This week's edition asks, now that the the G-Cloud store is up and running, will the government's cloudstore transform the market for public sector IT buyers and suppliers? It also examines research that has indicated OS upgrades will attract a significant chunk of investment this year. 

This white paper looks at cloud-computing and software-as-a-service (SaaS) technologies and what you need to know about these emerging trends. 

Conducted by the research firm ORC International, this study found that performing common database management tasks for Oracle Database 11g R2 took less time and fewer resources than performing the same tasks for DB2 Enterprise 9.7. Although funded by Oracle, the study was independently conducted by ORC. 

This course examines virtual infrastructures, and the evolution of the vSphere 4 environment and the products that are found in that environment. It aims to equip you with the knowledge required to decide which VMware datacenter products best meet your organization's virtualization needs. 

Real-time, global data updates have become a critical business requirement for financial-services firms. Quick reactions require near-instant access to data, risk analysis and deeper computational analysis for effective decision making. View this webcast to learn how to better manage ever-increasing data volumes and transaction rates. 

With each new version of Windows comes a new version of Internet Explorer, and in the case of Windows 7, it’s IE 8 (one of these days all Microsoft’s numeric product names might actually line up). What does the Windows 7 administrator or planner need to know about the new IE? 

Islamic investment management today presents great opportunities, but setting up a compliant operation requires numerous considerations. Access this white paper to uncover 5 steps that will ensure a Shari’ah-compliant portfolio. 

FoxT and Echelon One conducted a study to identify the persistent threats and appropriate actions that enterprises should consider when implementing effective server access controls. View now to uncover key findings and best practices for protecting against insider threats and the risk of theft and misuse of intellectual property and customer data. 

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. 

Information Technology as a "service" has benefited from early adopters who've deployed some major solutions. "Converged Infrastructure" is how HP describes the products and processes that use this approach and this reference guide give a business and technical perspective of it. 

This brief resource provides 10 reasons why customers use EMC unified storage for deploying virtualized Oracle Environments. 

Join Glenn Weadock, Global Knowledge Instructor, MCITP, MCSE, MCT, A+, for this Windows 7 Review Guide. This white paper introduces the key areas in which Windows 7 differs from Vista - areas you'll need to focus on if you're thinking of moving to Windows 7, either from Vista or from XP.