This White Paper is presented by IDC Health Insights and sponsored by HP and Intel. 

This strategy guide will help IT decision-makers understand how converged infrastructure will facilitate such essential tasks as network support, stretching data storage resources, automating operations and streamlining systems management. 

In this expert podcast, founder and senior analyst at StorageIO Group Greg Shulz discusses the importance of managing your data footprint on both online and offline storage, as well as the various tools for doing so, including data archiving, thin provisioning and data deduplication. 

This week’s Computer Weekly asks what chancellor George Osborne's Budget means for the UK IT community and if he can deliver his goal to make Britain "the technology centre of Europe". Also you'll find the final part of our private cloud Buyer's Guide and we examine the options for choosing the right WAN optimisation strategy. 

Planning, budgeting and forecasting always will be crucial components to your organization. But choosing the right performance management software can be a tough task. This paper from IBM outlines the business challenges and drivers, as well as organizational and technological best practices to follow, and includes a software selection matrix. 

This benchmarking study from ESI International identifies the trends impacting the project management function in IT industry in three areas: PMO maturity, measuring and reporting on PMO effectiveness, as well as training involvement. 

This paper details an asset management solution from IBM. This option is designed for the federal government and enables seamless integration and support maintenance of every asset across the enterprise. Read this now and learn how this option can offer complete visibility into every asset, enable elevated risk management and more. 

This Webcast, presented by MarketingSherpa and KnowledgeStorm, presents findings from MarketingSherpa's new report: "IT Marketing Benchmark Guide 2005-2006: Data for B-to-B Software, Hardware & Services Marketers." Learn what IT marketers revealed about their results and budgets and real-life numbers to help benchmark lead generation plans. 

Analytics offer insight and can help you make better, smarter decisions - both of which can enable positive customer experiences. In today's wide-open business environment, customers have plenty to choose from. This paper explains why using analytics to your advantage is key to fostering successful customer relationships. 

In this brief white paper, Jeff Martin, Station Casinos’ director of business intelligence (BI), provides specific examples of the types of problems that the company wanted to solve, and offers insight into the specific job scheduling solution it selected to overcome its challenges. 

In investment reporting, customers expect detailed reports of irreproachable accuracy, delivered with no delay or excuses. This whitepaper will serve as as a guide for Investment Advisors. 

Enterprise resource leader, SAP founded in 1972, is facing the slow death of traditional on-premise ERP. Customers with shrinking IT budgets are opting to outsource more of their core business systems.