In the first of SearchUnifiedCommunications.com’s three-part guide on selecting collaboration products, this document takes a look at the business and technology issues associated with them and provides expert guidance on the benefits you can reap by taking advantage of the various types of collaboration solutions. 

This report from Knowledge Peers and Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC), reveals what leaders of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (SMBs) think of IT – its strategic value, its potential, and the changing way in which it is being used in their organisations. 

Discover how you can avoid common pitfalls and successfully integrate SharePoint with Exchange to simplify business communication and collaboration at your company. 

Many IT departments see the benefits of desktop virtualization and are in the early planning stages of developing various solutions; however, there are still a range of management issues for IT. Review key pain-points that administrators deal with in regards to virtualizing desktops, and learn about ways to alleviate them. 

Having clear visibility into your network is vital to optimizing resources, troubleshooting performance issues, and ensuring a consistent end-user experience. Watch this video to learn about a product to help you achieve these goals. 

Prepare your organization for the consumerization of IT and BYOD with the help of this resource. Uncover details about mobile enterprise policy creation, security monitoring, network and security infrastructure, and more. 

Discover the impact desktop virtualization and virtual desktop infrastructure have on your network. 

Read on to learn what SMBs should consider before implementing virtualization as well as the specific benefits of using Dell hardware with Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualization solution. 

Uncover the latest security threats to the mobile environment plus solutions that will help you safely reap all the benefits mobile devices can bring to your enterprise. 

The inaugural issue of BI Trends & Strategies offers sound advice to help you in ensuring your organization is on track to keep up with the rapidly changing landscape of BI and analytics. In this issue, readers will learn about a big data definition and the impact it will have on BI and data warehousing, agile development methodology and more. 

To get the most out of your virtualization projects, you might want to consider virtualizing your network as well. This expert e-guide explores the top advantages of extending virtualization to your network.  In addition, review an essential virtualized management checklist that can ensure you choose the right tools for your virtual infrastructure. 

This report from the Corporate Executive Board, based on extensive research with Chief Information Security Officers, identifies the top 10 security imperatives for 2012.