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? 

The business analyst is the central point of contact between executives, operations and IT. Access this resource for an in-depth overview of the business analyst position and how it relates to IT. 

The value of the IT market for smart cities globally is approximately $35bn, according to this in depth analysis from Ovum. 

Outsourcing is the quest to offload either commodity or very specialized activities, so that staff can focus on work that truly adds value to the business. 

Alpha ImageWorks 9000 centralizes patient records into a single, secure repository, providing easy access, accelerated processing time and billing, and significant time saving in reviewing patient records. 

In this webcast, join IDC analysts to learn how one leading company is modernizing its approach to custom business applications and data infrastructure to enable the speed, scalability, and performance needed to drive revenue growth and cost savings in today's high-pressure environments. 

As organizations begin implementing server virtualization, it is critical that they consider the fact that backup and data protection processes will need to be done differently and may become more complicated. This DCIG analyst report discusses methods of effectively protecting data in virtual environments and the different solutions available. 

Ovum analyses data growth, big data, disk shortages, public cloud storage, flash memory, and other storage trends. 

<p>This executive brief highlights the data management challenges of a California-based organization faced and illustrates how their chosen solution resulted in cost savings and in better overall use of IT resources – an exceeded all expectations.</p> 

Enterprise analysis by a Business Analyst (BA) is a method used to identify and define why an organizational change is needed. Read this whitepaper to learn the importance of this process to an organization. 

When organizations adopt Alfabet’s planningIT, decision makers have more knowledge about their operating environments and use this information to leverage existing assets and avoid unnecessary investments in software or development. 

Siemens supports solutions for service and sustainment in the aerospace and defense industries that enable companies to reduce service costs and time cycles while increasing profitability across the service life of products.