BI empowers companies with the ability to offer products and services at the lowest cost and with the greatest amount of efficiency and productivity possible- while returning the highest revenues and profits. Learn how BI can help you to establish a culture of measurement and begin a powerful cycle of continued improvement within your organization. 

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. 

<p>This case study showcases a highly efficient cooling system that enables significant data center savings. Learn more about this platform and hear from one company that implemented it here.</p> 

Many enterprises have discovered that the use of virtualization to support desktop workloads creates a range of significant benefits. This VMware sponsored webcast with IDC will provide both quantitative measurement of the business value -- defined as the expected ROI -- and qualitative analysis associated with the use of VMware View™. 

<p>This expert e-book provides strategies to reliably measure the energy efficiency of your data center. Learn how your organization can apply metrics in a consistent way allowing for improved power consumption.</p> 

This paper discusses first contact resolution and the offerings for measuring success with FCR. 

<p>Recent trends in the distribution industry are forcing companies to continually re-evaluate their processes and think more strategically about their business decisions. Read this white paper to find three goals your distribution company should definitely stick to in the upcoming year to ensure success.</p> 

The cloud has the potential to radically change e-discovery. Cloud applications can help data integration and reporting, and eliminate redundancy and disparate data management apps in the enterprise. However, the cloud also increases security risks and introduces some loss of data control. 

This white paper examines not only the technologies, but the organizational dynamics necessary to successfully implement an environmental footprint management program that can encompass all organizational impacts on the environment. 

Recent research by SiriusDecisions has shown that the average B2B organization actually utilizes only 6 % of the leads generated per year. If you're like many sales and marketing professionals, the time and money you will spend on online lead generation and management in 2004 will not yield the results you're looking for. 

As an IT pro, you are well aware of the importance of providing a secure environment and protecting end-user data. This webcast showcases how a third-party organization can provide you with the necessary techniques and tools to protect credit card data to meet the standard data protection requirements. 

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.