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. 

Today’s post and parcel organizations have been drastically affected in recent years by rising costs and shifting requirements. This white paper discusses an error-reducing solution that eliminates costly, advancement barring problems and can help the postal workforce experience increased efficiency and productivity. 

Explosive data growth is causing storage costs to skyrocket, which is forcing IT organizations to look for more cost-effective archival and backup solutions. Oracle's StorageTek tape product family has maintained a market leadership position for many years and now includes the world's fastest and highest capacity tape drive. 

Now that smart phones are being used by professionals in fields ranging from field service to customer care, evaluating and selecting the optimal device has become more challenging. Read this white paper for an in-depth look at which smart phone features make work easier and why ruggedness is a requirement. 

Explosive data growth is causing storage costs to skyrocket, which is forcing IT organizations to look for more cost-effective archival and backup solutions. Oracle's StorageTek tape product family has maintained a market leadership position for many years and now includes the world's fastest and highest capacity tape drive. 

Dispel 7 common myths about backup and DR in virtual environments by reading this white paper featuring Eric Siebert, VMware vExpert. 

This one hour webinar will focus on the top 10 things you need to know about Red Hat Enterprise Virtualisation 3.0 and why Red Hat is leading the way for virtualisation. 

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. 

Many organizations have failed to automate their Accounts Payable process due to myths and misconceptions related to the automation that often governs behavior. They're really missing out! Read this paper now and get to the bottom of five myths that may be holding your business back from great cost savings in your Accounts Payable department. 

You may have considered VMware View for your desktop environment, but if you are about to make the transition there are certain prerequisites you must keep in mind. In this expert e-guide from SearchVMware.com, discover three tips for easy installation of VMware View 4.5. 

In this white paper, you'll learn about some of the most common pitfalls associated with backups and how to avoid them. You'll learn about the repercussions of poor/failed backups, and learn how to establish a backup strategy that can ensure minimal downtime during a disaster. Read on to learn more. 

Check out this FAQ to learn the answers to these questions and more regarding tape backup and archiving. Learn why tape is still relevant in a largely disk-dominated IT landscape, discover the latest tape has to offer (i.e. LTFS) and gain insight into the effect tape has on compliance/e-discovery operations. Read on to learn more. 

While organizations are eager to adopt cloud computing, the security challenges that this environment introduces has some implementation plans on hold. This video discusses the results of a survey of 200 IT professionals that focused on top cloud challenges and security issues. Review key findings that can provide insights on security in the cloud.