This special eight-page report from Computer Weekly analyses the challenges facing Microsoft, its financial performance, the services it offers, its place in the IT market and its future strategy. 

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. 

<p>Many companies struggle to choose the right hardware to support their critical business functions. This IT handbook provides an expert checklist to help you navigate the server selection process, increase resource utilization, and design a disaster recovery strategy for your virtual environment.</p> 

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. 

This paper encourages all businesses to consider a more formal "green" strategy in regards to client computing and the technology refresh cycle. The timing could not be better. There is also a business case to be made that the 'business as usual' environment could view the "green" initiative as a compelling event unto itself. 

Check out this special European edition of Storage magazine for expert analyses and forecasts about where storage is heading and how you can get ahead of the curve. 

Moving your messaging application to the cloud can help you lower TCO and increase integration by eliminating the need to maintain an in-house email system. Learn how you can enjoy a full suite of email, calendaring, sharing and document management abilities on any desktop or operating system with a cloud-based platform. 

This case study illustrates how Sun World International, a mid-sized grower in California, shifted its competitive strategy to capitalize on analytics and gain real-time insight into the competitive market. Learn how it gained a 5% reduction in harvesting costs, a 20% reduction in fuel usage and an eight-fold increase in profit per acre. 

Learn more about BlackBerry PlayBook – a professional-grade tablet that will give you end-users what they want with the manageability and security CIOs are looking for. 

This white paper discusses approaches for enabling greater product agility and efficiency in credit decisions, improving customer retention and attracting a higher number of new consumers. 

Learn about the top reasons companies should consider upgrading to Microsoft SharePoint 2010 as well as hardware solutions available that work in conjunction with SharePoint and SQL Server.