While desktop virtualization and VDI are certainly becoming trendy, the reality today is that properly designing a system is still complex and a source of worry and confusion for many architects. 

This white paper shows you how to create a sustainable approach to access certifications and discusses how it enables your company to establish full visibility of user entitlements and roles and automate access certifications and compliance reporting. 

Learn how HP can help you assess the cloud suitability of each application in your portfolio and develop a roadmap to your future in the cloud. 

Deploying open source projects safely and successfully in an enterprise environment requires thorough understanding and careful evaluation of each project. Read this paper to learn about the benefits, defining characteristics, and requirements for enterprise use of open source software technology. 

This white paper looks at the pros and cons of open-source software and helps organizations understand how to build a business case that is based on cost, schedule, performance and risks across the entire program lifecycle not just up-front program inception costs and considerations.  

<p>Read this white paper for an overview of JBoss Enterprise BRMS – an open source system that automates decisions by using simple rules development, access, and change management. Learn about the features and benefits of this system, as well as why BRMSs are important for the success of your business.</p> 

Open source software is perfectly suited to help government organizations reduce their IT cost centers because it can be deployed at thousands of federal offices and municipalities without license fees or vendor lock-in. Read this paper to learn more. 

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. 

Reverse auctions are a key tool that sourcing organizations can use to bring about huge success if executed along with a well-defined sourcing process. Careful thought and planning must precede an auction event in order to achieve double-digit price compression. 

Read this white paper to weigh the pros and cons of using Git to develop open source software. Learn how its ability to provide local repositories with repository replications makes it architecturally more scalable than many software change and configuration management (SCCM) systems if you use it within an enterprise-ready SCCM context. 

If you're considering an enterprise application integration project and want to use Apache open source integration and messaging software, read this paper to discover a leading subscription partner that can give you the combination of tools, influence, and support to ensure that your project is a success. 

<p>Given the competitive marketplace, evaluating source code analysis tools can be overwhelming. This case study highlights one recommended offering, the quality indicators it provided, and the results one organization achieved after implementing it.</p>