This Computer Weekly buyer’s guide to IT tools shows how you can use software and systems to improve the running of your IT department. 

<p>Many organizations are aware of how much easier the testing process would be if they had a testing automation strategy. Yet many are unsure of the best practices for developing a successful plan. This exclusive resource features insight on developing a successful test automation strategy from Agile testing expert, Lisa Crispin.</p> 

This essential resource details why communication and collaboration are such important tester skills. Read on to get expert advice from Quality Assurance writer, Lisa Crispin, on training a tester for collaborative teamwork. 

<p>Read this expert article to find best practices for keeping your iteration and release cycles in sync even as your Agile development projects becoming increasingly complex.</p> 

Read this brief paper to learn more about the workshops that Fuse Source offers when taking on Fuse integration. 

This white paper presents a case study for (nearline storage) NLS optimized for analytics using columnar database architecture and outlines how a NLS solution makes it possible for IT departments using SAP NetWeaver BW to manage costs, reduce overhead and increase system performance. 

So you have a requirements plan. You have elicited functional, non-functional, and quality of service requirements. You have validated and verified them, and your stakeholders are satisfied. Now what? Read this paper to learn more about the tools needed for business process improvements. 

This exclusive case study explores how one organization within the financial industry migrated from old, mainframe technology to HP Integrity Superdome servers in order to respond faster to changing financial markets with an adaptive infrastructure. Learn about the many IT and business improvements they gained. 

When software company AQS, Inc. needed to build consistency in their source code management and automate change processes they leveraged a change and configuration management system. Read this case study to learn the benefits they were able to achieve. 

When a mission-critical application fails, the loss of business revenue is large and swift. Poor application quality causes highly-visible major outages; it also causes ongoing lapses in business performance thatare less visible, but steadily add up to substantial revenue loss. 

BI empowers companies with the ability to offer products and services at the lowest cost and with the greatest amount of efficiency and productivity possible- while returning the highest revenues and profits. Learn how BI can help you to establish a culture of measurement and begin a powerful cycle of continued improvement within your organization. 

<p>When 20^th Century Fox needed to find a way to increase its software performance and provide users with faster online transaction processing they turned to performance testing software. Read this brief case study to learn how easy the system was to implement and the benefits that Fox was able to see.</p> 

In an effort to decrease maintenance costs from its legacy payroll system, full service manufacturer Wisconsin Plastics, Inc. (WPI) chose to implement the payroll and time and attendance modules offered by its enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendor. Read this case study to learn about the rapid return on investment that WPI experienced.