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. 

Read this case study to learn how one growing Euopean retailer was able to migrate to an architecture that could support real-time delivery of shop data to the data center for processing and real-time communication of pricing events to its shops using open source integration software. 

This week’s Computer Weekly contains an exclusive interview with JP Morgan COO India Gary-Martin about juggling multiple legacy IT systems while keeping the merchant bank compliant. We also look at how near-field communications technology promises to revolutionise consumer spending and we ask whether 2012 could be the year that APM becomes vital? 

Watch this brief webcast to see how Group Credit Agricole of Moroccodeployed IBM XIV and halved response times, cut 6-hour batch runs down to 3.25 hours, and reduced administration. 

The tech chasm that has allegedly formed in the workforce created by a cross-generational 1divide  – between those who grew-up with technology and those that didn’t – is vastly overstated. 

This report from Accenture looks at the challenges facing the public sector in offering digital services. 

Scentsy, Inc. is a rapidly growing party goods company. Explosive growth presented them with challenges in scaling their IT infrastructure quickly and efficiently. To address these challenges, Scentsy deplopyed EMC VNX unified storage to manage its virtualized infrastructure. Check out this 3-page case study to learn more. 

This white paper describes a unified storage solution for Oracle EBS R12 applications deployed on VNX5700 storage in a virtualized environment. Read now to learn more. 

Packed with graphs and diagrams, the report is essential reading for any organisation working with, or thinking of working with Capita. 

Emerging markets offer huge potential for technology companies to expand. This report from Grant Thornton assess the opportunities in a range of emerging markets. 

Following nine other surveys, the BI Survey 10 analyzed the platforms of six of the largest BI vendors and asked 2,961 organizations across 80 countries many of the same questions as previous years. Read this now and learn how organizations view certain aspects such of their BI tools, such as response time, performance, business benefits and more. 

Learn about the improved version of Cisco Prime (previously CiscoWorks) LAN Management Solutions: the changes that have been made, the benefits the new product offers, and what customer challenges it seeks to solve.