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. 

HP's Operations Manager 9.00 for Windows allows your organization to spend more time on strategic initiatives by using consolidated infrastructure monitoring tools. Download this evaluation copy and get a hands-on example of how this software works. 

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. 

Interact with leading healthcare compliance and IT experts from across the U.S. in this free, one-day virtual seminar. Learn best practices for cloud computing and disaster preparedness, as well as how to achieve federal EHR reimbursements. 

Research from KnowledgeStorm shows that a high percentage of leads that begin their research on the Web ultimately result in an active project. The technology vendors that nurture these Early Stage leads are often in a better selling position than those vendors that later "pile on" to more advanced, but also more competitive, leads. 

In this IT Briefing, Richard Nockels, Client Marketing Manager at Intel, gives insight on several approaches to virtualization based on the organizations' needs. Some topics include application virtualization, OS streaming and virtual containers. 

Findings of the Web Lead Evaluation and Scoring Study, conducted by KnowledgeStorm and The Artemis Group, suggest companies using the Internet to generate leads might discover that focusing on the C-suite is not the fastest route to improved lead-to-close ratios. Listen to this podcast to find out why. 

Find out how 3,637 marketers responded to tough questions about their open, click and conversion rates. Also, find out which tests work best, what's not working, list growth strategies and how email budgets are changing for 2007. Invite your entire team to attend – attendance for this Webcast is free! 

Organizations considering Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services (RDS) should know that WS08 R2 (RDS) alone does not sufficiently provide many critical capabilities. Ericom PowerTerm WebConnect - the alternative to Citrix, extends the functionality of WS08 R2 Remote Desktop Services (RDS) with advanced centralized management. 

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look at the importance of IT strategy when budgets are under pressure. The first part of our Buyer’s Guide to virtualisation examines the barriers preventing many organisations from adopting the technology; and Transport for London’s CIO talks about how IT helps avoid Olympic travel chaos. Download the issue now. 

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we mark the 10th anniversary of Microsoft’s Bill Gates announcing the Trustworthy Computing initiative, and ask if it has made IT more secure. We look at what Oracle’s latest developments mean for its software users running rivals’ servers, and conclude our Buyer’s Guide to IT consumerisation. Download the issue now. 

In this week’s issue of Computer Weekly, we look at the future of computer science education now the government has scrapped the current ICT curriculum, and what this means for the IT industry. We talk to an early adopter of the government G-Cloud plan; and we examine the key challenges for network architects. Download the new issue now. 

In this week’s issue of Computer Weekly, we look at the key trends and technologies that will be on IT leaders’ agenda in 2012. Our first Buyer’s Guide of the year examines how IT consumerisation will affect business technology; and Home Office IT director Denise McDonagh tells us why government IT isn’t working. Download the new issue now.