Read this white paper to learn more about how Oracle Advanced Compression can help you reduce the disk space and costs of managing large data volumes. 

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. 

Technology barriers have prevented enterprises from adopting Java-based approaches for mission critical applications with extreme and predictable computing needs. However, recent advances throughout the entire Java stack have overcome these barriers to position Java to power the next generation of enterprise computing. 

This paper provides recommendations and best practices for optimizing virtualization infrastructures when deploying the Oracle Optimized Solution for Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure. It covers deployment of software, hardware, storage, and network components. 

Download this white paper for deep insight into the release of Oracle BPM Suite 11gR1 and the capabilities it has to improve your organization's BPM needs. Read this now and learn the power of developing rule sets directly within the suite for ease of management, the breakdown of each product in the suite and the capabilities they bring and more. 

Data management technology is on the verge of a new era – and users who commit to its architectural innovations earlier will gain disproportionate rewards in performance, scalability, flexibility and cost. Read this white paper for a description of Oracle’s Exadata V2 solution, also known as the Sun Oracle Database Machine. 

Explosive data growth is causing storage costs to skyrocket, which is forcing IT organizations to look for more cost-effective archival and backup solutions. Oracle's StorageTek tape product family has maintained a market leadership position for many years and now includes the world's fastest and highest capacity tape drive. 

This paper is written for BI technical professionals and provides an in-depth overview of the Oracle BI Foundation Suite functional capabilities and technical architecture. 

Oracle presents an entirely new opportunity for unprecedented levels of integration that contributes directly to the top-line benefits of IT technology can bring to the business, as well as bottom-line efficiencies and cost savings. 

Independent software vendors (ISVs) that embed DataDirect drivers can leverage DataDirect’s expertise to improve data connectivity.  Using DataDirect helps them reduce cost and risk so they can focus on innovation and competitive advantage. 

Introducing the Sun SPARC Enterprise M3000 Server. Oracle’s Sun SPARC Enterprise servers are highly reliable, easy-to-manage, vertically scalable systems with all the benefits of traditional mainframes—without the associated cost, complexity, or vendor lock-in. 

This white paper looks at cloud-computing and software-as-a-service (SaaS) technologies and what you need to know about these emerging trends. 

This expert e-guide provides best practices for integrating manufacturing procurement with ERP. Learn why you shouldn't assume all your business processes need integrating and review insights on the top ERP vendors in the market today.