Many organisations implement “learning engagements,” or training programmes, to increase employee satisfaction, realise better team performance, and improve communication. 

In this exclusive podcast, listen as Steve Mallard, IT manager and computer IT master teacher at the Tennessee Technology Center, discusses IT consumerication and Mallard's advice on how to prepare students for careers in IT. 

In this year’s report you will be able to see analysis presented on a global basis, compare trends across continents and explore country-by-country overviews. The results show that the CIO community is wrestling with significant pressures as the Great Recession fades into history and a new decade, with a new competitive landscape, emerges. 

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the British Library about the enormous storage challenges of digitising its printed archive; we examine the state of the UK IT jobs market and the skills that are most in demand by employers; and we look at case studies of the best virtualisation projects. Download the new issue now. 

Access this month’s issue to uncover strategies for taming the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) tide. In addition, explore other featured topics including VMware’s security partner program revamp, four keys to data loss prevention (DLP) success, top considerations for information security career recruitment and more. 

For every area of your datacenter, Sun Professional Services has created a tailored assessment service. 

This week’s Computer Weekly, we talk exclusively to Tesco CIO Mike McNamara about why the UK's biggest retailer is spending £150m on its online business. And, with the London 2012 Olympics only weeks away; we look at how IT testing is progressing. 

To capitalize on the benefits of Windows 7, you must make sure your computing environment is ready for the upgrade. Dell's Windows 7 Readiness Assessment is designed to identify application compatibility, hardware compatibility and migration readiness and to provide the recommendations needed to help make your transition to Windows 7 smooth. 

Retaining talented staff will be one of the biggest headaches for the IT department this year, despite the continuing economic downturn, leading CIOs heard. IT staff are feeling financially squeezed after several years of below-inflation pay rises, and many realise their only prospect of securing a higher salar y is to change employer. 

A meeting will only be successful if it is managed effectively. This paper introduces the four stages of meeting management: planning, preparation, process management, and follow-up. It will explain deficiencies that can result during each stage and how to ensure each stage is effective. 

This whitepaper outlines a five step process that enterprises can apply to their third-party application portfolio to gain visibility into their security state and make informed purchase, integration, deployment and maintenance decisions.