The commercial potential of cloud computing and cloud services is widely accepted, both in private industry and in the public sector.  The opportunities for cost reduction and efficiency in the UK public sector are real and achievable, but require significant changes to procurement practices, delivery frameworks and across the supplierlandscape. 

In the Fall 2011 issue of IT in Europe, Manek Dubash explores how open-source storage could be the key to breaking the chains of vendor lock-in. 

ArcGIS® 10 is an innovative geographic information system (GIS) technology. 

The tough economic climate will accelerate businesses take-up of “disruptive technologies”, such as cloud computing and mobile working, CIOs at Computer Weekly’s 500 Club heard. 

This report from Microsoft presents a vision for the development of smart cities which bring together technology, architecture and people. 

Check out this white paper for best practices when planning and managing a comprehensive offsite backup and recovery strategy. Learn how careful planning with remote or branch offices (ROBOs) can allow for seamless data protection without compromise, and discover key questions to ask when planning remote office backup strategies. 

While email has become the most commonly used form of commercial communication, there are a number of inherent legal and security risks. In this resource explore the regulatory regime in the EU and United Kingdom relating to the use and storage of emails, and the legal consequences from unintentional or deliberate misuse. 

This engineering services company engages in global underwater recovery operations. Learn how it uses modern systems to maintain accurate financial data and estimate costs for clients in the commercial and government sectors. 

Over the course of 2010 and 2011, Forrester Research spoke to hundreds of customers about their enterprise service bus (ESB) activities, and conducted briefings and demonstration reviews as well as over twenty customer interviews to evaluate five commercial and four open source ESB product vendors. Access this paper to examine Forrester's findings. 

The growth in enterprise telepresence, projected to reach nearly 25,000 units globally by 2013, has been largely fueled by sponsorship from executives and the use of the telepresence by senior business leaders. 

Many companies' IT operations could function at a higher level but they lack proper management. Read this paper now to learn how you can use business intelligence (BI) and applied analytics to improve your IT operations processes. 

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