This week’s Computer Weekly kicks off our Buyer's Guide to private cloud. It also contains our RSA conference coverage of the latest IT security trends and the future for Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative. And we discuss the role of apprenticeships in encouraging more young people to work in IT. 

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. 

IBM’s SPSS acquisition gives SPSS users a broader support network, IBM Cognos users a predictive analytics platform, and more enterprise users one-stop shopping.  Looking to the future, that could mean analytics ― and better predictive decision making ― on every desktop. 

Organizations often limit business intelligence to a few back-office analysts, using tools that cost too much and are more complex than the average information worker can handle. Attend this Webcast to learn about new, innovative technologies that will help deliver timely, accurate information to everyone from managers to analysts to customers. 

Watch this brief videocast now and learn how a data warehouse accelerator can offer your organization the ability to run consistently complex queries at real-time speeds to help you swiftly decipher patterns, predict future trends and adjust your business climate accordingly, eventually handing you the edge over any and all competitors. 

This paper will examine the basic premises underlying a Service Oriented Architecture ( SOA ) and describe how universal technology and service adapters, such as those from iWay Software, can help organizations realize the benefits of SOAs. 

Data warehouse appliances have transformed the DW with a platform designed to deliver optimal price and performance with extreme simplicity. This paper outlines the IBM Netezza data warehouse appliance and how it offers extreme time to value, agility and ability to grow with new workloads, cost reduction of ongoing maintenance and more. 

This e-guide features two reports from the latest TDWI conference in Savannah, GA. Read  on to learn MDM advice and best practices from leading companies including Hallmark Cards Inc., Sallie Mae, National Instruments, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and more. 

In May, 2010, Verizon Wireless told investors at Barclays Capital media and technology conference in New York that it expected to offer customers who signed up for its 4G services monthly “buckets” of data. 

Watch this webcast to learn how your queries can significantly benefit from an E-Business Suite (EBS) upgrade, and find out how to successfully migrate your reporting solutions from EBS 11i to Release 12. 

The business analyst is the central point of contact between executives, operations and IT. Access this resource for an in-depth overview of the business analyst position and how it relates to IT. 

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.