Interest in offering employee-owned notebook programs (also referred to as "BYO", “BYOC” and “Bring Your Own Computer”) is growing due to better technology, rising user demand and increasing pressure on organizations to reduce costs. A realistic preparedness assessment is critical to meeting business objectives and avoiding additional costs. 

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. 

This exclusive research reveals what IT professionals really think about technology, their employers, and their careers 

The Economist Intelligence Unit reviews changing expectations for technology and assesses their implications for  CIOs, the IT function and the business. 

Security is one of the most commonly cited barriers preventing IT managers from taking advantage of cloud computing – yet some experts say the cloud could and should be more secure than in-house IT. This paper looks at how to be confident about security in the cloud. 

By acquiring Scalent, Dell is sending the message to competitors, partners and end users that it intends to compete more aggressively in the emerging fabric-based infrastructure (FBI) market. Learn more by downloading this Gartner research report. 

This essential resource outlines 12 steps to a secure and managable Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) program. Find out how you can leverage the advantages of IT consumerization while mitigating the risks. 

In earlier times, if an enterprise presumed it had control over its network, and if it had few external connections or communication, it was feasible that the connections between operational computers probably were not an unacceptable risk. 

This podcast will focus on the content of a new KnowledgeStorm research report, the second in a series of studies looking at the impact emerging online applications have on B2B technology marketing. The research finds that blogs and Real Simple Syndication (RSS) are catching on more quickly than previously thought. 

A new study, Define What's Valued Online, confirms what many technology marketers have instinctively suspected all along: Buyers of technology products consider Internet research essential to their ability to do their jobs. Learn about basic changes you can make to improve your online content. 

<p>It is vital to consider the effect BYOD will have on your network before allowing it in your enterprise. In this resource discover the new networking requirements of BYOD to help you embrace it for the better of your enterprise. </p> 

Sun’s customer-driven approach for how companies implement a virtual environment will enable customers to choose the right virtualization tool for the job yet still maintain cohesive management of a heterogeneous environment. 

This report, the second in a series of studies looking at the impact emerging online applications have on B2B technology marketing, finds that blogs and Real Simple Syndication (RSS) are catching on more quickly than previously thought.