This global benchmarking study from ESI international identifies the key challenges and successes experienced by project and programme management offices (PMO) and draws recommendations for the future. 

This week’s Computer Weekly asks what chancellor George Osborne's Budget means for the UK IT community and if he can deliver his goal to make Britain "the technology centre of Europe". Also you'll find the final part of our private cloud Buyer's Guide and we examine the options for choosing the right WAN optimisation strategy. 

Access this essential resource to learn how one organization within the financial industry freed up nearly half a megawatt of power, extended the life of their data center, and reallocated budgets by implementing a vendor solution to efficiently and cost-effectively manage all assets. 

The Solvency II Directive was rolled out to protect consumers by promising that insurance companies maintain sufficient funds to meet all claims. Complying with the risk management portion of the initiative can be difficult for insurance companies. This paper details how Unum implemented an operational risk management solution to address this. 

Storage capacity utilization metrics provide a framework you can use to analyze and manage SAN storage use across a diverse IT environment. Check out this white paper to explore how capacity metrics can help your organization with efficiency, capacity management, and risk management. 

Join this live webcast at 11 a.m. EDT (8 a.m. PDT) on June 5th to gain insight into three leading practices for implementing agile business intelligence (BI). View this insightful resource to learn how to get started with your BI initiative and discover how to be successful with limited budget and staffing resources. 

The majority of today's businesses have flat or decreasing data center budgets. In this expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchDataCenter.com and Dell, you will gain insight into the latest data center purchasing trends. 

This expert webcast featuring Greg Schulz, founder and senior analyst with StorageIO, explores the benefits, challenges, and best practices for implementing SANs in your small to midsize company. Watch now to learn more. 

Companies today must protect their data centres against a variety of security risks. This white paper underscores the importance of patch management and provides key tips to help you streamline this process and strengthen security. 

Though building a private cloud can seem too ambitious for SMBs, selecting the right technology can make it possible for businesses to support private cloud on a single server. Find out about the key components of a successful private cloud in this resource. 

Listen to this podcast as Oracle systems product managers discuss the capabilities of the newest SPARC servers and their reliability in terms of virtualization, security, and integration into the enterprise. 

Organisations have been under pressure to make savings wherever possible and have consolidated their IT during the recession. However, along with the opportunities consolidation presents there are also challenges, and experts warn that any form of consolidation needs to be undertaken carefully.