<p>Application lifecycle management (ALM) tools are essential for managing development environments and distributed teams, and ensuring timely, resource-efficient software delivery. But choosing the right ALM tools can be challenging. Read this ALM Decision Matrix to get advice on which ALM vendors to shortlist, consider, and explore.</p> 

Deploying cloud computing across your infrastructure has never been easier. This video shows you how. 

The Internet enables prospects to search for you rather than the other way around. You must place expertly crafted content wherever prospects might be searching. Marketers are leveraging a new methodology called Intelligent Content Strategy to attract more prospects that are looking for their solutions. 

Discover which Dell-supported systems and Dell storage arrays are compatible with VMware ESXi 5 in this comprehensive listing. 

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. 

This issue examines how network managers can simplify their management tools gather from the network through the use of protocols like NetFlow and IPFIX and hardware like matrix switches. Learn how network managers are adopting new tools that give them better control over virtualized infrastructure, cloud environment and multi-vendor networks. 

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. 

Planning, budgeting and forecasting always will be crucial components to your organization. But choosing the right performance management software can be a tough task. This paper from IBM outlines the business challenges and drivers, as well as organizational and technological best practices to follow, and includes a software selection matrix. 

This week’s Computer Weekly, we talk exclusively to Tesco CIO Mike McNamara about why the UK's biggest retailer is spending £150m on its online business. And, with the London 2012 Olympics only weeks away; we look at how IT testing is progressing. 

This week’s Computer Weekly contains an exclusive interview with JP Morgan COO India Gary-Martin about juggling multiple legacy IT systems while keeping the merchant bank compliant. We also look at how near-field communications technology promises to revolutionise consumer spending and we ask whether 2012 could be the year that APM becomes vital? 

This week’s Computer Weekly examines research that suggests CEOs want to invest in IT more than ever, but still see CIOs as technical experts and not business people. We review SQL Server 2012 and ask if Microsoft's database software is catching its competitors as well as concluding our Buyer's Guide to data security. 

This week’s Computer Weekly examines the growing threat from smartphones being targeted by hackers and viruses as the devices are increasingly used for work. Hospitality giant Mitchells & Butlers talks about its migration to the cloud and the CIO of Airbus discusses his IT priorities and how he spends €500m a year on IT. 

Sorting through smart phones, PDAs and ruggedized computers for business use is no easy task. Rather than trying to stay on top of all the new products, companies can follow five basic tips to find the best option. This white paper explains these tips and how they can be applied to assist the enterprise mobile computer selection process.