This podcast discusses how to achieve application rationalization through proper application portfolio management. Learn about the benefits of this strategy and how it can help better align IT with business goals, as well as cutting costs and providing substantial performance gains. 

<p><strong>High-tech companies face challenges keeping pace with new</strong> <strong>cloud-based business models, this study from Accenture reveals.</strong></p> 

Companies need to make significant investments in digital skills and technologies if they are to meet the needs of their customers, Booz&Co argues in this report. 

This perspective paper covers the forces that are driving the m-commerce market, the benefits available, and the kinds of business models and partnerships that are seeking to achieve that credible scale over time. 

With new technologies—such as planning and analysis solutions powered by IBM Cognos® software—companies are automating the process, getting faster reports and data that fuel “what is” and “what if” scenarios. Read this paper to learn more. 

This white paper discusses the growing trend of using data integration to make large amounts of information a fully-accessible and useful part of your organization. Learn how this strategy can help manage organizational data and why performance is being used as the new benchmark for success. 

Today’s post and parcel organizations have been drastically affected in recent years by rising costs and shifting requirements. This white paper discusses an error-reducing solution that eliminates costly, advancement barring problems and can help the postal workforce experience increased efficiency and productivity. 

This week’s Computer Weekly kicks off our Buyer's Guide to data security by looking at the changing role of the IT security chief. We also examine why flexible working is proving so slow to roll out and we talk to the UK's air traffic control operator about its ambitious desktop virtualisation project. 

Companies are increasingly dependent on technology to achieve business goals. As a company grows, changes, and reaches for new opportunities, IT infrastructure tends to expand. 

Learn how you can empower your employees to make the most of big data and data analytics in this executive guide from the Corporate Executive Board. 

This report from Gartner describes six distinctly different styles of "money-making CIO" that are likely to evolve between 2011 and 2020. 

This case study follows manufacturing company Steinwell Scientific, Inc. in their journey to securing a new ERP system and outlines the struggles and benefits they experienced as a result. 

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) enables different programs, applications, and tools to interact via self-contained services that do not depend on the context or state of the other service. This white paper provides insight into the top-four worst practices for SOA integration, and how to avoid and/or overcome these worst practices.