page report from Computer Weekly analyses the challenges facing IBM, its financial performance, the services it offers.
CW Special Report on Microsoft by ComputerWeekly.com
November 24, 2010 - This special eight-page report from Computer Weekly analyses the challenges facing Microsoft, its financial performance, the services it offers, its place in the IT market and its future strategy.
Delivering on high cloud expectations by ComputerWeekly.com
March 10, 2012 - Many firms are now planning to run mission critical workloads on public cloud, according to this research from Forrester and BMC.
Gartner: Five trends that will affect your cloud strategy by ComputerWeekly.com
April 23, 2012 - Businesses need to keep a close eye on the evolution of cloud based services to avoid wasting money and missing out on business opportunities.
Guidebook: Oracle Cloud Services by ComputerWeekly.com
May 10, 2012 - This independent report from analysts, Nucleus Research offers a critical assessment of Oracle’s Cloud Services.
How social media drives business success by ComputerWeekly.com
May 21, 2012 - There is a growing recognition that rather than being a distraction or a time drain, social tools could hold the key to a more productive way of doing business, this report from Google argues.
Microsoft Convergence 2012 by ComputerWeekly.com
May 01, 2012 - Nucleus Research assesses Microsoft’s plans to extend and develop the Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform.
Accenture Technology Vision 2011 by ComputerWeekly.com
February 25, 2011 - Just as the U.S. space program could not have put a man on the moon using conventional aviation technology, IT leaders and business executives cannot use yesterday’s approaches to realize tomorrow’s objectives.
Accenture Technology Vision 2012 by ComputerWeekly.com
January 23, 2012 - Download this report from Accenture to discover the 6 IT technology trends that will impact CIOs in 2012.
Airline IT Trends Survey by ComputerWeekly.com
June 24, 2010 - For the 11th year in succession, the Airline IT Trends Survey tracks the key technology trends in the airline industry. It demonstrates the role that the survey’s global benchmarks play in underlining the importance of IT within the airline industry, while also stimulating debate in boardrooms worldwide about the way ahead.
Analyst Insight: Is There a Smart City Market? by ComputerWeekly.com
May 10, 2012 - The value of the IT market for smart cities globally is approximately $35bn, according to this in depth analysis from Ovum.
Analyst's take: IBM Cognos Express helps efficient adoption of BI and PM technology by ComputerWeekly.com
January 28, 2011 - Senior managers who have balked at the cost and complexity of adopting technology such as business intelligence (BI) and performance management (PM) should consider IBM Cognos Express as a way to adopt these technologies while minimizing time to benefit, deployment costs, and support costs.
Analyst's take: Kronos Workforce Central return on investment by ComputerWeekly.com
February 25, 2011 - Kronos Workforce Central enables companies to reduce payroll error, reduce human resources management time and cost, and increase employee productivity by providing a centralized system for managing all the facets of the employee lifecycle.The solution can also increase visibility into labor issues and costs for improved decision making.
Are you securing the right things? How to effectively secure your data by ComputerWeekly.com
October 13, 2010 - The idea of putting walls around the network is being replaced by a drive to understand what really needs to be secured and how to secure it. This paper examines the relative merits of the different approaches.
Back to the Future: The Hybrid Organisation: People by ComputerWeekly.com
June 15, 2010 - This ‘thought paper’ draws a parallel between young people in the 1960s and 1970s, the group that became known as the baby boomer generation and young people of today, often termed Generation Y or Digital Natives.
Booz CIO briefing: Web 2.0 - lead now or get out of the way by ComputerWeekly.com
March 10, 2011 - Web 2.0 and new media technologies, such as blogs, wikis, and social networks, are spreading rapidly through companies, often without IT's direct involvement. This report from Booz&Co argues that CIOs and their IT departments must take the lead in these emerging technologies.
Booz&Co: M-Commerce Comes of Age. Collaborate to Succeed by ComputerWeekly.com
October 07, 2011 - This perspective paper covers the forces that are driving the m-commerce market, the benefits available, and the kinds of business models and partnerships that are seeking to achieve that credible scale over time.
Briefing: Handheld PCs, smart phones and mobile payments. by ComputerWeekly.com
April 23, 2012 - The latest trends, market research and analysis, on handheld PCs, smartphones, and the mobile payment market from KPMG.
Building consumerised end-user services by ComputerWeekly.com
May 10, 2012 - This report extract from the Corporate Executive Board, presents key facts and figures on the take up of consumer technology in the workplace.
Building the business case for upgrading servers by ComputerWeekly.com
November 30, 2010 - With every major IT purchase expected to deliver a rapid payback in the current economic climate, it is vital to demonstrate in hard numbers the return on investment for upgrading servers when they are struggling to support the business. This report offers a guide to calculating the ROI for moving to the latest server technology.
Business leaders agenda 2012 by ComputerWeekly.com
March 16, 2012 - This report from KPMG identifies business priorities across a wide range of geographies and industries, and assesses the economic outlook.
Case study: Microsoft Dutch HQ glimpses the future by ComputerWeekly.com
June 30, 2010 - Microsoft has turned its Dutch headquarters into a radical experiment which the company believes could point the way to the future of the workplace. Its office at Schiphol airport has done away with dedicated desks and offices and it has given employees the freedom to chose where, when and how they work.
Closing the print security gap by ComputerWeekly.com
November 07, 2011 - This report provides an overview of the inherent risks when operating an insecure print environment and discusses the current market landscape while recommending some best practices for adopting an integrated information and print security strategy.
Cloud Computing for Business by ComputerWeekly.com
February 29, 2012 - This guide from the Open Group, offers advice on assessing how cloud fits into your IT organisation
Cloud: Scaling to succeed in new business models by ComputerWeekly.com
May 02, 2012 - High-tech companies face challenges keeping pace with new cloud-based business models, this study from Accenture reveals.
Computer Weekly - 1 May 2012: The technology behind the England football team by ComputerWeekly.com
May 01, 2012 - This week's Computer Weekly examines how the Football Association's IT director is using technology to help improve the prospects for the England national team. Our Buyer's Guide to government IT looks at the future of open source in the public sector and we report from Infosec 2012 on the rising number of cyber attacks. Read the issue now.
Computer Weekly - 13 March 2012: The economics of private cloud by ComputerWeekly.com
March 13, 2012 - This week’s Computer Weekly kicks off our Buyer's Guide to private cloud. It also contains our RSA conference coverage of the latest IT security trends and the future for Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative. And we discuss the role of apprenticeships in encouraging more young people to work in IT.
Computer Weekly - 15 May 2012: Overhauling banking IT by ComputerWeekly.com
May 15, 2012 - This week’s Computer Weekly contains an exclusive interview with JP Morgan COO India Gary-Martin about juggling multiple legacy IT systems while keeping the merchant bank compliant. We also look at how near-field communications technology promises to revolutionise consumer spending and we ask whether 2012 could be the year that APM becomes vital?
Computer Weekly - 17 April 2012: How to ensure smartphone security by ComputerWeekly.com
April 17, 2012 - This week’s Computer Weekly examines the growing threat from smartphones being targeted by hackers and viruses as the devices are increasingly used for work. Hospitality giant Mitchells & Butlers talks about its migration to the cloud and the CIO of Airbus discusses his IT priorities and how he spends €500m a year on IT.
Computer Weekly - 22 May 2012: Why Tesco is spending £150m online by ComputerWeekly.com
May 22, 2012 - This week’s Computer Weekly, we talk exclusively to Tesco CIO Mike McNamara about why the UK's biggest retailer is spending £150m on its online business. And, with the London 2012 Olympics only weeks away; we look at how IT testing is progressing.
Computer Weekly - 27 March 2012: What the Budget means for IT by ComputerWeekly.com
March 27, 2012 - This week’s Computer Weekly asks what chancellor George Osborne's Budget means for the UK IT community and if he can deliver his goal to make Britain "the technology centre of Europe". Also you'll find the final part of our private cloud Buyer's Guide and we examine the options for choosing the right WAN optimisation strategy.
Computer Weekly - 3 April 2012: Data security best practice by ComputerWeekly.com
April 03, 2012 - This week’s Computer Weekly kicks off our Buyer's Guide to data security by looking at the changing role of the IT security chief. We also examine why flexible working is proving so slow to roll out and we talk to the UK's air traffic control operator about its ambitious desktop virtualisation project.
Computer Weekly - 8 May 2012: The changing face of retail IT by ComputerWeekly.com
May 08, 2012 - In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look at the IT challenges facing retailers, as consumers turn increasingly to web and mobile shopping channels. Oracle president Mark Hurd talks about how the supplier intends to simplify IT infrastructures. And new government CIO Andy Nelson discusses how he plans to transform Whitehall IT. Read the issue now.
Computer Weekly buyers guide: Mobile technology by ComputerWeekly.com
March 15, 2011 - As CIOs face increasing demands from end-users for access to mobile technologies, organisations are realising that mobile technologies can create profitable business opportunities.
Computer Weekly Buyers' Guide: Cloud Computing by ComputerWeekly.com
January 19, 2011 - This seven-page Buyer’s Guide to Cloud Computing by Computer Weekly journalists details the kinds of cloud offering that CIOs and senior IT professionals will need to take into account as they plan future outsourcing, hosting and application strategies.
Computer Weekly – 20 March 2012: The open data revolution by ComputerWeekly.com
March 20, 2012 - In this week’s Computer Weekly, Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude talks about releasing government datasets to the public and why open data will drive the next industrial revolution. We also review the latest test version of Windows 8 and see how it shapes up for tablet computers and business users and much more.
Computer Weekly – 24 April 2012: Are CIOs earning credibility in the boardoom? by ComputerWeekly.com
April 24, 2012 - This week’s Computer Weekly examines research that suggests CEOs want to invest in IT more than ever, but still see CIOs as technical experts and not business people. We review SQL Server 2012 and ask if Microsoft's database software is catching its competitors as well as concluding our Buyer's Guide to data security.
Configuration Management for Virtual and Cloud Infrastructures by ComputerWeekly.com
January 19, 2011 - The top seven things to consider when managing configuration for virtual and cloud infrastructures.
Consumer technology in the enterprise - a Computer Weekly Buyer's Guide by ComputerWeekly.com
March 24, 2011 - The pressure to allow employees to use more of the technologies they have at home in the workplace has reached critical levels.
CW Buyer's Guide: Customer Relations (CRM) by ComputerWeekly.com
October 05, 2011 - This nine-page Buyer's Guide to Customer Relationsip Management (CRM) analyses the factors CIOs and senior IT professionals will need to consider as they plan their CRM strategies.
CW Buyer's Guide: Optimising networks for cloud computing and virtualisation by ComputerWeekly.com
May 05, 2012 - This six-page Computer Weekly Buyer's Guide to cloud networking highlights the factors CIOs and senior IT professionals need to consider as they plan their networking strategies.
CW+ Casio research: The meeting room marathon - a waste of corporate time ? by ComputerWeekly.com
July 28, 2010 - 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.
CW+ Exclusive EquaTerra research: Taking the pulse of the European outsourcing market by ComputerWeekly.com
July 15, 2010 - 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.
CW+ Gartner Research: The impact of cloud computing on suppliers in banking by ComputerWeekly.com
July 05, 2010 - Despite well-publicised concerns regarding security, compliance and data integration issues, banking institutions have begun embracing cloud computing across the services spectrum.
CW+ Open Group: Supporting requirements management in TOGAF by ComputerWeekly.com
October 08, 2010 - This White Paper discusses methodology and language support for requirements management in TOGAF.
CW+ Open Group: World-class enterprise architecture by ComputerWeekly.com
October 15, 2010 - This White Paper is intended to help organizations who are attempting to set up an enterprise architecture practice. It shows how organizations can use a modular, iterative, and incremental approach in order to develop an architectural capability that is otherwise a large and complex undertaking.
CW+ Quocirca report: Reducing complexity and cost in mobile deployments by ComputerWeekly.com
October 04, 2010 - The automation of traditional paper based processes with technology can lead to unnecessary complexity. This leads to increased costs and other challenges which can be avoided if solutions are simple and fit closely to the business task in hand.
CW+ Quocirca report: Standardised battlefield SOA by ComputerWeekly.com
September 09, 2010 - Enabling Network Centric Operations through the provision of inclusive, adaptive information networks in harsh and rapidly changing situations.
CW+: Analyst's take: Alfabet PlanningIT reaps rewards for decision makers by ComputerWeekly.com
January 10, 2011 - When organizations adopt Alfabet’s planningIT, decision makers have more knowledge about their operating environments and use this information to leverage existing assets and avoid unnecessary investments in software or development.
CW+: Architecture for deperimeterisation of IT security by ComputerWeekly.com
October 27, 2010 - De-perimeterisation is the term coined by the Jericho Forum to describe the erosion of thetraditional ‘secure’ perimeters, or ‘network boundaries’, as a mediators of trust and security.
CW+: Business opportunities in the North American mobile market by ComputerWeekly.com
December 16, 2010 - In May, 2010, Verizon Wireless told investors at Barclays Capital media and technology conference in New York that it expected to offer customers who signed up for its 4G services monthly “buckets” of data.
CW+: CW 500 Club – how to deal with disruptive technologies by ComputerWeekly.com
November 02, 2010 - The tough economic climate will accelerate businesses take-up of “disruptive technologies”, such as cloud computing and mobile working, CIOs at Computer Weekly’s 500 Club heard.
CW+: Developer Survey Report from Embarcadero Technologies by ComputerWeekly.com
August 10, 2010 - The Embarcadero Developer Survey was conducted throughout the months June and July 2010 and encompasses responses from a wide array of application developers worldwide. The purpose of the survey was to collect information about the top developer trends, challenges, key initiatives, and current tools being used.
CW+: How to build, secure, manage and measure IT workloads by ComputerWeekly.com
January 05, 2011 - 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.
CW+: How to manage device lifecycles by ComputerWeekly.com
November 09, 2010 - In a collaborative, de-perimeterised environment, if the device needs be trusted then the management of devices becomes critical when collaborating with another device, system or service.
CW+: How to use predictive modeling to run an effective technology platform by ComputerWeekly.com
January 05, 2011 - IT is moving from being a point of differentiation for an organisation towards becoming a point of constraint.
CW+: IDC Report - Enterprise disaster recovery for SMBs by ComputerWeekly.com
January 06, 2011 - Data protection and recovery are mature technologies today, and businesses of all shapes and sizes are busy protecting their data in any way they can.
CW+: Isle of Man rolls out Microsoft Windows 7 by ComputerWeekly.com
October 04, 2010 - ISD is responsible for more than just the raw technology. It plays an integral role in driving the Isle of Man government’s technology strategy, which encompasses everything from monitoring the speed of bikes during the TT races to providing cutting-edge e-services.
CW+: KPMG: Dynamic technologies for smarter government by ComputerWeekly.com
August 06, 2010 - The demands being placed on government in the 21st century are being driven by forces of change that are in many cases beyond its control.
CW+: Leverage memory technology to cut data centre power consumption by ComputerWeekly.com
December 28, 2010 - Within modern data centers, virtualization has become the means of choice when it comes tooperating efficient server infrastructures for cloud and enterprise computing. On an individualsystem level, this translates into a massive increase of DRAM deployments per server.
CW+: Mobile Voice over IP - opportunities and threats by ComputerWeekly.com
December 15, 2010 - Voice remains the most important element within the broader mobile telecoms market; however several threats exist to this mainstay of operator revenues. Indeed, the role that voice plays in the telecommunications ecosystem of the future will be very different from today owing to unprecedented structural, competitive and technology drivers.
CW+: MWD Strategic Insight: Understanding your requirements: online communities and team workspaces by ComputerWeekly.com
September 01, 2010 - An increasing number of organisations are considering how online communities and team workspaces can help them be more collaborative both internally and externally with customers and partners. If you’re thinking about, or have already started developing a strategy for an online community.
CW+: Online in the afterlife by ComputerWeekly.com
August 06, 2010 - There is no escaping technology – even in death. Technology is woven into now almost every part of ourlives and as a consequence is something we need to consider when preparing a will in the event of death.
CW+: Overview of the Open Group Security Forum by ComputerWeekly.com
October 19, 2010 - The Security Forum is a membership group of security experts from both the customer and supply sides of industry, government, and academia, who share a common aim to raise confidence levels in IT business operations.
CW+: Quocirca Report: A gift from IT to the business by ComputerWeekly.com
July 29, 2010 - 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.
CW+: Quocirca Report: Cloud Computing - Taking IT to task by ComputerWeekly.com
August 02, 2010 - Much of the discussion around modern IT still revolves around purely technical aspects of a given platform, leaving many business people in the dark as to what true value of a new technical architecture actually is.
CW+: Quocirca report: Communications technology – be prepared to be flexible by ComputerWeekly.com
August 12, 2010 - Communications needs for many organisations are changing rapidly. Internally, there are always new technologies appearing and changes in working styles to deal with but there is now, increasingly, the influence of more social and consumer choices affecting the officially deployed systems.
CW+: Quocirca report: Mobile application momentum – why write mobile applications? by ComputerWeekly.com
August 18, 2010 - With the seemingly un-wavering boom in sales of smart mobile handsets, the opportunity for developing and selling mobile applications more sophisticated than ringtones and games is ever more appealing.
CW+: Quocirca Report: Telecoms re-invention – death of the traditional telco by ComputerWeekly.com
August 03, 2010 - The communications provider landscape is evolving as the demand for data—in fixed locations and on the move—outstrips the still growing demand for voice communications.
CW+: Quocirca report: Valuable business connections – a review for SMEs by ComputerWeekly.com
August 25, 2010 - The average small business is becoming highly dependent on multiple forms of digital communications, but the technology choices are increasingly complex and come at a cost.
CW+: Quocirca report: Web retailing - keeping the orders flowing by ComputerWeekly.com
August 12, 2010 - Whether it is selling books, groceries, gadgets or tickets, the volume of orders being taken online continues to grow. Ensuring that customers receive a prompt and personal experience, whilst remaining assured about security, is essential to the ongoing success of online retail.
CW+: Quocirca report: You sent what ? by ComputerWeekly.com
August 16, 2010 - Electronically stored information is a key asset for any organisation, but it is often insufficiently cared for—as the numerous high profile data breaches reported in recent years demonstrate.
CW+: Special Report on Oracle by ComputerWeekly.com
December 14, 2010 - This has been a landmark year for Oracle, the technology company headed by the charismatic and staggeringly wealthy Larry Ellison. Ellison, who is 65, has been chief executive officer since he founded Oracle in June 1977. He was listed the sixth richest person in the world in 2010.
CW+: Special report on SAP by ComputerWeekly.com
December 15, 2010 - Enterprise resource leader, SAP founded in 1972, is facing the slow death of traditional on-premise ERP. Customers with shrinking IT budgets are opting to outsource more of their core business systems.
CW+: Special report on Symantec by ComputerWeekly.com
January 01, 2011 - Since it was formed in 1982, Symantec has become renowned for its security and data management products and its anti-virus exper tise. “Big Yellow”, as the company is known after its distinctive logo, is living proof that security is big business.
CW+: Special report: Next generation mobile broadband – the opportunities by ComputerWeekly.com
November 09, 2010 - This Special Report for readers of Computer Weekly is based on Juniper Research’s two reports on LTE
CW+: The state of IT project management in the UK by ComputerWeekly.com
October 12, 2010 - Project management performance is improving but the environment is increasingly challenging. This final report from the ComputerWeekly Project/Programme Management Survey details the state of the art and offers insights and recommendations for greater project success.
Equip technical staff with business expertise to get ahead by ComputerWeekly.com
December 03, 2010 - As outsourcing, global commerce and constantly improving technologycontinue to change the business world, specialized professionals like scientists,engineers and information technology (IT) workers are increasingly beingasked to take on more business-oriented tasks.
Euro crisis: Key questions CEOs and CIOs should ask each other by ComputerWeekly.com
April 02, 2012 - With a potential economic crisis looming in the Eurozone, Gartner offers a checklist of questions that CIOs and CEOs should ask each other.
European cross-border e-commerce by ComputerWeekly.com
January 17, 2012 - European consumers' growing use digital channels as part of their shopping experience is driving retailers’ focus on delivering efficient online, cross-border operations in Europe, this research report from Accenture reveals.
Expert guide: How to design job roles and plan careers structures in the IT department by ComputerWeekly.com
November 23, 2010 - Somewhere between our in-depth consultants’ guides and our short AnalystNotes that discuss specific aspects of IT careers, there is a need for an up-to-dateoverview of IT career structures. This is it.
Financial services must gain speed and go mobile to satisfy customers by ComputerWeekly.com
January 19, 2011 - This nine-page Buyer’s Guide to Financial Services IT assesses the implications and challenges facing CIOs and senior IT professionals.
Five reasons growing SMEs cannot ignore the cloud by ComputerWeekly.com
February 16, 2011 - When a growing business cannot justify developing its in-house IT department, the cloud can deliver pay-as-you-go, access to skilled staff and flexibility. But can SME business leaders trust the cloud with security and standardisation?
G-Cloud Report: G-Cloud Programme - Strategic Outline Case by ComputerWeekly.com
February 07, 2011 - This Strategic Outline Business Case sets out the opportunity to reduce costs and enhance flexibility of centralised ICT services, covering both information services delivered to citizens and staff, and the underpinning technical and physical Data Centre infrastructure.
Gartner: Attachmate's acquisition of Novell – what does it mean for Novell customers? by ComputerWeekly.com
February 08, 2011 - On 22 November 2010, Attachmate, a privately held software company based in Houston, announced that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Waltham, Massachusetts-based technology provider Novell.
Gartner: Best practices in virtualisation by ComputerWeekly.com
March 09, 2012 - Philip Dawson, Gartner VP offers best practice advice for organisations looking to virtualise their IT infrastructure.
Gartner: Decide now if you will become a money-making CIO by ComputerWeekly.com
January 24, 2011 - This report from Gartner describes six distinctly different styles of "money-making CIO" that are likely to evolve between 2011 and 2020.
Gartner: Deploying iPads on the corporate network by ComputerWeekly.com
March 16, 2012 - Tim Zimmerman, Gartner research director offers some practical advice to organisations wanted to use iPads on their corporate wireless networks.
Gartner: How to bridge the gap between business and social apps by ComputerWeekly.com
November 02, 2010 - The promise of creating value by harnessing collective activities is attractingorganisations to technology that connects employees, engages customers and partners inconversation, or boosts their R&D through crowdsourcing initiatives.
Gartner: Installing telepresence to the home - are you ready ? by ComputerWeekly.com
February 02, 2011 - The growth in enterprise telepresence, projected to reach nearly 25,000 units globally by 2013, has been largely fueled by sponsorship from executives and the use of the telepresence by senior business leaders.
Gartner: Reducing storage costs by ComputerWeekly.com
March 16, 2012 - Gartner research director, Valdis Filks, offers tips to help businesses get to grips with escalating storage costs.
Global lessons in eHealth implementation by ComputerWeekly.com
April 02, 2012 - This report from KPMG, packed with case studies, looks at the drivers for innovation in e-health.
Going public? The case for private or public clouds to support enterprise IT strategy by ComputerWeekly.com
December 14, 2010 - The rapid growth of public cloud providers offering services present an obvious opportunity for IT managers looking for flexibility without excess spending. In this report, we examine the relative merits of public and private cloud services, and help IT managers to identify when is best to use each to support their IT strategy.
Grant Thornton Focus on Technology by ComputerWeekly.com
March 24, 2011 - The Grant Thornton International Business Report(IBR) 2010 reveals that privately held businesses(PHBs) in the technology sector are one of the mostconfident about their economic prospects for theyear; a balance1of +40 per cent are optimistic thisyear.
Guide to building an optimised and cost-effective datacentre strategy by ComputerWeekly.com
January 18, 2011 - The datacentre is increasingly the focus for the need to deliver greater value from IT at lower cost. The challenge for IT managers is to improve operational efficiency and deliver availability and scalability, but to do so with fewer resources.
Harvey Nash CIO Survey 2012 by ComputerWeekly.com
May 14, 2012 - CIOs are more confident of securing technology budget increases than at any time in the last five years, according to the CIO Technology Survey 2012.
Harvey Nash CIO Survey: New Decade, New Opportunies? by ComputerWeekly.com
April 01, 2010 - In this year’s report you will be able to see analysis presented on a global basis, compare trends across continents and explore country-by-country overviews. The results show that the CIO community is wrestling with significant pressures as the Great Recession fades into history and a new decade, with a new competitive landscape, emerges.
How IT can work with the gadget-conscious Generation Y by ComputerWeekly.com
October 13, 2010 - Generation Y is rapidly entering the workforce, bringing with it the most technology-literate set of workers ever employed. They don’t want to be locked down and restricted – they want flexibility and the freedom to use their own devices and familiar social tools in their jobs. That presents a whole new set of risk management challenges.
How technology, media and telecoms companies can win the confidence of investors by ComputerWeekly.com
April 05, 2012 - Deloitte looks at the impact leadership has on company performance in the techonology media and telecoms sectors.
How to control abuse of social networking on mobile devices by ComputerWeekly.com
November 25, 2010 - The numbers of employees using some form of mobile technology while working has soared. The benefits to the organisation are well documented; employees are more contactable, will probably extend their working days and should be more productive.
How to create inherently secure communications by ComputerWeekly.com
November 10, 2010 - In earlier times, if an enterprise presumed it had control over its network, and if it had few external connections or communication, it was feasible that the connections between operational computers probably were not an unacceptable risk.
How to embed innovation in the corporate culture by ComputerWeekly.com
November 16, 2011 - 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.
How to handle requirements for risk assessment methodologies by ComputerWeekly.com
November 25, 2010 - Over time, the information security/risk management profession has developed a variety of methods for assessing risk within an organization.
How to make the business case for de-perimeterisation by ComputerWeekly.com
November 09, 2010 - Computing history can be defined in terms of increasing connectivity over time, starting fromno connectivity and developing to the restricted connectivity we currently have today, withislands of corporate connectivity behind their managed perimeter.
How to manage a mobile phone fleet by ComputerWeekly.com
November 24, 2010 - The expectations, working methods and tools used by employees in all organisations have changed as a result of advances in communications technologies.
How to manage emerging technology in IT by ComputerWeekly.com
February 10, 2011 - Different Emerging Information Technologies (EIT) have different impacts upon a business. Some EIT should be used as technical tools for supporting business to make business more efficient or effective; othersshould be used as strategic tools for leading, not merely supporting, a business to make a difference.
How to manage the enterprise lifecycle by ComputerWeekly.com
November 09, 2010 - We readily recognise a number of the important Lifecycle Management (LM) processes involving Information - there is Information or Document LM, Device LM, even People LM.
How to tackle Enterprise Information Protection & Control by ComputerWeekly.com
November 09, 2010 - Information protection needs to cover all data, from word processing documents to datawithin databases and executable code. It covers enterprise and personal data and is not justconfined to protecting entertainment media, which tends to be generically referred to as“Digital Rights Management” (DRM).
How to tackle information access policy management by ComputerWeekly.com
November 09, 2010 - The Jericho Forum has been described in a crude way as ‘those people who want to get rid offirewalls’. That’s not strictly accurate – Jericho believes that protection should be appliedclose to data (JFC#1, JFC#9)1, and that firewalls should just be ‘quality of serviceseparators’.
How to tackle information classification by ComputerWeekly.com
November 09, 2010 - The aim of this paper is to demonstrate how information classification can be used to enhance security within a Collaboration Oriented Architecture.
How to tackle information lifecycle management by ComputerWeekly.com
November 09, 2010 - Many information assets within an organisation have an associated value relative to thebusiness impact of an incident or threat that affects the confidentiality, availability,authenticity or availability of the information.
How to tackle IT audit and compliance by ComputerWeekly.com
November 09, 2010 - IT audit is about the formal verification and validation of the quality and effectiveness of ITcontrols to support the overall business control objectives. From a security controlperspective the residual IT security risks are relatively well understood in a networkperimeter protected environment.
How to tackle risk lifecycle management by ComputerWeekly.com
November 10, 2010 - The Jericho Forum’s Collaboration Oriented Architectures (COA) enable enterprises that build COAcompliant architectures to operate in a secure and reliable manner.
How to tackle trust and co-operation by ComputerWeekly.com
November 10, 2010 - 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.
How to tackle trust management and business impact levels by ComputerWeekly.com
November 10, 2010 - Back in the time when businesses were predominantly “local” and to a large extent insulated from each others operations, it really didn’t matter very much how we defined the Business Impact of Information Risks, for we knew what we meant in each business and we didn’t have much need to share that meaning with others.
How to tackle trust management: Impact sensitivity categorisation by ComputerWeekly.com
November 09, 2010 - Information must be classified using an appropriate Classification Scheme as defined in the Jericho Forum’s Information Classification2 position paper.
How to use Collaboration Oriented Architectures by ComputerWeekly.com
November 10, 2010 - Collaboration Oriented Architectures (COA) describes information architectures that comply with the COA framework, which in turn is described in the associated COA Framework paper1.
How to work out the true cost of ownership for server technology by ComputerWeekly.com
October 19, 2010 - There are many factors to consider when calculating the real cost of ownership of server technology, from performance and scalability to areas such as energy efficiency and physical space requirements – and that’s before you even look at the purchase price.
Improving business performance through new IT service delivery models by ComputerWeekly.com
January 07, 2011 - Collaborative technology can reshape relationships within organisations, across supply chains and with customers. This report looks at how trends such as cloud computing, mobility and collaboration will improve IT service delivery across all aspects of business operations.
Information security breaches survey 2012 by ComputerWeekly.com
April 24, 2012 - Rising security breaches cost UK billions over the last 12 months as cyber attacks reached record levels, according to the 2012 Information Security Breaches survey.
IPV6 Transition – Why the rush ? by ComputerWeekly.com
December 01, 2011 - This report from Ovum warns that enterprises need to recognise that they will need to move to IPv6, even if they have IPv4 addresses available. They should treat IPv6 like any other disaster recovery plan.
IT as a driver of M&A success by ComputerWeekly.com
March 09, 2012 - IT considerations are not given adequate attention or rigour in the due diligence prior to mergers and acquisitions, this report from Ernst & Young reveals.
IT in the UK SMB (Small and Medium sized Business) Sector by ComputerWeekly.com
January 04, 2012 - This report from Knowledge Peers and Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC), reveals what leaders of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (SMBs) think of IT – its strategic value, its potential, and the changing way in which it is being used in their organisations.
IT matters again by ComputerWeekly.com
December 01, 2011 - This report from Deloitte argues businesses are again investing in IT to provide the differentiation and innovation critical from their competitors despite the downturn.
Jericho Forum - the vision by ComputerWeekly.com
November 10, 2010 - Jericho Forum aims to develop and influence information and communications technology(ICT) security standards. These will facilitate the secure interoperation of ICT to support collaboration and commerce over open networks, within and between organisations, based on a security architecture and design approach entitled de-perimeterisation.
Leaders and Laggards in the Digital Economy by ComputerWeekly.com
March 28, 2012 - The digitisation index from Booz & Co reveals the business leaders and laggards in the digital technology and explains why it is vital to embrace it.
Mobile augmented reality opportunities for business by ComputerWeekly.com
December 01, 2010 - The phrase “augmented reality” was coined by Boeing researcher Tom Caudell in the early 1990s to describe a digital display viewed through a headset which guided workers through electrical wires in aircraft. The term has since gained currency and is now taken to describe digital information overlaid on the physical world.
Mobile coupon technology by ComputerWeekly.com
November 11, 2010 - Juniper Research defines a mobile coupon as “a coupon sent to and stored on a mobile phone that can be exchanged for a rebate, a financial discount etc. at a retailer or merchant when the consumer purchases a product.”
Mobile location-based services gaining ground by ComputerWeekly.com
November 24, 2010 - From the turn of the millennium until the end of 2007 MLBS (Mobile Location Based Services) had promised much, but delivered very little in terms of commercial applications. Even in Japan and South Korea, the most advanced markets for commercial MLBS, usage was disappointing.
Mobile messaging is the key to connecting communities by ComputerWeekly.com
November 25, 2010 - Few could have envisioned the global success of SMS (short message service) when the first text message was sent in 1992. SMS has crossed network and technology boundaries, and continues to find new applications, as well as providing inspiration for industry innovation as IP (Internet Protocol)-based messaging builds momentum.
Mobile payment technology - a buyer's guide by ComputerWeekly.com
November 18, 2010 - The definition of a mobile payment is often open to interpretation and can differ from source to source. Juniper Research has a simple definition of a mobile payment as “payment for goods or services with a mobile device such as a phone, Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), or other such device.”
Mobile ticketing opens doors of opportunity for business by ComputerWeekly.com
November 17, 2010 - Juniper Research defines a mobile ticketing user as “someone who stores a ticket on their mobile phone for later redemption” at the point of travel, the music venue, the cinema etc.
Mobile working in business - the facts. by ComputerWeekly.com
November 18, 2010 - The tech chasm that has allegedly formed in the workforce created by a cross-generational 1divide – between those who grew-up with technology and those that didn’t – is vastly overstated.
Network security is being redefined to better block data raiders by ComputerWeekly.com
January 26, 2011 - This 10-page Buyer’s Guide to Network Security helps CIOs and senior IT professionals to identify what technology will best provide the additional protection needed against today’s threats.
New ways of working - Microsoft’s ‘mobility’ office by ComputerWeekly.com
June 14, 2010 - There is a common expectation among forward-looking companies that through the use of information technology new ways of working can be created that will enhance workplace conditions with such an effect as to improve employee satisfaction levels, increase productivity and ultimately impact positively upon company performance.
Open Information Security Management Maturity Model (O-ISM3) by ComputerWeekly.com
January 12, 2011 - The O-ISM3 is The Open Group framework for managing information security and information in the Open Information Security Management Maturity Model (O-ISM3) wider context. It aims to ensure that security processes in any organization are implemented so as to operate at a level consistent with that organization's business requirements.
Overcoming the insight deficit by ComputerWeekly.com
September 05, 2011 - Learn how you can empower your employees to make the most of big data and data analytics in this executive guide from the Corporate Executive Board.
Overcoming the IT challenges of successful carve-outs by ComputerWeekly.com
March 21, 2011 - Technology has long been a critical element of M&A transactions. Done right, it can be a key driver of value, enabling business processes to operate more efficiently. Done wrong, it can have devastating consequences.
Perceptions of business technology in the 21st century by ComputerWeekly.com
February 09, 2012 - The Economist Intelligence Unit reviews changing expectations for technology and assesses their implications for CIOs, the IT function and the business.
Powering the data centre by ComputerWeekly.com
January 16, 2012 - A look at alternative approaches to managing energy for cost and/or sustainability reasons in data centres.
Research: Moving to the cloud cuts energy consumption by 91% by ComputerWeekly.com
November 30, 2010 - Cloud computing uses 91 percent less energy than traditional on-premise applications. Nucleus evaluated Salesforce.com's customer base and found that cloud computing drives more than just significant financial savings: the effective sharing of resources also generates a substantial green benefit.
Rethinking Managed Print Services (MPS) by ComputerWeekly.com
November 08, 2011 - This paper from Quocirca outlines the need for Managed Print Services (MPS) and why organisations that are operating a heterogeneous print environment should consider an independent MPS provider to proactively manage and transform their print infrastructure.
SAP Managed Services Survey Findings by ComputerWeekly.com
July 05, 2010 - During Q2, 2010 The Birchman Group carried out a survey focused on SAP support and managed services.
Service-Oriented Cloud Computing Infrastructure (SOCCI) Framework by ComputerWeekly.com
January 17, 2012 - Download the Service-Oriented Cloud Computing Infrastructure (SOCCI) Framework from the Open Group.
Smart Cities: The anywhere working city by ComputerWeekly.com
May 08, 2012 - This report from Microsoft presents a vision for the development of smart cities which bring together technology, architecture and people.
Smart Organisations by ComputerWeekly.com
October 26, 2011 - Download this report to learn how your organisation can use smart technology to drive innovation and enhance your competitive position, without breaking the bank.
SOA Reference Architecture by ComputerWeekly.com
January 17, 2012 - Download the Open Group Service-Oriented Architecture reference architecture.
Software testing: why it needs a new professionalism by ComputerWeekly.com
January 26, 2011 - We believe that Testing is at a key juncture in its development as a Profession. The demonstrable consequences of this approach are now very clear - hidden, often major, costs in the development lifecycle of code arising both from the costs of fixing defects, and from the costs of managing change late in the lifecycle.
Supercomputers: A Computer Weekly guide by ComputerWeekly.com
May 17, 2012 - This special Computer Weekly report analyses the market for supercomputers, peripherals and applications, the supercomputer community, developments in technology, and offers a country by country comparison.
Supercomputers: prestige objects or crucial tools for science and industry ? by ComputerWeekly.com
April 19, 2012 - Professor Hans Werner Meuer, co-founder of the Top500 supercomputer list, presents a critical assessment of high performance computing technology and applications.
Sustainability through Managed Print Services by ComputerWeekly.com
April 09, 2012 - Managed print services offer far-reaching environmental benefits, helping a business reduce its carbon footprint, in addition to significant cost savings, according to this report from Quocirca.
Sybase Mobility Guide - a downloadable book by ComputerWeekly.com
March 10, 2011 - This guide from Sybase is full of examples of mCommerce at work. The benefits range from speeding up economies to life-changing improvements. For merchants, operators and banks, the new channel offers another way to grow business and revenues while meeting the financial needs of customers.
Tablet & eReaders: strategies and opportunities by ComputerWeekly.com
September 05, 2011 - In this report extract, Juniper Research discusses trends in the market for tablet PCs and eReaders.
Technology Industry Survey 2012 by ComputerWeekly.com
October 21, 2011 - This exclusive research reveals what IT professionals really think about technology, their employers, and their careers
Technology Industry Survey2012 by ComputerWeekly.com
October 21, 2011 - Whether it is an inappropriate ‘tweet’, an internetsecurity scandal or a story of the fastest growingcompany in the world, technology, be it for theright or wrong reasons, has become regular frontpagenews.This survey aims to give a snapshot of thetechnology industry from the inside.
The Banking Industry Architecture Network and TOGAF by ComputerWeekly.com
February 20, 2012 - This paper from the Open Group reveals how banks can benefit from combining complementary industry frameworks on enterprise architecture.
The big returns from big data by ComputerWeekly.com
April 05, 2012 - Organisations can earn an incremental ROI of 241 percent by using big data technology to examine large and complex data sets, according to this report from Nucleus Research.
The capability approach to enterprise architecture by ComputerWeekly.com
January 13, 2012 - A capability-led approach to enterprise architecture provides the rigour and structure that will allow companies to ‘do EA properly’ and deliver real business value, this paper argues.
The Cloud: Time for Delivery by ComputerWeekly.com
February 28, 2012 - This report from Capgemini, shows how organisations can navigate around ‘cloud confusion’ from suppliers pushing products rather than business solutions.
The Cyber Savvy CEO: Getting to grips with today’s growing cyber-threats by ComputerWeekly.com
September 05, 2011 - The recent surge in cyber attacks has forced organisations to align cyber security efforts across all of their operations, rather than focusing on IT, but CEOs now need to take the lead in protecting their organisations, this report from PwC argues.
The data sharing paradox. A guide to small business on data sharing and security by ComputerWeekly.com
September 30, 2011 - This small business report looks at the degree to which small businesses are sharing data, the ways in which they are doing so and the real and perceived risks. It shows how these risks can be mitigated.
The future of Government operations: Digital citizen survey by ComputerWeekly.com
May 02, 2012 - This report from Accenture looks at the challenges facing the public sector in offering digital services.
The Future of Innovation Management: The Next 10 Years by ComputerWeekly.com
September 05, 2011 - Download this report from Arthur D Little to learn 5 key innovation concepts for CIOs and CTOs.
The future of work: Expections of the next-generation workforce by ComputerWeekly.com
September 21, 2011 - This report from Cisco provides insight into the mindset, expectations and behaviour of the world's next generation of workers and what this will mean for businesses in preparing to accommodate the demands of this workforce.
The Mindset of the Chief Information Officer by ComputerWeekly.com
February 29, 2012 - This study evaluates the leadership role that Chief Information Officers performs in helping their organisations achieve their commercial goals
The mobile print enterprise by ComputerWeekly.com
February 09, 2012 - Quocirca looks at the case for mobile printing in the enterprise and suggests best practices for a mobile print strategy.
The next wave of digitisation: setting your direction, building your capabilities by ComputerWeekly.com
September 05, 2011 - Companies need to make significant investments in digital skills and technologies if they are to meet the needs of their customers, Booz&Co argues in this report.
The Open Group Service Integration Maturity Model (OSIMM) Version 2 by ComputerWeekly.com
January 17, 2012 - Download the Open Group Service Integration Maturity Model (OSIMM).
The reality behind the hype: Government cloud computing by ComputerWeekly.com
November 23, 2011 - This article from Gartner offers advice to public sector organisations thinking of deploying cloud computing and assess the progress made by governments in their use of the cloud.
The value of mobile and social to CRM by ComputerWeekly.com
March 16, 2012 - Adding mobile access and social collaboration to CRM delivers significant benefits, this report from Nucleus Research reveals.
The work/life report: The Hybrid Organisation: Technology by ComputerWeekly.com
June 15, 2010 - The enterprise must be ready to embrace technologies that facilitate the blurring of the boundaries between work and life, in order to maximise the productivity, insight, innovation and collaboration gained from investments in its people, as well as technology itself.
Time to Rethink the IT Stack by ComputerWeekly.com
November 23, 2011 - In this report Ovum calls for a rethink of the traditional IT technology stack, to ensure better interoperability and adaptability.
TOGAF® and SABSA® Integration by ComputerWeekly.com
October 11, 2011 - This paper from the Open Group, documents an approach to enhance the TOGAF enterprise architecture methodology with the SABSA security architecture approach to create one holistic architecture methodology.
Trends in business intelligence by ComputerWeekly.com
January 18, 2011 - Several important technology changes, social trends and customer needs are driving the future development steps and functionality of Business Intelligence solutions, this report from Birchman reveals.
UK steps towards “Digital Britain” with the introduction of the Digital Economy Act 2010 by ComputerWeekly.com
June 02, 2010 - In this article, we describe how some key Digital Britain proposals have been implemented in the Digital Economy Act 2010.
Unlocking growth potential in emerging markets by ComputerWeekly.com
April 23, 2012 - Emerging markets offer huge potential for technology companies to expand. This report from Grant Thornton assess the opportunities in a range of emerging markets.
Using cloud technology to enhance sustainability and reduce consumption by ComputerWeekly.com
November 23, 2010 - Environmental issues are a common part of most IT strategies as awareness of carbon footprints and energy use of technology has become widespread. But how can cloud computing help to improve sustainability, and what role should the cloud play in green IT planning? This report examines the green credentials of cloud computing.
Using mobile phones to manage mobile workers’ expenses by ComputerWeekly.com
November 22, 2010 - The tool of choice to the highly mobile workforce is the mobile phone. From customer contact and records keeping, through calendaring and scheduling to mapping and news feeds, the mobile phone is usurping the laptop as the main point of technology for the road warrior.
White paper: Building a data-driven IT infrastructure by ComputerWeekly.com
January 05, 2011 - Data will be at the heart of decision-making as companies return to growth and the public sector looks for greater efficiency.
Why mobile cloud computing could be your business strategy’s new best friend by ComputerWeekly.com
December 07, 2011 - Cloud technologies and new opportunities in mobile computing will allow organisations to innovate in new ways. This report examines the new business strategies that cloud and mobility can enable.
Building a high-performance application infrastructure by ComputerWeekly.com
March 18, 2011 - Even the best-developed applications will fail to meet requirements if the software infrastructure used to deliver them is inefficient, overly complex or lacks flexibility. This report examines the key technology considerations for what is often called middleware.
Building the IT economy: the importance of information by ComputerWeekly.com
September 21, 2010 - Decision-makers in an IT-enabled economy will have real-time access to information that allows them to make the right decision at the right time. But that goal comes in a business environment where data will be ubiquitous and growing exponentially in volume.
How to manage data privacy by ComputerWeekly.com
November 10, 2010 - Data privacy refers to the evolving relationship between technology and the legal right to, or public expectation of, privacy in the collection, storing, management and sharing of data.
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