ITIL is becoming the next big thing in Information Technology. This paper outlines the origin of ITIL, who controls its contents, who are the biggest users, and why you should care. 

This webcast looks at the integration of interactive maps to enable location analytics as part of the BI suite. 

The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit is a powerful inventory, assessment, and reporting tool that can securely inventory small or large IT environments without requiring the installation of any agent software. This paper explains how to utilize it to "map" your infrastructure for Windows 7 and Server 2008. 

See how a governmental agency can improve its fisheries resource management with interactive, map-based dashboards, reports and analysis. 

Access this storage economics mapping tool today to learn how you can start cutting costs and overcoming some of your biggest storage challenges. This resource breaks down IT costs and allows you to explore potential areas for improvement in areas like archiving, disaster recovery, backup, and many more. 

<p>DevOps, new tools for improved automation and release management, are taking the software development world by storm. Read this detailed white paper for a comparison of the 11 top vendors in this new space. Learn the strengths and weaknesses of each competitor and determine which one would best suit your development team's needs.</p> 

Access this white paper to discover 8 reasons to consider video conferencing and 12 tips for improving the success of the video conferences you hold. 

Many organizations struggle to carry on the processes of multiple large data integration and SOA projects for reconstructing data flows, ontologies, transformations and more. This paper addresses the obstacles faced when attempting data projects and the strategic plans for overcoming these issues to attain a higher ROI and reduce overall cost. 

Read this white paper to learn how leveraging the data management, analysis, and visualization capabilities of geographic information system (GIS), empowers social workers and other human service professionals to understand community needs, measure environmental forces, deliver services more efficiently, and detect fraud and abuse. 

This week's Computer Weekly examines how the Football Association's IT director is using technology to help improve the prospects for the England national team. Our Buyer's Guide to government IT looks at the future of open source in the public sector and we report from Infosec 2012 on the rising number of cyber attacks. Read the issue now. 

One of the most eagerly awaited features of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 is the “Self Service Business Intelligence” technology known as PowerPivot. This white paper highlights the new PowerPivot features. 

New products and strategies in data storage and networking, including storage virtualization, IP and Fiber Channel hybrids and the evolution of hard disk drive storage. 

Greg begins with an introduction to storage and networking terminology, which helps to demystify complicating acronyms and other jargon used by storage and networking specialists.