This Computer Weekly buyer’s guide to IT tools shows how you can use software and systems to improve the running of your IT department. 

This issue of Enterprise CIO Decisions E-Zine highlights several success stories showcasing how today's IT leaders are finding enough success to increase BI investments and, ultimately, putting their data growth management concerns to rest. 

Blue Coat needed to improve its test automation practices with tools & solutions that automate test cases during the development phase, increase test coverage, & identify changes that are not easily identified from build to build. Read why Blue Coat selected FanfareSVT test automation software to work seamlessly within its existing infrastructure. 

As today’s threats move away from mass attacks to more targeted ones, using a complex range of techniques to penetrate through traditional security measures, organizations must take a more proactive and preventative approach. This paper explores how integrity control plays a key role in defending networks with application and change control.   

As businesses build the optimized data center, VMware vSphere can deliver consolidation as well as cost effective business continuity, disaster recovery, and high availability for mass application adoption with packaging and pricing that matches individual market segments. Read this paper to learn more. 

This white paper points out the operational challenges that have resulted from the widespread deployment of virtualization and increased adoption of private cloud computing. Learn how you can address your top data center pain points through orchestration, self-service, and automated provisioning. 

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. 

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. 

Juniper Research analyses the growing market for mobile apps in this report extract. 

This White Paper aims to provide an understanding of femtocell technology. 

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. 

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. 

When IT resources are pulled into drawn-out identity management tasks such as service level agreements, internal policies, etc., it means less time developing high-value innovations for future agency initiatives. Read this white paper and see how IBM can help your federal agency centralize and automate your repetitive processes.