In this week’s Computer Weekly, we examine exclusive research into the investment priorities of UK IT decision-makers, which shows virtualisation, Windows 7 and security as the top areas for spending this year. We analyse the changing nature of database architecture; and the BBC’s Chief Technology Officer talks about IT plans for the broadcaster. 

Retaining talented staff will be one of the biggest headaches for the IT department this year, despite the continuing economic downturn, leading CIOs heard. IT staff are feeling financially squeezed after several years of below-inflation pay rises, and many realise their only prospect of securing a higher salar y is to change employer. 

This white paper reviews the results from a survey of 200 IT professionals that can help you optimize your cloud’s security. Key findings suggest that security plays a foundational role in the decision to implement a private cloud, protecting platform and infrastructure resources are top concerns and security drives outsourcing decisions. 

Because Appleby operates data centers in several geographic regions, replication for disaster recovery purposes is one of the company’s top concerns. The company’s decentralized storage infrastructure seemed to make multi-site replication prohibitively costly and complex. Check out this case study to learn about the solution Appleby found. 

This E-Guide from SearchCloudStorage.com is here to help you decide if cloud storage services are a good fit for your organization. In this guide you'll learn about the pros and cons of various cloud deployments, explore advantages specific to SMBs regarding cloud infrastructures, and discover 5 of today's best practices for moving to the cloud. 

Many organizations are pursuing the use of cloud computing and services to reduce operational costs and increase business agility. Gain insight into key cloud issues, types of applications currently used within cloud environments, and the variety of cloud options available. 

This white paper offers a rapid, flexible and simple approach to connect your enterprise and cloud applications in mere days. 

Read this whitepaper to understand why and how SOA-enablement will reduce cost and risk of Application upgrades for your organization. 

There are many potential problems you may encounter during a physical to virtual machine conversion (P2V), starting with what and how to convert to cleaning up a newly created virtual machine post-conversion. Access this resource to learn techniques to address these challenges, application virtualization, security concerns and more. 

Check out this study to learn how ExaGrid solutions enabled several U.S. government agencies to reduce backup windows and improve overall data protection practices. This resource provides an introduction to the specific solutions used as well as their benefits, and explores emerging deduplication and scalability concerns as well. 

Today’s enterprises and organizations are concerned with how the manageability of their storage systems is affecting application performance -- and want to know how to choose the right storage platform to address those concerns. This case study describes the issues that the FOX Audience Network was facing with the NetApp FAS6070 Filer and... 

Security concerns continue to hobble consolidation efforts in the data center. The concerns are real, and most often stem from a scattershot, non-integrated approach to consolidation. There is a better, more secure way, grounded in servers and software platforms built from the ground up to work optimally with one another.