Join Founder and Lead Analyst of DCIG, Jerome Wendt as he answers the most common data deduplication questions he’s hearing today – including the technology’s  benefits, dedupe products to watch out for, target dedupe on a virtual tape library and more. 

Reusing tape in your enterprise can be an unclear task. When should a tape be retired from rotation? Is there a way to track backup tape passes? Read this SearchDataBackup.com E-Guide to find out the answer to these questions and more and discover how to get the most out of your tape technology by following these best practices for reusing tape. 

Read this paper to learn how the changing face of customer loyalty is affecting retailers now and in the future. Learn how to gain advantage from more adept use of technology and data, and the importance of effective customer insight to stay attuned to fast-changing customer behavior and sentiments. 

This paper from the Open Group reveals how banks can benefit from combining complementary industry frameworks on enterprise architecture. 

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look at the IT challenges facing retailers, as consumers turn increasingly to web and mobile shopping channels. Oracle president Mark Hurd talks about how the supplier intends to simplify IT infrastructures. And new government CIO Andy Nelson discusses how he plans to transform Whitehall IT. Read the issue now. 

The security threats that we face are getting ever more harmful. They are targeted, use a complex range of techniques, are sophisticated in their ability to defeat reactive security defenses and can cost their victims dearly. In this resource explore how to take back control in today's complex threat lanscape using application change and control. 

In this white paper, we will discuss how SharePoint workflows work and how you can implement them to im­prove existing business processes. We will look at the existing predefined workflows that come with SharePoint and you will see how to create your own using the SharePoint Designer. 

In this white paper, we will look at some of the key changes that will be revealed with the new version of Exchange and how these changes will impact the messaging environment. 

Industry wide SOA rollouts have seen enterprises deploy critical supporting infrastructure around Web services security and Web services management. Forum Systems and Oracle Corporation "Secure SOA Infrastructure" is a market-leading solution that integrates software and hardware for mission critical SOA deployments. Find out more. 

The present need to radically cut public expenditure provides a once in a generation opportunity to transform the efficiency of the public sector. In order to achieve this, the public sector needs to radically change its current business processes to achieve greater efficiency. 

This research from Freeform Dynamics assess the impact of the cloud on the IT department and the way the department functions. 

Different Emerging Information Technologies (EIT) have different impacts upon a business. Some EIT should be used as technical tools for supporting business to make business more efficient or effective; othersshould be used as strategic tools for leading, not merely supporting, a business to make a difference.